Word jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-07, Word appears in 1,072 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning Word, with demand share up 2.7% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-07

Postings · last 90 days
1,072
Demand vs prior month
up 2.7% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 12.5% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
New York City

Which roles want Word?

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Frequently asked questions about Word

+Is Word in demand in 2026?

Yes. Word appears in 1,072 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-07. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning Word (12.5% of all postings mentioning Word).

+What jobs require Word?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-07, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Word are Commercial Analytics Manager (16.7% of that role’s postings mention Word), Clinical Program Manager (11.5% of that role’s postings mention Word), Research Intern (11.4% of that role’s postings mention Word).

+What skills are commonly paired with Word?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-07), Word most often appears alongside Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Outlook, SQL.

+Where is Word most in demand?

As of 2026-11-07, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Word are New York City, Washington, Toronto, Irvine, Chicago, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Word content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Word alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Word content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Word?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring Word — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Word

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Word

Before WordExcel → Word: 9 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → Word: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → Word: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairCSS → Word: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairdata entry → Word: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairPostgreSQL → Word: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairPower BI → Word: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairMicrosoft Access → Word: 2 observed employer moves with this skill pairWordExcel: 9 movesExcel9 movessql: 5 movessql5 movespython: 3 movespython3 movesCSS: 3 movesCSS3 movesdata entry: 2 movesdata entry2 movesPostgreSQL: 2 movesPostgreSQL2 movesPower BI: 2 movesPower BI2 movesMicrosoft Access: 2 movesMicrosoft Access2 moves

Skills after Word

After WordWord → sql: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairWord → HTML: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairWord → JavaScript: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairWord → CSS: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairWord → Jira: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairWord → Java: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairWord → jQuery: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairWord → MYSQL: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairWordsql: 8 movessql8 movesHTML: 7 movesHTML7 movesJavaScript: 7 movesJavaScript7 movesCSS: 5 movesCSS5 movesJira: 5 movesJira5 movesJava: 5 movesJava5 movesjQuery: 3 movesjQuery3 movesMYSQL: 3 movesMYSQL3 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Excel9
Before: sql5
Before: python3
Before: CSS3
Before: data entry2
Before: PostgreSQL2
Before: Power BI2
Before: Microsoft Access2
After: sql8
After: HTML7
After: JavaScript7
After: CSS5
After: Jira5
After: Java5
After: jQuery3
After: MYSQL3

Roles most likely to require Word

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Commercial Analytics Manager416.7%
Clinical Program Manager311.5%
Research Intern911.4%
Quality Assurance Auditor39.7%
Security Consultant79.5%
Quality Assurance Coordinator48.3%
Quality Assurance Officer27.7%
Analytics Intern27.1%
Quality Assurance Supervisor67.1%
Quality Assurance Technician116.9%

Roles with the most Word postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Program Manager13412.5%
Business Analyst757.0%
Product Manager514.8%
Systems Engineer494.6%
Data Analyst434.0%
Software Engineer252.3%
Test Engineer242.2%
Quality Assurance Specialist121.1%
Quality Assurance Technician111.0%
Data Scientist100.9%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Word

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Word
CompanyPostings · 90 days
ProSidian Consulting60
Northrop Grumman33
Globalpr20
Mastercard16
Tesora15
Bah14
RBC13
PAE11
Gilead Sciences11
Cayuse Technologies10

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for Word

NamePostingsShare
New York City282.6%
Washington282.6%
Toronto171.6%
Irvine141.3%
Chicago131.2%
Charlotte111.0%
San Diego111.0%
Boston100.9%
Cincinnati100.9%

Skills commonly paired with Word

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-07. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Word by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Word postings by all Word postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.4% to 0.4%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,471 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
54c3d00dfa0db20e
data_as_of
2026-11-07
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index