Skill percentages count every reviewed signal in the selection, including the 37% with no match to the 40 tracked skills; a blind audit found most of those postings still ask for analytical or domain skills the taxonomy does not track.
"Data Visualization" matches generic language such as dashboards, visual analytics and business intelligence;
it is not the sum of Power BI and Tableau. Open the metric information for the full definition.
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Read the baseline behind this chart
The May 2026 snapshot puts the headline skills, country coverage and data limitations in one place.
Skill demand is the share of reviewed signals in the current selection whose posting text matches a skill from
a fixed 40-skill taxonomy. The selection uses the published methodology and all-signal denominator.
How to read it
A skill at 22% appears in 22 of every 100 reviewed postings in the selection. Higher means more employers are
asking for it. Selections under 100 signals are flagged and should be read with care.
Coverage
May 2026 baseline: 1,304 unique reviewed signals across 6 GCC countries and 20 named cities, collected from 8 to 29 May
2026 from commercial job-search APIs. 37% of signals have no match to the 40 tracked skills; they stay in the denominator, and audits show most contain analytical or domain skills outside the taxonomy. Salary appears in only 6.6% of signals, so no salary benchmark is published.