Project Manager Resume Keywords

Top 20 skills in project manager job postings

1. 1

   Project management
   55% of postings47% as required
2. 2

   Risk management
   17% of postings16% as required
3. 3

   Microsoft Office
   17% of postings11% as required
4. 4

   Budgeting
   12% of postings11% as required
5. 5

   Microsoft Project
   11% of postings7% as required
6. 6

   Communication
   10% of postings9% as required
7. 7

   Excel
   9% of postings6% as required
8. 8

   Scheduling
   9% of postings8% as required
9. 9

   Project planning
   8% of postings8% as required
10. 10

    Leadership
    7% of postings7% as required
11. 11

    Jira
    7% of postings5% as required
12. 12

    Construction management
    7% of postings6% as required
13. 13

    Problem-solving
    7% of postings6% as required
14. 14

    Agile
    6% of postings4% as required
15. 15

    Time management
    6% of postings6% as required
16. 16

    Change management
    6% of postings5% as required
17. 17

    Stakeholder management
    5% of postings5% as required
18. 18

    Team leadership
    5% of postings5% as required
19. 19

    Budget management
    5% of postings5% as required
20. 20

    Smartsheet
    5% of postings2% as required

Source: public postings from employer career sites collected by LetMeApply. Skills are read from each posting with AI and merged across spellings (for example, AWS and Amazon Web Services). Each employer counts at most 3 times, so one company hiring in bulk does not skew the list.