Market evidence report — human-resources-manager

Source: 61 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 61), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	37	61 %
senior	14	23 %
lead	10	16 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Excel	13	21 %
2	Microsoft Office	11	18 %
3	Microsoft Word	9	15 %
4	Microsoft PowerPoint	8	13 %
5	HRIS	6	10 %
6	Workday	6	10 %
7	microsoft outlook	3	5 %
8	Microsoft Teams	3	5 %
9	UKG	3	5 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	employee relations	33	54 %
2	performance management	27	44 %
3	data analysis	21	34 %
4	workforce planning	21	34 %
5	succession planning	18	30 %
6	benefits administration	13	21 %
7	recruitment	13	21 %
8	compliance	11	18 %
9	talent acquisition	11	18 %
10	change management	9	15 %
11	compensation administration	7	11 %
12	investigations	7	11 %
13	labor relations	7	11 %
14	organizational design	7	11 %
15	talent management	7	11 %
16	organizational development	6	10 %
17	conflict resolution	5	8 %
18	hr compliance	5	8 %
19	hr operations	5	8 %
20	payroll administration	5	8 %
21	process improvement	5	8 %
22	talent development	5	8 %
23	compliance management	4	7 %
24	employment law	4	7 %
25	onboarding	4	7 %
26	policy development	4	7 %
27	risk management	4	7 %
28	employee onboarding	3	5 %
29	grievance handling	3	5 %
30	hr strategy	3	5 %
31	leadership development	3	5 %
32	legal compliance	3	5 %
33	payroll management	3	5 %
34	policy implementation	3	5 %
35	training and development	3	5 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	change management	6	10 %
2	employee engagement initiatives	4	7 %
3	exit interviews	4	7 %
4	succession planning	4	7 %
5	continuous improvement	3	5 %
6	data-driven decision making	3	5 %
7	leadership development	3	5 %
8	onboarding	3	5 %
9	talent management	3	5 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	team leadership	8	13 %
2	benefits administration	7	11 %
3	compliance monitoring	5	8 %
4	budget management	4	7 %
5	business partnership	4	7 %
6	leadership coaching	4	7 %
7	policy interpretation	4	7 %
8	conflict resolution	3	5 %
9	employee engagement	3	5 %
10	employee onboarding	3	5 %
11	employee relations management	3	5 %
12	hr program administration	3	5 %
13	hr program implementation	3	5 %
14	hr strategy development	3	5 %
15	hr team leadership	3	5 %
16	leadership advising	3	5 %
17	payroll processing	3	5 %
18	policy administration	3	5 %
19	report preparation	3	5 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 61 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

61 ads.

Top hard skills:

employee relations — 54 % (33 ads)
performance management — 44 % (27 ads)
data analysis — 34 % (21 ads)
workforce planning — 34 % (21 ads)
succession planning — 30 % (18 ads)
benefits administration — 21 % (13 ads)
recruitment — 21 % (13 ads)
compliance — 18 % (11 ads)
talent acquisition — 18 % (11 ads)
change management — 15 % (9 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Excel — 21 % (13 ads)
Microsoft Office — 18 % (11 ads)
Microsoft Word — 15 % (9 ads)
Microsoft PowerPoint — 13 % (8 ads)
HRIS — 10 % (6 ads)
Workday — 10 % (6 ads)
microsoft outlook — 5 % (3 ads)
Microsoft Teams — 5 % (3 ads)
UKG — 5 % (3 ads)
ADP — 3 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 61 % · senior 23 % · lead 16 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)