Coursera Releases Job Skills Report 2026

Coursera released its fifth annual Job Skills Report for 2026, drawing on nearly six million enterprise learners and more than 7,000 institutional customers to identify priority skills. The report finds Generative AI demand surging—14 enrollments per minute and a 234% year‑over‑year rise—alongside strong growth in validation and critical-thinking skills, rising professional certificate uptake (+91%), and narrowing gender gaps in technical training.