Top skills for Cost Analyst jobs
Based on 51 active Cost Analyst postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Cost Analyst postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Business55%
- Finance43%
- Accounting39%
- Procurement34%
- Microsoft Office30%
- Supply Chain30%
- Construction27%
- Cost Estimates27%
- Variance Analysis27%
- Budgeting25%
- Benchmarking23%
- Data Analysis23%
- Economics23%
- Financial Data23%
- Innovation23%
- Analytics18%
- Commercial Real Estate18%
- Cost Accounting18%
- Natural Resources18%
- Real Estate18%
- Ways of Working18%
- Statistics16%
- Business Management Systems14%
- Cash Flow14%
- Computer Literacy14%