September 2021

Workplace Learning
Trends Report
Every month, the Udemy Business team analyzes and shares trends based on what
employees are learning across our thousands of customers around the world. With
access to billions of data points, we can provide a unique perspective on the
necessary skills modern employees need to thrive in today’s dynamic workforce.

Highest Topic Consumption Surges by Country

Canada United Kingdom India

1. Business Communication 148% 1. Laravel 124% 1. FortiGate 418%
2. PLC 126% 2. CompTIA Network+ 99% 2. SAP BW 263%
3. Google Cloud Professional Architect 104% 3. NestJS 83% 3. NestJS 180%

United States Germany South Korea

1. Databricks 416% 1. Functional Programming 148% 1. iOS Development 201%
2. Industry 4.0 369% 2. Unit Testing 125% 2. Swift 125%
3. Web App Development 325% 3. Software Engineering 121% 3. Functional Programming 84%

Mexico France Australia

1. Microsoft Azure 237% 1. AWS Certified SysOps Admin 96% 1. CSS 199%
2. Time Management 234% 2. ASP .NET Core 78% 2. Angular 145%
3. Web Design 115% 3. HTML5 73% 3. React Native 146%

Brazil Spain Japan

1. Data Analysis 193% 1. User Experience Design 107% 1. Personal Productivity 469%
2. Personal Productivity 166% 2. Design Thinking 98% 2. Microsoft Power Automate 352%
3. HTML 124% 3. Microsoft AZ-104 77% 3. Object Oriented Programming 330%

Data shows the increase in topic consumption between August and September 2021 on Udemy Business

Surging Skills & Courses by Industry

Financial Services Technology Government

104% 129% 174%

Increase in Interpersonal Increase in Change Increase in TensorFlow
Feedback Management

Featured course: Maureen Featured course: Vicki Hart’s Featured course: Jose Portilla’s
Falvey’s Embracing a Culture of Change Management for Complete Guide to TensorFlow for
Feedback Course Organizations: Drive Strategic Deep Learning with Python
Results Course Course

Top 10 Surging Tech Skills Top 10 Surging Soft Skills

Microsoft SC-900 784% Hybrid Teams 527%

Oracle ERP 345% Asana 145%
CCNP Security 327% Conversation Skills 132%
Databricks 302% Coaching 113%
FortiGate 257% Psychology 71%
SAP BW 255% Team Building 70%
Microsoft MS-900 234% Sales Management 69%
Pegasystems Certification 225% Proofreading 68%
Web App Development 210% Contract Management 53%
Data Engineering 178% Self Awareness 52%
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 75 150 225 300 375 450 525

Data shows the increase in topic consumption between August and September 2021 on Udemy Business Data shows the increase in topic consumption between August and September 2021 on Udemy Business

“ The top priority of a hybrid leader is to make sure all

employees are treated fairly.

Leaders should avoid a "one-size-fits-all" When analyzing a team’s hybrid arrangement,

approach with hybrid work models. What works managers should consider two separate but
for Team A might be different than what works interrelated perspectives:
for Team B, and that's okay. Organizations are not • The job perspective includes the different
going to have one solution that covers everyone roles, projects, tasks, business requirements,
equally. and customer requirements of your
organization.

Hassan Osman • And the second is the employee perspective,

Udemy Virtual Teams and which includes topics such as flexibility,
Project Management inclusion, fairness, work/life balance, and the
Instructor career needs of your employees.

Instructor Spotlight

Top 5 Recently Added Courses

Building an Organizational Budget

1 – Angel Radcliffe

What’s Your Leadership Style? –

2 Priya Nalkur

Certificate of Cloud Security

3 Knowledge – Anthony Sequeira Dr. Priya Nalkur
Dr. Priya Nalkur is a Leadership and Executive
Coach. She works with leaders to help them
Smart Tips: Soft Skills for Technical maximize their potential and influence. With
4 Professionals – Michael Riegel over 15,000 hours of coaching, she has
learned tons of tricks and tools for effective
leadership communications, including how to
Microservices Security: The manage conflict, make better decisions, have
5 Complete Guide – Memi Lavi difficult conversations, listen effectively, and
tell powerful stories. Dr. Nalkur studied
Psychology at Harvard University and
Communications at the University of
Pennsylvania.