Digital and new age technology professionals will be the most sought-after talent among companies in India in the New Year. Demand for people with training in artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing, robotics, blockchain, etc. are seen doubling in 2020 at a time when increasing cost pressures and an uncertain business environment is prompting many companies to go slow on overall hiring across other domains.
There are a little over 60,000 job openings currently for the top 10 new age tech skills for 2020, according to an estimate by specialist staffing firm Xpheno that was shared exclusively with ET. These include data analytics, AWS, data science, ML, NLP, data visualisation, IoT, AI and blockchain.
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“There has been a consistent demand for these super-specialised skills thanks to the scale in which funded startups and global MNCs are scaling up their tech talent,” said Xpheno co-founder Kamal Karanth. “As we enter 2020, there is potential for talent specialising in these domains to go on a fresh hunt with potentially rewarding financial returns with the increasing supply-demand imbalance.”
Source: Economic Times
