Most Rapidly Growing Job on LinkedIn is Blockhain Developer

Most Rapidly Growing Job on LinkedIn is Blockhain Developer

LinkedIn reports fast growing need in specialists in blockhain, machine learning and artificial intelligence

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional social network that operates via websites and mobile applications. On December 13, 2018, LinkedIn 2018 Emerging Jobs Report informed that the position of blockchain developer is the fastest growing emerging job in the United States.

Making the report, LinkedIn used data from its Economic Graph to analyze the vacancies that companies are hiring for, and the set of skills related to those positions. Furthermore, the list of vacancies that have emerged during the past five years was created.

LinkedIn professionals found that the position of blockchain developer has shown an increase of 33 times in the past 12 months, and areas with the highest demand in such experts are Atlanta, San Francisco, and New York City. Important skills for the role, according to LinkedIn, are blockchain, Ethereum, solidity, cryptocurrency, and Node.js.

In 2018, the list of emerging jobs has also included experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning engineers. It is worth to say that 6 out of the 15 emerging jobs are related in some way to artificial intelligence. These roles cover a variety skills including deep learning, machine learning, Apache Spark, tensorflow, and natural language processing.

Looking back at the past, we can remind that in 2016, 645 vacancies marked with the words “Bitcoin,” “blockchain,” or “cryptocurrency” were published on LinkedIn. In 2017, this number rose to around 1,800. As of recently, LinkedIn’s search system shows 2,479 records related to digital currency and 13,816 records related to blockchain.

Author: Alena Snezhnaya

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