LinkedIn's Fastest-Growing Jobs Today Are In Data Science And Machine Learning - Louis Columbus, Forbes

Machine Learning Engineers, Data Scientists, and Big Data Engineers rank among the top emerging jobs on LinkedIn. Data scientist roles have grown over 650% since 2012, but currently, 35,000 people in the US have data science skills, while hundreds of companies are hiring for those roles. There are currently 1,829 open Machine Learning Engineering positions on LinkedIn. Job growth in the next decade is expected to outstrip growth during the previous decade, creating 11.5M jobs by 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These and many other insights are from the recently released LinkedIn 2017 U.S. Emerging Jobs Report. https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2017/12/11/linkedins-fastest-growing-jobs-today-are-in-data-science-machine-learning/#52c2302a51bd