Growing demand for AI skills will transform these 10 jobs
Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock
Growing demand for AI skills will transform these 10 jobs
Futuristic robot arm touches human hand
In the latest chapter of the evolution of artificial intelligence in society, automation has been increasingly used by businesses and industries in recent years: on factory floors, in logistics warehouses, and in software development.
After decades of development and investment surrounding AI, the last several months have seen the introduction of more complex and conversational AI— a level of automation in which the software makes and executes decisions without humans — accelerating adoption in the labor market. Even a significant portion of teachers say they’ve used it. The Walton Family Foundation and Impact Research surveyed 1,002 K-12 teachers and found 51% had used ChatGPT within the two months following its launch.
Freshworks analyzed public job posting data from January 2022 to March 2023 that Revelio Labs compiled from popular hiring platforms to identify the jobs that most often mention they’re seeking workers with skills in artificial intelligence.
These AI tools take prompts from human users and churn out answers or products in a fraction of the time it would require a human to do the same work. And seemingly every week, entrepreneurs are bringing more complex AI-based tools to market—so much so that a cottage industry of newsletter publications has cropped up to track and share each one that’s released.
Some of these tools will generate videos based on text inputs from users describing the video they want to be created. Others will produce fantastical images that never actually existed. Popular stock photo provider Shutterstock recently launched an AI image generator of its own.
Business leaders have touted the tools as potentially able to enhance the productivity of workers, allowing them to create more products with less time and resources. When considering their customers, leaders are exploring the potential of AI-powered chatbots and automations to enhance customer experiences by speeding up response times, personalizing messaging, facilitating outreach, and more.
In an open letter published by Bill Gates in March, the billionaire founder of Microsoft called the development of AI “as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone.”
Others, including SpaceX founder Elon Musk, have cautioned that moving too fast in developing these tools could be dangerous and harmful to society.
Job postings from the last year show employers in certain industries aren’t keen to fall behind if the technology truly ends up being as consequential as the soothsayers preach. Many industries are seeking workers with knowledge of how to best use these tools, including in finance and science. Still, software-related tech jobs have taken the lead in mentioning the technology when hiring new talent.
According to Revelio data, engineering roles and those working with data rank high in terms of jobs in which employers are seeking AI skills in job posting over the last year. And the largest share of job postings for these roles is for jobs in major cities on the U.S. coasts.
PaO_STUDIO // Shutterstock
Quality assurance tester
Engineers working with robot arm.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 5.30%
– Top states where QA tester AI job postings originate:
1. West Virginia: 10.64% of total
2. Washington D.C.: 10.22% of total
3. Louisiana: 9.12% of total
rawpixel.com // Shutterstock
Investment specialist
People working in financial exchange office.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 5.59%
– Top states where investment specialist AI job postings originate:
1. Virginia: 13.78% of total
2. Delaware: 10.88% of total
3. Iowa: 8.34% of total
Amnaj Khetsamtip // Shutterstock
Business operations
Person typing on tablet keyboard in office.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 6.24%
– Top states where business operations AI job postings originate:
1. Washington D.C.: 10.34% of total
2. Rhode Island: 10.14% of total
3. Oregon: 9.58% of total
SFIO CRACHO // Shutterstock
Solutions specialist
People reviewing reports on screen in office.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 6.30%
– Top states where solutions specialist AI job postings originate:
1. Washington D.C.: 12.21% of total
2. Rhode Island: 10.39% of total
3. New Jersey: 9.56% of total
Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock
Infrastructure engineer
Robotics engineer analyzing mobile robot.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 6.40%
– Top states where infrastructure engineer AI job postings originate:
1. Rhode Island: 9.56% of total
2. Virginia: 9.34% of total
3. New Mexico: 9.33% of total
Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock
Product manager
Industrial engineer and project supervisor.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 7.21%
– Top states where product engineer AI job postings originate:
1. Washington: 10.92% of total
2. Louisiana: 9.50% of total
3. California: 9.12% of total
Foxy burrow // Shutterstock
Application engineer
Hands working on laptop.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 7.43%
– Top states where application engineer AI job postings originate:
1. Idaho: 40.73% of total
2. Washington D.C.: 12.73% of total
3. Washington: 10.96% of total
Chaay_Tee // Shutterstock
Software engineer
Data scientist programming code.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 11.68%
– Top states where software engineer AI job postings originate:
1. Washington: 19.51% of total
2. Washington D.C.: 16.12% of total
3. Maryland: 16.02% of total
Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock
Scientist
Scientist in laboratory with laptop and microscope.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 14.22%
– Top states where scientist AI job postings originate:
1. Washington: 36.35% of total
2. Montana: 22.74%of total
3. California: 20.93% of total
SFIO CRACHO // Shutterstock
Data analyst
Managers with laptop discussing project.
– Share of postings mentioning AI: 25.66%
– Top states where data analyst AI job postings originate:
1. Washington: 40.07% of total
2. California: 32.87% of total
3. Virginia: 32.05% of total
This story originally appeared on Freshworks and was produced and
distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
