Jobs in AI Industry: Demand for Talent in Artificial Intelligence Grows 11% in India Over Past Six Months
According to a survey from foundit, the Indian labour market would experience a 22% churn over the next five years, with the top rising occupations coming from the AI, machine learning, and data categories.
New Delhi, May 1:The demand for artificial intelligence (AI) talent has grown 11 per cent in India over the last six months, driven by job demands in sectors like IT, retail, telecom, BFSI and advertising/market research sectors, a report showed on Monday.
The Indian job market will witness a 22 per cent churn over the next five years with top emerging roles coming from AI, machine learning, and data segments, according to the report by foundit (previously Monster India & APAC). Pickl.AI Opens the Avenue of Professional Success With Its 100% Job Placement Guarantee Program.
When it comes to AI-driven jobs, the IT sector is leading with 29 per cent, followed by advertising, market research and PR sector at 17 per cent and retail at 11 per cent in the country.
"Adoption of tech such as ChatGPT has emerged as a game changer in the tech world. While there are several dialogues regarding job losses with the intervention of AI, the same is expected to create newer roles and increase employment opportunities," said Sekhar Garisa, CEO, foundit.
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The top 10 in-demand jobs and skills are software engineers, data engineers, data scientists, python developers, marketing analytics consultants, AWS data architects, machine learning engineers, AI product managers, BI developers and content curators/proofreaders.
In the current scenario, AI and automation are acting more as catalysts than threats for professionals in the industry. NewsGPT: World’s First AI-Generated News Channel Launched; Threatens Jobs of Media Professionals.
"It is necessary to keep up with emerging trends as every role becomes obsolete beyond a certain period of time without new learnings. Hence, upskilling is a long-term investment for career progression," said Garisa.
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