LinkedIn data shows that skill sets for jobs globally have changed by around 25% since 2015, with this number expected to double by 2027. Much of this change has been driven by new technologies emerging and altering how we all get our jobs done. Not everyone is a tech professional, but everyone can become tech fluent."
Cloud computing skills showed up on more than market in LinkedIn's most coveted skills.
With that in mind, the top hot skills for IT work are:
- Management.
- SQL (experience).
- Microsoft Office (Excel essential training, Office 365, etc.).
- Project Management.
- Analytical Skills (basic data analytic skills).
- Communication (such as effective technical communication skills).
- Customer Service (IT service desk skills).
- Leadership (for first time managers, etc.).
- Cloud Computing.
- Python (Programming Language).
Also, in the top 10 sought-after skills list for engineering jobs:
SQL.
Python (Programming Language).
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
HTML.
Management.
Cloud Computing.
Git (and GitHub).
C++.
College degree requrements are also fading from LinkedIn job postings.
Not only are people eager to be seen for the skills they have, not just the degree they have (or don’t), but hirers are realizing that by putting skills at the center of recruitment and defining their open roles by the skills needed to do the job, they can find better matches and tap into more diverse talent pools."
In the US, job postings that don’t have degree requirements are up from 15% in January 2020 to 24% in 2022, according to Raman. And employers are increasingly looking beyond who a job candidate knows or what school they attended to find great talent; more than 45% of hirers on LinkedIn now explicitly use skills data to fill their roles.
"While degrees are not going away anytime soon, more employers are realizing that by just filtering candidates through this narrow lens, they actually miss out on great skilled candidates that are out there ready to do the job,
One skill that is in demand: a good understanding of logistics and global supply chain management.
Recent graduates in those field have been getting two or three job offers at good starting salaries.
I’ve had PhD’s in computer science work for me that I had to fire after a couple of hours. IMO coders are born to code. My best people are what I call “Mutts”, mutts are guys with no computer science degree who can code rings around anyone else.
And yea, I said “guys”.