March 01, 2024
There were 200,000 job postings over the past 12 months for artificial intelligence skills and job roles, according to an analysis by Lightcast that was posted Feb. 28 by CompTIA.
In recent months, employment opportunities for AI-specific roles or for jobs requiring AI skills accounted for 10% or more of all tech job postings in the US, CompTIA reported.
“Some new job roles are emerging with AI, but millions of existing professionals will need to upskill and acquire new AI competencies to be able to meet the needs of the job market,” Thomas Reilly, CompTIA’s chief product officer, said in a press release.
CompTIA sees growing demand for AI skills impacting four existing job clusters: software development, cybersecurity, systems operations and data analytics. In addition, AI will create entirely new job roles for prompt engineering and AI systems architects.
CompTIA also announced it is creating a range of AI certifications and training offerings.