LinkedIn has identified the fastest-growing jobs in 17 countries. You can now notice that robotics and artificial intelligence have arrived in a huge way. While you will notice that AI specialists are the top emerging job in 8 countries and was in the top ten in five other countries. Similarly, robotics engineer is top category in the nine countries. The reason for this is the race to build the first self-driving car and for IT and software services.
At the same time, not all jobs on the list were tech-related roles. There are instances where customer success specialist was one of the three fast-growing opportunities in four different countries. This is a new role which works in an older function which is customer service. In this way, customer success specialists ensure that customers get the most from their services and products offered.
Here are the top three fastest-growing job in 17 countries that were researched in the third LinkedIn Emerging Jobs Report:
Country |
Ranked First |
Ranked Second |
Ranked Third |
Australia |
AI Specialist |
Cyber Security Specialist |
Robotics Engineer |
Austria |
Data Scientist |
Digital Marketing Specialist |
Full Stack Engineer |
Canada |
AI Specialist |
Site Reliability Engineer |
Data Engineer |
France |
Data Protection Officer |
AI Specialist |
Commercial Real Estate Agent |
Germany |
AI Specialist |
Site Reliability Engineer |
Customer Success Specialist |
India |
Blockchain Developer |
AI Specialist |
Javascript Developer |
Ireland |
AI Specialist |
Cyber Security Specialist |
Customer Success Specialist |
Italy |
Data Protection Officer |
Salesforce Consultant |
Big Data Developer |
Netherlands |
Data Protection Officer |
Growth Hacker |
Privacy Officer |
New Zealand |
Cyber Security Specialist |
Data Engineer |
Full Stack Engineer |
Saudi Arabia |
Cyber Security Specialist |
Digital Specialist |
Legal Researcher |
Singapore |
AI Specialist |
Robotics Engineer |
Full Stack Engineer |
Sweden |
Data Protection Officer |
AI Specialist |
Javascript Developer |
Switzerland |
AI Specialist |
Customer Success Specialist |
Cloud Engineer |
United Arab Emirates |
Data Scientist |
Full Stack Engineer |
Customer Success Specialist |
United Kingdom |
AI Specialist |
Data Protection Officer |
Robotics Engineer |
United States |
AI Specialist |
Robotics Engineer |
Data Scientist |
Key takeaways from the Emerging Jobs Report
Apart from Technology
Some companies in the 21 countries that we assessed were looking to fill technology jobs but those were not just the only jobs that came up in the survey. In Saudi Arabia, actors were at the 17th spot while in India, video producers were at the 20th position and in Australia, anti-money laundering specialist was at the 11th spot. While in Italy, there was a high demand for intensive care nurses at the 11th position.
Data Leveraging
Most companies are trying to make sense of tons of data and almost all countries except one, data scientist made the list as the fastest-growing jobs. 11 countries have data engineer while other jobs include data entry operator, data consultant, data specialist and data analyst.
Nontraditional Searching
Recruiters would wonder where they can search for customer success specialists and AI specialists. First, you would look at people already in those roles and learn what they did to get that job. So, for anyone to find talent for these fast-growing occupations should see where other recruiters look for talent.
Increase in Recruiter Hiring
In LinkedIn’s Future of Recruiting Report, the demand for recruiters increased by 63% in three years. It is a hot function in countries like Austria (4th position) and other countries like Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Italy and France was in the Top 20 emerging jobs. Also, IT recruiters made the list in Italy and France.
Protecting Numbers
Since there is an explosion of data, there is a need to protect it constantly. Companies are hiring people that analyze data and look at people to protect it. Data protection officers and Cyber security specialists are among the top fast-growing jobs.
At Arnold Consulting Pvt. Ltd., we provide the best in global staffing services and we have openings for several of the positions that are in the top three spots for different countries. Simply send in your updated resume to careers@arnoldconsultants.com and we’ll do everything we can to help you get your dream job today!