Proof Point
U.S. companies in Deloitte survey named AI researchers and software developers as top workers needed to fill organization’s AI skills gap in 2018
Top Workers that U.S. Companies Need to Fill AI Skill Gap
2018 (percentage)
| Note: | Data based on Deloitte's survey of 1,100 business and information technology (IT) executives who are knowledgeable on cognitive technologies or artificial intelligence and are working for companies that are testing and implementing AI in U.S. across 10 industries |
Proof Point Findings
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Software technologies autonomously performing tasks equal to or better than humans
- Researchers and Developers – Respondents surveyed by Deloitte named researchers (30%) and software developers (28%) as top workers needed to address companies’ AI skills gap in 2018
- Other Skills Needed – Other top workers needed to address skills gap include data scientists (24%), user experience designers (23%), transformation experts (22%) and project managers (22%)
- Key Growth Drivers – Include accelerating sophistication of AI-based applications, increasing business adoption of AI technologies to improve processes, growing demand to leverage customer and business data to become more competitive and heightening need for up-to-date and highly-specialized skills to address shifting work requirements
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Date Last Updated |
February 21, 2019
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