15. Product owners have seen 25% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Agile methodologies, scrum, product management, software development, JIRA
Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, financial services, computer software, insurance, hospital and healthcare
Top hiring cities: New York, Boston, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Atlanta
14. JavaScript developers have seen 25% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: React.js, Node.js, AngularJS, JavaScript, cascading style sheets
Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, information technology and services, internet, financial services, marketing and advertising
Top hiring cities: New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, D.C.
13. Cloud engineers have seen 27% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, Docker products, Ansible, Jenkins
Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, computer software, financial services, internet, telecommunications
Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, D.C., New York, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago
12. Chief revenue officers have seen 28% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Strategic partnerships, startups, software as a service (SaaS), go-to-market strategy, executive management
Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, internet, financial services
Where the jobs are: New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago
11. Back end developers have seen 30% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Node.js, JavaScript, Amazon Web Services, Git, MongoDB
Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, internet, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, financial services
Top hiring cites: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle
10. Cybersecurity specialists have seen 30% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Cybersecurity, information security, network security, vulnerability assessment
Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, defense and space, computer network and security, management consulting, financial services
Top hiring cities: Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Denver
9. Behavioral health technicians have seen 32% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Applied behavior analysis, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral health, mental health
Top industries hiring this talent: Mental healthcare, hospital and healthcare, individual and family services, education management, health, wellness and fitness
Top hiring cities: Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix, Seattle
8. Data engineers have seen 33% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Python, Extract/Transform/Load (ETL), Amazon Web Services
Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, internet, computer software, financial services, hospital and healthcare
Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Boston, Chicago
7. Sales development representatives have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Salesforce, cold calling, software as a service (SaaS), lead generation, sales
Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, internet, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, computer and network security
Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, Chicago, Austin
6. Customer success specialists have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Software as a Service (SaaS), Salesforce, customer relationship management, account management, customer retention
Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, internet, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, financial services
Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C.
5. Site reliability engineers have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Amazon Web Services, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker products, Terraform
Top industries hiring this talent: Internet, computer software, information technology and services, financial services, consumer electronics
Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Boston, Washington, D.C.
4. Full stack engineers have seen 35% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: React.js, Node.js, JavaScript, AngularJS, cascading style sheets
Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, information technology and services, internet, financial services, higher education
Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, D.C.
3. Data scientists have seen 37% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Machine learning, data science, Python, R, Apache Spark
Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, computer software, internet, financial services, higher education
Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Boston
2. Robotics engineers have seen 40% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Robotic process automation, UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, Robotics
Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, industrial automation, computer software, financial services, automotive
Top cities hiring: San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, New York, Washington, D.C., Boston
1. Artificial intelligence specialists have seen 74% annual growth in demand in the past five years.
Skills unique to the job: Machine learning, deep learning, TensorFlow, Python, natural language processing
Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, internet, information technology and services, higher education, consumer electronics
Top cities hiring: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles