LinkedIn released a list of the 25 Hottest Skills That Got People Hired in 2014. They analyzed over 330 million LinkedIn profiles and discovered that if you have the listed skills, there is a good chance that you started a new job or received interest from a recruiter in the past year.
Many of the skills on the top 25 list tie directly to one of our Specializations—a targeted sequence of courses that provide high demand skills through final projects created in collaboration with companies like Google and Swiftkey. Here are Specializations that map back to the top skills of 2014 according to Linkedin in the US, India, and Brazil—three countries that hold our largest learner bases. Find the top skills according to LinkedIn in your country here.
US:
- Algorithm Design → Fundamentals of Computing, Rice University
- Cloud and Distributed Computing → Cloud Computing, University of Illinois
- Digital and Online Marketing → Digital Marketing, University of Illinois; Content Strategy for Professionals in Organizations, Northwestern University
- Mobile Development → Mobile Cloud Computing with Android, University of Maryland
- Network and Information Security → Cybersecurity, University of Maryland College Park
- Perl/Python/Ruby → Fundamentals of Computing, Rice University
- Statistical Analysis and Data Mining → Data Science, Johns Hopkins University; Data Mining, University of Illinois
- Storage Systems and Management → Cloud Computing, University of Illinois
- User Interface Design → Human Computer Interaction, Georgia Institute of Technology; Interaction Design, University of California, San Diego
India:
- Algorithm Design → Fundamentals of Computing, Rice University
- Cloud and Distributed Computing → Cloud Computing, University of Illinois
- Digital and Online Marketing → Digital Marketing, University of Illinois; Content Strategy for Professionals in Organizations, Northwestern University
- Network and Info Security → Cybersecurity, University of Maryland College Park
- Perl / Python / Ruby → Fundamentals of Computing, Rice University
- Statistical Analysis and Data Mining → Data Science, Johns Hopkins University; Data Mining, University of Illinois
- User Interface Design → Human Computer Interaction, Georgia Institute of Technology; Interaction Design, University of California, San Diego
Brazil:
- Business Intelligence → Data Science, Johns Hopkins University
- Data Engineering and Data Warehousing → Data Science, Johns Hopkins University
- Digital and Online Marketing → Digital Marketing, University of Illinois; Content Strategy for Professionals in Organizations, Northwestern University
- Statistical Analysis and Data Mining → Data Science, Johns Hopkins University; Data Mining, University of Illinois
- Storage Systems and Management → Mobile Cloud Computing with Android, University of Maryland College Park and Vanderbilt University
- Network and Information Security → Cybersecurity, University of Maryland College Park
- Social Media Marketing → Digital Marketing, University of Illinois
