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Beyond The Buzz

Developing the AI Skills Employers Actually Need

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AI In The Real World: An Overview

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“AI Job” Does Not Mean “Tech Job”

In 2024, over half of job postings requesting AI skills were outside IT and Computer Science.


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AI Skills Mean Higher Salaries

Salaries for postings that mention AI skills are 28% higher than postings that do not, representing roughly $18,000 more per year.


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Every Career Area Is At A Different Stage On Its AI Adoption Journey

Organizations need to be aware of the rapid changes happening to their career area. Here, we provide specific insights for where your organization falls.



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The report features deep dives on 5 career areas, exploring these topics for each:

Introducing the AI Skills Disruption Matrix

The AI Skills Disruption Matrix is not one chart, but a series of several. They represent an analysis that we can run for every career area. After studying Lightcast skills for each career area, we plot them based on their rate of growth and their overall value in the field. We then also color-code them based on their exposure to AI: white for low exposure, blue for medium exposure, and purple for high exposure.

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