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If you're considering a career change, it might be a good time to start looking for a good coding course, as Daphne Leprince-Ringuet, reporter based in London conclud.
While many industries remain
severely affected by the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, there is
one sector that is actively recruiting: jobs in AI are booming, and the
trend is showing no sign of abating. 
For prospective candidates, there is plenty to pick from, and more is coming: two-thirds of firms expect the demand for AI skills in their organization to increase in the next 12 months.
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A new report carried out by research agency Ipsos Mori into the current state of the UK's AI labor market found that close to 110,500 job opening were posted in the past year for roles related to AI and data science. That's more than double the number of vacancies registered in 2014, and a 16% increase from 2019, marking the highest year to date for AI jobs posted on the market.
Every month for the past three years, between 8,000 and 10,000 roles were posted online, ranging from data analysts and software developers to research and development or even university positions such as lecturers and professors in AI and data science. Sectors where demand is the highest, found the report, are the education and financial industries...
For Roger Woods, dean of research at Queen's University in Belfast, who co-authored the report, the solution lies in creating dedicated courses that will train students to meet business's need for deep technical expertise from an early stage.
"Whilst mathematics and further mathematics A-level course material is being modified to reflect the needs of AI, there is a strong case for a dedicated AI/ machine-learning A-level course," Woods tells ZDNet. "This will act to provide a greater number of talent coming from schools with some suitable expertise."
Source: ZDNet
