The US’s top 15 emerging jobs of 2020, according to LinkedIn

Artificial intelligence specialist

Annual growth rate: 74%
Skills unique to the job: Machine learning, deep learning, TensorFlow, Python, natural language processing
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles

Robotics engineer

Annual growth rate: 40%
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, New York City, Washington DC, Boston
Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, industrial automation, computer software, financial services, automotive

Data scientist

Annual growth rate: 37%
Skills unique to the job: Machine learning, data science, Python, R, Apache Spark
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston

Full Stack engineer

Annual growth rate: 35%
Skills unique to the job: React.js, Node.js, JavaScript, AngularJS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC

Site reliability engineer

Annual growth rate: 34%
Skills unique to the job: Amazon Web Services, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker products, Terraform
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Boston, Washington DC

Customer success specialist

Annual growth rate: 34%
Skills unique to the job: Software as a Service, Salesforce, customer relationship management, account management, customer retention
Where the jobs are: San Francisco, New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC

Sales development representative

Annual growth rate: 34%
Skills unique to the job: Salesforce, Software as a Service (SaaS), lead generation, sales
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, Chicago, Austin

Data engineer

Annual growth rate: 33%
Skills unique to the job: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Python, Extract/Transform/Load (ETL), Amazon Web Services
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Boston, Chicago

Behavioral health technician

Annual growth rate: 33%
Skills unique to the job: Applied behavior analysis, Autism spectrum disorders, behavioral health, mental health
Where the jobs are: Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix, Seattle

Cyber security specialist

Annual growth rate: 30%
Skills unique to the job: Cybersecurity, information security, network security, vulnerability assessment, information assurance
Where the jobs are: Washington DC, New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Denver

Back end developer

Annual growth rate: 30%
Skills unique to the job: Node.js, JavaScript, Amazon Web Services, Git, MongoDB
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle

Chief revenue officer

Annual growth rate: 28%
Skills unique to the job: Strategic partnerships, startups, Software as a Service, go-to-market strategy, executive management
Where the jobs are: New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago

Cloud engineer

Annual growth rate: 27%
Skills unique to the job: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, Docker products, Ansible, Jenkins
Where the jobs are: San Francisco Bay Area, Washington DC, New York City, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago

Javascript developer

Annual growth rate: 25%
Skills unique to the job: React.js, Node.js, AngularJS, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Where the jobs are: New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC

Product Owner

Annual growth rate: 24%
Where the jobs are: New York City, Boston, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta
Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology & services, financial services, computer software, insurance, hospital and healthcare