Simplilearn's #NewYearNewOpportunity Contest Results Reveal Technology Skills in Highest Demand

/ -- Simplilearn, a global e-learning provider, released today the results of a New Year's resolution-themed contest they recently conducted, results that shed light on the technology skills most sought-after by high-tech professionals, career seekers and other learners in 2019. Courses in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning, Data Science and Business Intelligence (BI), and Project Management topped the list of the most-desired skills participants selected, as their preferred focus of future training. The complete results, ranked in order of preference of technology categories, are shown below.

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Listed in order of preference, the results below show the technology categories selected by the contestants and by what percentage they were chosen:
Technology Category Selected
Percentage Chosen
AI & Machine Learning
22.4%
Data Science & BI
17.2%
Project Management
10.6%
Cyber Security
8.5%
Cloud Computing
7.1%
Digital Marketing
6.8%
DevOps
6.4%
Agile/Scrum
6.2%
Big Data
5.6%
IT Service and Architecture
4.4%
Salesforce
2.7%
Quality Management
2.1%
"We were impressed by the overwhelming participation in this contest," said Kashyap Dalal, Co-founder & Chief Business Officer, Simplilearn. "The response shows not only the huge demand for skills training today, but also highlights that the new and quickly-evolving technologies of AI and data science are foremost in the minds of professionals and career seekers alike."
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