The number of weekly job postings related to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, and Cohere’s Coral, leapt more than 450% from a year ago, according to a new report from US freelance work platform Upwork.
And the types of job skills related to AI are also skyrocketing. Upwork’s freelance job site lists 294 skills under “AI Services.” Roles gaining steam include prompt engineers, AI content creators, machine learning and deep learning engineers, data scientists, AI chatbot developers, and professionals with model tuning and AI model integration expertise, according to Dave Bottoms, general manager of products for Upwork Marketplace.
AI is now the fastest-growing category on Upwork in the first half of 2023 as measured by total number of individuals hired.
Kory Kantenga, a senior economist at LinkedIn, said the share of job postings mentioning “GPT” or “ChatGPT” increased nearly sixfold (599%) between May 2022 and May 2023 — and the number of LinkedIn members who hold or have held “head of AI” positions has almost tripled in the last five years.
Generative AI is a type of AI that uses data analytics, natural language processing, neural networks, and machine learning to autonomously create text, images, video, and even computer code.
“We’re seeing that businesses are looking for independent professionals on Upwork with expertise in AI tools like ChatGPT, DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Jasper, and more,” Bottoms said. “These job posts are up 230% in Q2 2023 compared to Q4 2022.”
Upwork created its own AI-based job post generator to help clients quickly create fully customizable job post drafts. Upwork also launched a chatbot to help businesses new to Upwork navigate the platform and learn how to jumpstart their talent search.
“Separately, we are also beta testing a new feature called proposal tips that helps talent create more professional proposals in an instant, without requiring months of training — helping them win more work,” Bottoms said.
And the company has launched a free trial of its Jasper generative AI services for copywriting, marketing, and image creation; it’s available to job seekers using Upwork’s jobs platform.
Other job site platforms are following the same trend.
Josh Brenner, CEO of job-search platform Hired, said the demand for AI-related engineers has increased since the beginning of 2023, though there was a dip from January to February — possibly due to industry layoffs occuring around that time.
“Since February, there has been a significant rebound in the demand for AI-related software engineers, with active positions for these roles nearly doubling,” Brenner said in an email response to Computerworld. “The most substantial surge occurred between March and April, indicating a positive trend in the job market for AI-related professionals.”
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