Gartner: Strongest demand for AI talent coming from outside of IT - AI News

A new report from Gartner has argued that in the last four years the strongest demand for talent with AI skills has not come from the IT department, but instead from other business units in the organisation. Data from Gartner's Talent Neuron program shows that although the IT department's need for AI talent has tripled between 2015 and 2019, the number of AI jobs posted by IT is still less than half of that stemming from other business units. Peter Krensky, research director at Gartner, said: "High demand and tight labour markets have made candidates with AI skills highly competitive, but hiring techniques and strategies have not kept up. In the recent Gartner AI and Machine Learning Development Strategies Study, respondents ranked "skills of staff" as the No. 1 challenge or barrier to the adoption of AI and machine learning." Sales, marketing, customer service, finance, and R&D are the departments that are recruiting AI talent in large numbers.