Over 50,000 positions in Data Science and Machine Learning vacant in India

In India over 50,000 jobs in the Data Science and Machine Learning space are vacant, for want of skilled professionals, finds a state of the industry report by ed-tech platform, Great Learning. This is despite the rapidly growing demand for Data Science professionals in India; with the number of job postings and job seeker interest for'Data Scientist' reaching an all-time high in 2017. The job market in this space is heavily tilted towards job seekers, with twice the number of jobs, than available talent. The report is based on a study of 28000 participants across 3000 organizations in India. According to Gartner, out of 10 lakh registered companies in India, 75% have invested or are going to invest in Machine Learning and Data Science.