AI and machine learning driving skills revolution in business intelligence

An explosion in the growth of emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning is transforming the balance of skills required by modern analysts, research from business intelligence firm AMPLYFI has found. Using its own proprietary AI-powered DataVoyant platform, AMPLYFI has analysed more than 50,000 documents, held across the surface and deep web, to identify the most common skills and requirements associated with the job role'analyst' between 2009 and 2019. Research from SnapLogic finds inadequate access to AI skills, technology and data is holding AI initiatives back. An analyst's role has become elevated over time, delivering a much more integral business impact. The research found a marked rise in a need for business skills (up 76% in the last five years versus 2009-2014), problem-solving (112%), and verbal communications skills (19%).