Career

Skill Trends for 2024

Intro

The job market is constantly evolving. As some occupations lose popularity, others gain an edge. Regardless of your field, having certain career skills can make a difference in your success. Knowing which qualities are most in-demand can be helpful as you carve out your career path.


All the findings in this post are referred from a 2024 Job Skills report from Coursera. This report presents the fastest-growing digital and human skills on Coursera entering 2024. Of the more than 113 million total learners on the Coursera platform, this report specifically draws on insights from Coursera’s 4 million enterprise learners across 3,000 businesses, 3,600 higher education institutions, and governments in over 100 countries.

Skill Trends for 2024

1. 🌟 Leadership skills for supporting teams through organizational change are a growing priority.
2. πŸ€– AI-related skills are driving record-breaking course enrollments
3. πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Demand is surging for cybersecurity and information security skills.
4. πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» The fastest-growing skills are business skills.
5. πŸ“ˆ Skills for understanding and communicating data continue to be among the fastest-growing
6. 🌐 Demand for web development and computing skills remains high.
7. πŸ“„ Skills for providing oversight and compliance are increasingly essential
8. πŸš€ Curated learning paths, like Professional Certificates and Specializations, are driving the largest skill rank changes.

Fastest Growing Skills: Overall

1. πŸ’³ E-commerce: Buy and sell products or services through digital channels.
2. πŸ“Ί Media Strategy & Planning: Determine the objectives, strategy and plan for delivering the right content to audiences.
3. πŸ›‘οΈ System Security: Secure the networks and resources of your organization.
4. πŸ”Ž Search Engine Optimization: Optimize website content for the best possible search engine ranking.
5. 🀝 Customer Success: Identify opportunities and proactively solve 6. problems for customers to ensure their continued success.
6. πŸ—‚οΈ Power BI: Use Power BI to surface data insights.
7. πŸ’» Linux: Use the Linux operating system for all devices.
8. 🎯 Systems Design: Define the architecture, product design, modules, interfaces, and data to satisfy specified requirements.
9. ✍️ Audit: Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, financial, and governance processes.
10. πŸ“Ί Marketing Management: Promote and advertise a business using different tools and strategies.

Fastest-Growing Leadership Skills

1. πŸ§‘β€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘ People Management: Build successful teams and optimize talent to improve overall business results
2. 🀝 Negotiation: Reach mutually acceptable agreements using techniques like active listening and trading concessions.
3. πŸ”ˆ Influencing: Get others to see your point of view using techniques like establishing trust and offering reciprocity.
4. πŸ§‘πŸ»β€βš•οΈ Employee Relations: Create and maintain positive relationships with employees to improve employee morale and engagement.
5. πŸ§‘πŸ»β€πŸš€ People Development: Realize the value of personnelβ€”from training and evaluation to feedback and incentives.

Junaid Khan

Junaid Khan

Junaid Khan is the founder of Moocable - the platform to help learner find their next MOOC, and study partners. A passionate learner, he struggled with self-learning.Β