15 jobs no one knew about in 2010 that everyone will want in 2020

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15. Product owners have seen 25% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

15. Product owners have seen 25% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Agile methodologies, scrum, product management, software development, JIRA

Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, financial services, computer software, insurance, hospital and healthcare

Top hiring cities: New York, Boston, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Atlanta

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14. JavaScript developers have seen 25% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

14. JavaScript developers have seen 25% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: React.js, Node.js, AngularJS, JavaScript, cascading style sheets

Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, information technology and services, internet, financial services, marketing and advertising

Top hiring cities: New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, D.C.

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13. Cloud engineers have seen 27% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

13. Cloud engineers have seen 27% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Amazon Web Services, cloud computing, Docker products, Ansible, Jenkins

Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, computer software, financial services, internet, telecommunications

Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, Washington, D.C., New York, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago

12. Chief revenue officers have seen 28% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

12. Chief revenue officers have seen 28% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Strategic partnerships, startups, software as a service (SaaS), go-to-market strategy, executive management

Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, internet, financial services

Where the jobs are: New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago

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11. Back end developers have seen 30% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

11. Back end developers have seen 30% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Node.js, JavaScript, Amazon Web Services, Git, MongoDB

Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, internet, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, financial services

Top hiring cites: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle

10. Cybersecurity specialists have seen 30% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

10. Cybersecurity specialists have seen 30% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Cybersecurity, information security, network security, vulnerability assessment

Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, defense and space, computer network and security, management consulting, financial services

Top hiring cities: Washington, D.C., New York, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Denver

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9. Behavioral health technicians have seen 32% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

9. Behavioral health technicians have seen 32% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Applied behavior analysis, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral health, mental health

Top industries hiring this talent: Mental healthcare, hospital and healthcare, individual and family services, education management, health, wellness and fitness

Top hiring cities: Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix, Seattle

8. Data engineers have seen 33% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

8. Data engineers have seen 33% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Python, Extract/Transform/Load (ETL), Amazon Web Services

Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, internet, computer software, financial services, hospital and healthcare

Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Boston, Chicago

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7. Sales development representatives have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

7. Sales development representatives have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Salesforce, cold calling, software as a service (SaaS), lead generation, sales

Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, internet, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, computer and network security

Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, Chicago, Austin

6. Customer success specialists have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

6. Customer success specialists have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Software as a Service (SaaS), Salesforce, customer relationship management, account management, customer retention

Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, internet, information technology and services, marketing and advertising, financial services

Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C.

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5. Site reliability engineers have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

5. Site reliability engineers have seen 34% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Amazon Web Services, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker products, Terraform

Top industries hiring this talent: Internet, computer software, information technology and services, financial services, consumer electronics

Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Seattle, Boston, Washington, D.C.

4. Full stack engineers have seen 35% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

4. Full stack engineers have seen 35% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: React.js, Node.js, JavaScript, AngularJS, cascading style sheets

Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, information technology and services, internet, financial services, higher education

Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, D.C.

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3. Data scientists have seen 37% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

3. Data scientists have seen 37% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Machine learning, data science, Python, R, Apache Spark

Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, computer software, internet, financial services, higher education

Top hiring cities: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Boston

2. Robotics engineers have seen 40% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

2. Robotics engineers have seen 40% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Robotic process automation, UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere, Robotics

Top industries hiring this talent: Information technology and services, industrial automation, computer software, financial services, automotive

Top cities hiring: San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, New York, Washington, D.C., Boston

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1. Artificial intelligence specialists have seen 74% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

1. Artificial intelligence specialists have seen 74% annual growth in demand in the past five years.

Skills unique to the job: Machine learning, deep learning, TensorFlow, Python, natural language processing

Top industries hiring this talent: Computer software, internet, information technology and services, higher education, consumer electronics

Top cities hiring: San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, Seattle, Los Angeles