RIYADH: Artificial intelligence talent is flocking to 海角直播, according to data from聽LinkedIn聽which shows the Kingdom has climbed nine spots in the global rankings for attracting AI experts.
海角直播 now ranks 15th globally in talent attraction in this sector聽relative to population size, up from 24th last year, indicating a positive net flow of talent.
Additionally, the Kingdom has advanced five positions in AI skills penetration over the past year, moving from 35th place to 30th place, as reported by the world鈥檚 largest professional social network.
Ali Matar 鈥撀燛urope, Middle East, and Africa聽growth markets leader and head of LinkedIn in the Middle East and North Africa聽region 鈥 said that the latest labor market data offers聽additional聽insights into how 海角直播 is becoming one of the most attractive places to work as it progresses toward Vision 2030.
鈥淭he insights are聽indeed聽a nod to the Kingdom鈥檚 efforts to establish itself as an AI and data leader and signal a growing tech industry that is curating a savvy and adaptive workforce.鈥
LinkedIn鈥檚 latest data offers insight into the Saudi workforce鈥檚 rapid transformation to align with the ambitions of the Kingdom鈥檚 Vision 2030 economic diversification intiative and the opportunities presented by the rise of AI.聽LinkedIn, which has over 9 million members in the Kingdom, highlighted these trends.
One聽notable aspect聽highlighted by the data is that聽海角直播 leads the MENA region in several disruptive digital skills, including development tools, materials sciences, and nanotechnology.
The report added that these skills are associated with developing new technologies聽that聽are聽expected聽to impact the labor market in the coming years.
Furthermore, 海角直播 ranks second in the MENA region across all digital skills categories on an aggregate level, with the UAE leading the region and demonstrating the Kingdom鈥檚 overall strong performance in acquiring digital competencies.
The global social network鈥檚 data also revealed that 海角直播 demonstrates exceptional proficiency in applied digital skills such as animation and computer graphics compared to other countries in the MENA region.
In addition, the Kingdom surpasses the global average in animation skills, indicating a high level of expertise and competence in this specific digital skill area.
Moreover, the data showed that 海角直播鈥檚 cybersecurity trends outperform the global average, registering at 3.1 percent compared to the worldwide norm of 2.5 percent.聽
Additionally, the country is progressively narrowing the gap in gender diversity within the industry, signifying positive momentum toward fostering inclusivity and representation.
Insights from LinkedIn聽also highlighted a global uptick in generative AI, with an overwhelming 79 percent of Saudi employees anticipating substantial shifts in their work dynamics over the coming year due to AI advancements.
The findings also showed that the Kingdom鈥檚 AI talent pool is steadily rising,聽with the pool聽doubling between 2016 and 2023. This upward trend appears to be gaining momentum, evidenced by a 24 percent year-over-year increase in AI talent-hiring relative to overall hiring.
According to LinkedIn, this upward trend聽is reinforced聽by recent data illustrating the widespread adoption of AI skills across 海角直播.聽
The data emphasizes that the country鈥檚 fastest-growing AI skills include reinforcement learning, pattern recognition聽and predictive modeling聽as well as聽supervised learning, and PyTorch, all of which contribute to the advancement of generative AI.
