LinkedIn survey – Blockchain Developer is the fastest growing sector

A study conducted by LinkedIn, the popular work-oriented social network, indicated that the Blockchain development industry saw the fastest growth in all budding companies listed and monitored by the website.

The study, referred to the name "Blockchain development" has seen a growth of over 33x compared to the number of offers available in 2017.

Most plum jobs are offered in US cities like San Francisco, New York and Atlanta. Likewise the skills that are in great demand are Solidity (Ethereum programming language) and Node.js. The industries with the highest demand for jobs are IBM, ConsenSys and Chainyard.

The demand for expert blockchain professionals is followed by professionals with experience of Machine Learning. Other professions offering many openings include sales, medical representatives, data science and other similar fields.

These results confirm other independent studies with comparable conclusions. Not only has the number of job offers associated with this innovation increased, but the number of specialists who used Crypto as a payment method has also increased to around 33% of the total market.

Last year, Upwork, the freelance platform, announced the results of its annual research that shows how the requirement for innovation skills of Bitcoin and Blockchain has become the most active trend in general.

"The cryptocurrency craze is just beginning." The bitcoin (number 1), Google's most searched term in 2017, was the fastest growing ability in the fourth quarter. reached the record after the record of the high price and reached the all-time high of $ 19,783 (December 17, 2017.) From its peak, the price has fallen by more than 60 percent, but there is still need for experts who know well bitcoins as many try to develop their own cryptocurrencies "

The growth of this type of work is particularly significant for traders who perform fundamental analyzes. In view of the development of technology, the adoption of cryptocurrencies is essential.
The result of the study did not impress the LinkedIn search team too much. For LinkedIn, regardless of the amount of propaganda currently in place, it is essential to be careful before predicting the stability of blockchain technologies as areas of research that deserve to be developed in the near future.

"You might not be surprised that Blockchain Developer is at the top of the list after increasing the interest of this year around blockchain and cryptocurrency." Only time will tell if the blockchain will be a long-standing trend in the market for work ".