High-Paying Jobs in India: Here Are Top 25 Skills Most in Demand

At the beginning of the new year, many professionals would be contemplating about a job change. Or even a new career. But what skills are employers looking for? Professional networking website LinkedIn collated the hottest skills that helped people land better jobs in 2015. Sohan Murthy, data analytics and strategy researcher at LinkedIn, in a blog post said, "We noticed that companies were still recruiting and hiring for these skills well into the final months of 2015, so we expect these skills will remain in-demand in the early part of 2016." "This means if you have one or more of these skills, you're likely to continue getting interest from recruiters in the new year." LinkedIn came out with a list of 'Hottest Skills of 2015' based on hiring and recruiting activity seen on the networking website in the past year (January 1 to December 1, 2015). As expected, IT skills dominated the list. Trends In 2015, new skill areas - corporate law and governance, military and defence and automotive services, parts and design - featured in the LinkedIn list. They were not listed in 2014. Electronic and electrical engineering jumped 14 places in the 2015 list as compared to 2014 while user interface design rose 7 spots. Among notable drops, social media marketing slipped 11 spots in 2015 list as compared to that of 2014. Hottest skills of 2015 (India) - according to LinkedIn 1. Cloud and Distributed Computing 2. Statistical Analysis and Data Mining 3. Storage Systems and Management 4. User interface design 5. Algorithm Design 6. PR and Communications 7. Network and Information Security 8.  Web Architecture and Development Frameworks 9.  Perl/Python Ruby 10. Virtualization 11. Electronic and Electrical Engineering 12. Public Policy and International Relations 13. Data Presentation 14. Corporate Law and Governance 15. Mobile Development 16. Mac, Linux and Unix Systems 17. Social Media Marketing 18. Economics 19. Game Development 20. Shell Scripting Languages 21. Data Engineering and Data Warehousing 22. Automotive Services, Parts and Design 23.  Middleware and Integration Software 24. Digital and online marketing 25. Military and Defence   NDTV