Data skills are good skills to have

Linkedin has placed data mining/statistical analysis as the number 2 most sought after skill in employees. This is the same as the 2015 results. 2016 also saw data visualisation enter the top ten skills (number 8) for the first time in the UK. It has not appeared yet for other countries. The following countries have data mining/statistical analysis as either number 1 or number 2 most in demand skill: US, Ireland, Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Canada, S.Africa, UAE, UK, France, Germany. The following countries list it in the top 5 (number 3 to 5): Singapore, China, India.