The supply of workers with advanced analytics skills is expected to double from late 2018 to late 2020, according to a Bain & Co. report featured in The Wall Street Journal.
Candidates from India will lead the charge: Bain estimates more than 200,000 IT professionals from India will be seeking analytics work by the end of 2020, up from 65,000 in late 2018. New college graduates and mid-career professionals with training from online courses will also contribute to the projected surge of analytics workers.
U.S. companies are ready for it — analytics is one of the most in-demand skill sets right now, according to the report. Martha Heller, CEO of Heller Search Associates, a tech executive search firm, told WSJ companies are looking for a trifecta of skills: people who understand data, can spot patterns and are able to communicate those ideas to leadership.
The Bain report also expects U.S. companies to begin outsourcing more analytics work to foreign countries as the number of work visas declines.
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