Developer recruitment platforms report seeing a sharp rise in the demand for data science-related IT skills.

The latest IT Skills Report by developer screening and interview platform DevSkiller recorded a 295% increase in the number of data science-related tasks recruiters were setting for candidates in the interview process during 2021.

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This, in turn, fuelled the growth of Python, a programming language popular within data science and machine-learning applications, demand for which grew by 154%.

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Data analysis was seen in 32.69% of data science coding tests. "The rise in popularity of data science comes as little surprise given how valuable data has become to companies across the globe," said Jakub Kubry