AI and the IT Job Market: What’s Hot, What’s Cold

AI is reshaping the IT job market. Roles aren’t disappearing — but the skills that make them valuable are shifting fast.

🔥 The Hot 5: Skills on the Rise

1. Human skills with AICreativity, problem framing, storytelling, and decision-making alongside AI tools.

2. Designing adaptive systemsAI engineers, platform architects, and automation strategists are in demand.

3. Hybrid securityHumans + AI teaming up to combat escalating cyber threats.

4. Tech utility infieldersCross-disciplinary generalists who can flex as organisational needs change.

5. AI-enabled product buildersProfessionals who turn AI capabilities into real, usable business applications.

❄️ The Cold 5: Skills Losing Relevance

1. Chasing every hard skillDepth is less valuable than breadth in a world where tools change quarterly.

2. Traditional code maintenanceMuch of this work is being automated by AI.

3. Manual threat detectionOutpaced by AI-powered cybercrime.

4. Legacy certificationsPrograms like CCNA, ITIL, and CompTIA A+ are losing traction.

5. Tech disconnected from business goalsOps-only roles without business alignment are increasingly automated away.

Who Wins?

The winners will be IT pros who blend tech fluency with creativity and business impact — making AI their ally rather than their competition.

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