Bitcoin Job Postings Are Surging on LinkedIn
- About 70% of cryptocurrency jobs are in the software industry
- But financial services jobs tied to bitcoin are growing faster
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There’s a hot new skill in the job market these days: cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin-related job postings as a proportion of total listings on LinkedIn jumped more than ninefold in the financial services industry over the past three years and 4.6 times in the software technology industry, according to data from the career-oriented social network. While the number of listings within financial services is growing faster, the majority of crypto-related jobs -- 70 percent -- are still tied to software development.