Prompt Engineer: Analyzing Skill Requirements in the AI Job Market

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00058v1
• Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 09:11:23 GMT
• Title: Prompt Engineer: Analyzing Skill Requirements in the AI Job Market
• Authors: An Vu, Jonas Oppenlaender,
• Abstract summary: We analyzed 20,662 job postings on LinkedIn, including 72 prompt engineer positions.<n>We found that prompt engineering is still rare (less than 0.5% of sampled job postings) but has a unique skill profile.<n>Prompt engineers need AI knowledge (22.8%), prompt design skills (18.7%), good communication (21.9%), and creative problem-solving (15.8%) skills.
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• Abstract: The rise of large language models (LLMs) has created a new job role: the Prompt Engineer. Despite growing interest in this position, we still do not fully understand what skills this new job role requires or how common these jobs are. We analyzed 20,662 job postings on LinkedIn, including 72 prompt engineer positions, to learn more about this emerging role. We found that prompt engineering is still rare (less than 0.5% of sampled job postings) but has a unique skill profile. Prompt engineers need AI knowledge (22.8%), prompt design skills (18.7%), good communication (21.9%), and creative problem-solving (15.8%) skills. These requirements significantly differ from those of established roles, such as data scientists and machine learning engineers, showing that prompt engineering is becoming its own profession. Our findings help job seekers, employers, and educational institutions in better understanding the emerging field of prompt engineering.

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