These Are the 25 Professions on the Rise in Italy, According to LinkedIn

For this reason, in order to help those wanting to change their career path and understand where long-term opportunities will be available in the future, LinkedIn has decided to unveil the 25 fastest-growing professions in Italy over the past five years, from January 2018 to July 2022, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.

According to the 2023 Growing Jobs Ranking, which is based on LinkedIn data, the top growing profession in Italy is Sales Development Representative. People working as sales development representatives are responsible for scouting potential new customers, proposing products that meet their needs and making sure they are qualified leads.

Regarding this job position, LinkedIn explains that the applicants must have an average of 2.4 years of experience before taking the role and the same notes that the current gender distribution is 54 per cent women and 46 per cent men.

The list of the top growing professions in Italy includes another 24 positions: Sustainability Specialist, SOC Analyst, Customer Success Manager, Pharmacy Manager, Data Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Cybersecurity Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Business Development Representative, Salesforce Developer, Solutions Engineer, Procurement Manager, PLC Programmer, Back-end Developer, Partner Relations Manager, M&A Consultants, Training and Development Specialist, DevOps Engineer, Product Owner, Robotics Engineer, Legal Advisor, Brand Specialist, Strategic Consultant, and Personnel Administration Manager.

Based on the list above, it means that professionals who are still uncertain about the next move that will help them to advance their career should focus on ‘engineering and cyber security positions’ as it seems that they are the most required.

For example, the Cyber Security Analyst position is listed as the third. SOC analysts are responsible for maintaining as well as monitoring the activity in servers, websites, and databases from threats. Those wishing to apply for this position must keep in mind that they must have an average of 1.8 years of experience before taking the role.

In addition to the above-mentioned, data provided by LinkedIn shows that positions that have to do with customer success are also on the rise in Italy.

The Customer Success Manager position has been listed in fourth place. Customer success managers are responsible for managing the customer portfolio of a company through all stages of the sale process. Before taking this position, applicants should prove that they have an average of 5.1 years of experience.

Apart from sharing the job positions that are on the rise in Italy, LinkedIn has also shared data on the ability to work remotely when taking on any of the 25 roles mentioned above.