A recent study on hiring trends in the analytics sector in India indicates that 97,000 positions related to analytics and data science are currently vacant due to a dearth of qualified talent. A majority of these job openings are for junior roles. The number of unfilled positions has seen an increase of 45% over last year, indicating the widening skill gap in the industry.

 

In the age of digitalisation, cybersecurity, data literacy and analytics, have come to be some of the most sought after skillsets. However, there is an apparent gap in these skill sets. While advanced academic degrees can definitely help, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that having the right skills is a more critical factor in landing your dream job.

 

The nascent fields in niche skills are fast-evolving, and are falling short on the required curriculum for training the young minds. However, several organisations including edu-tech start-ups in the respective fields have taken it upon themselves to impart essential skills and training and these important disciplines.

 

Here’s taking a quick look at some of the well-established platforms that are imparting training and development in the diverse fields of skill.

 

Lynda

A truly global platform, Lynda is for acquiring new skill sets. Recently taken over by LinkedIn, Lynda has monthly pricing plan for learners to access the whole lot. Their Premium plan enables one to download videos to watch offline. The learning processes help one choose what he/she wants to be.

 

Some of the popular courses –

Becoming an IT Security Specialist

Become an Ethical Hacker

Prepare for CISSP exam

Advance skills in Azure administration

Improving presentation skills

Designing responsive websites

 

Udemy

With more than 55,000 courses Udemy is a very popular learning platform, and many have already enrolled with the courses. Udemy offers lifetime access and one can opt for the training one is interested in learning or can surf through the list which include over 2300 free courses.

 

Some of the popular courses –

Development

IT & Software

Security

Personal growth

Marketing

Photography

 

Coursera

For a post graduate degree or for a expert professional certification Coursera, is a great place, and now they have launched Google Cloud Platform Certification courses as well.

 

Some of the popular courses –

Deep learning

Big data

Machine learning

Data science

Digital marketing

 

Skill Share

Similar to Udemy, SkillShare offers choice to opt from over 17000 courses.

 

 Some of the popular courses –

Business

Technology

Design

Photography

Film

Writing

Craft

Culinary

Skillshare

 

Code Academy

A dedicated portal to learn the coding, interactively. Code Academy got multiple types of learning material. For an ex, you can choose to learn a specific topic or complete courses. You can sort the available learning by language or subject.

 

Some of the popular courses –

By subject

Web Development

Programming

Data Science

Partnerships

Design

 

By language

HTML & CSS

Python

Java Script

Java

SQL

Bash/Shell

Ruby

 

Cybrary

Cybrary is all about learning  Cyber Security. Those looking for building a career it is domain can be immensely benefitted with the IT security courses available on this platform.

 

Some of the popular courses –

Penetration testing and ethical hacking

Incident response and advanced forensics

Metaspoilt

Risk management framework

Cyber threat intelligence

Cryptography fundamentals

 

Solo Learn

Those interested in learning coding on Android, iOS or web, Solo Learn is the platform. This online course site offers fewer but some of the best complete tutorials with quiz.

 

Some of the popular courses –

C++

Java/JavaScript

Python 3

PHP

Ruby

jQuery

CSS fundamentals

SQL Fundamentals

 

Linux Academy

Linux Academy is the right choice for hands-on training in cloud computing, servers, containers and the like. Known as one of the top cloud training providers which is trusted by thousands of technology companies for training their workforce,  Linux Academy boasts of a plethora of courses for multiple cloud platform –

 

Some of the popular courses –

Google Certified Professional – Cloud Architect

AWS Certification – Solution Architect, DevOps, SysOps, Developer, Big Data

Microsoft Azure certification preparation

OpenStack administration

 

Udacity

When it comes to acquiring new skills, nothing can be better than Udacity. Be it self-driving car tech, machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, etc, this place is just awsome. What make it even more happening is its exclusive courses introduced in partnership with tech giants in order to impart industry-ready learning. An array of bunch of free courses is an extra advantage.

 

Data Quest

Interested in data scientist? Be a members of data quest to get a realistic approach in learning code, data manipulation, predictions from data, build data pipelines, etc.

 

Data Camp

For learning data analysis, data visualization, data manipulation, statistics and machine learning, Data Camp is also a very effective platform as they have all that a data scientist needs to learn.

 

Kata Coda

Kata Coda is for learning Docker, containerization, TensorFlow.

 

Cloud Academy

With 500 courses/quizzes/labs for AWS, GCP, Azure, Serverless, DevOps, Cloud Academy is for learning cloud computing. The course fees start from $59 a month.

 

Pluralsight

A pioneering e-learning platform for both individuals and businesses, Pluralsight helps one learn what’s important for building a successful career. Those interested in web development can register for Code School program by Pluralsight.