Emerging IT Roles in 2025: What Positions Your Company Should Be Staffing Now

Certain IT roles have become critical for businesses that want to keep their competitive edge. These are the positions we see employers prioritizing.

• AI/ML Engineer and MLOps Engineer: to turn AI pilots into dependable production systems.
• Cloud Security Engineer: to secure workloads as they move to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
• Zero Trust Architect: to redesign access for hybrid work and modern threats.
• Data Engineer: to build the clean, governed data that analytics and AI depend on.
• GRC Specialist: to keep pace with new regulation and customer security reviews.
• Site Reliability Engineer: to keep critical platforms fast and available.

If one of these roles is on your plan, tell us about it. We will share current market rates and availability with your shortlist.