These are the top skills you need to help land a job in AI

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AI skills are in high demand in the job market as more companies seek to use the technology to compete with rivals and become more efficient.

Having AI expertise could also land you a position at a Big Tech giant, startups — or even get you a pay bump.

Nancy Xu, founder and CEO of AI recruitment company Moonhub, told Business Insider that her firm is seeing an uptick in demand for "technical generalists who can build AI applications, along with domain experts in several emerging areas of AI research, large language model training and fine-tuning, and machine learning infrastructure deployment."

She says some companies are going the extra mile to win AI talent. "We're seeing CEOs flying to candidates to close offers, significantly above-average sign-on and performance bonuses, new equity structures, customized benefits for individuals, and more," Xu said.

Iffi Wahla, CEO of global talent network Edge, said data scientists have been among the best-paid tech workers in recent years, partly because every business needs people who can understand and extract value from data.Companies want to spread AI skills across their operations, so those with a background or training in techniques such as prompt engineering on generative AI will benefit from increased job opportunities and pay, Wahla added.

Here are some of the most sought-after skills that may help you land a well-paying job in AI.

Aswini Thota, director of data science at financial service firm USAA, told BI that when hiring data scientists and AI engineers, he assesses candidates based on three key areas: technical prowess, business acumen and communication, and innovation.