Professional networking website LinkedIn has revealed 25 hottest skills that were in demand in 2014. LinkedIn analyzed the skills and experience data in over 330 million member profiles to gather the data.



The LinkedIn report shows that tech skills dominated the 'hottest skills' list. "Across the globe, statistics and data analysis skills were highly valued. In the US, India, and France, cloud and distributed computing skills were in particularly high demand," Sohan Murthy, research consultant at LinkedIn, wrote in a blog post.



Mr Murthy also said that digital, online, and SEO (search engine optimization) marketing skills were also in demand.



With Indian economy showing signs of an upturn and the positivity continuing in the business sentiment, HR experts believe that the hiring activities should get only better in 2015.





According to the Employment Outlook Survey by workforce solutions major ManpowerGroup, Indian employers are expecting a brisk hiring pace for the January-March period and India has also emerged one of the most optimistic nations in the world in terms of hiring plans for the next three months.

Statistical analysis and data mining

Storage systems and management

Cloud and distributed computing

PR and communications

Network and information security

Social media marketing

Algorithm design

Perl/Python/Ruby

Web architecture and development framework

Mac, Linux and Unix Systems

User interface design

Data presentation

Economics

Mobile Development

Virtualisation

Public policy and international relations

Digital and online marketing

Business intelligence

Data engineering and data warehousing

Game development

Middleware and integration software

Market research and insights

Shell scripting languages

SEO/SEM Marketing

Electronic and electrical engineering

Sectors like infrastructure, power, energy, manufacturing, IT, ITES, retail, e-commerce, and banking are likely to see high demand.