This week’s AI signal: security, ML, and resilience

*This is the SkillOS weekly AI careers digest — trending skills, workforce news, and who’s hiring, delivered every week.*

Trending AI Skills This Week

• **Cybersecurity** — Demand score 98/100, up 4.5% over 30 days (source)
• **Prompt Engineering** — Demand score 98/100, up 12% over 30 days (source)
• **Machine Learning Engineering** — Demand score 97/100, up 6% over 30 days (source)
• **Software Engineering** — Demand score 97/100, up 2.9% over 30 days (source)
• **Information Security** — Demand score 97/100, up 2% over 30 days (source)

Companies Hiring in AI

• **Fresh listings indexing** — New job listings are being indexed — check the SkillOS jobs board for live openings in the meantime.

Recent Layoff News

• **Porsche** — 4,100 affected — Automotive (source)
• **Royal Mail** — 2,500 affected — Transportation (source)
• **Amazon** — 1,000 affected — E-Commerce (source)
• **HubSpot** — 600 affected — Technology (source)
• **Carlsberg Britvic** — 310 affected — Manufacturing (source)
• **Truist Financial** — 253 affected — Finance (source)

Layoff-Risk Signals

• **Meta** — Risk score 65/100 (high) — Technology (source)
• **Microsoft** — Risk score 65/100 (high) — Technology (source)
• **Salesforce** — Risk score 65/100 (high) — Technology (source)
• **Google** — Risk score 65/100 (high) — Technology (source)
• **Oracle** — Risk score 60/100 (high) — Technology (source)

New In-Demand Skills to Learn

• **Machine Learning Engineering** — Median salary $190,000 — AI & ML (source)
• **LLM Application Development** — Median salary $181,000 — AI & ML (source)
• **Data Engineering (Modern Stack)** — Median salary $172,000 — Data (source)
• **AI Agents** — Median salary $170,000 — AI & ML (source)
• **LLM Fine-Tuning** — Median salary $165,000 — AI & ML (source)

Top AI News From SkillOS

• **Legal & General Layoff: What Affected Workers Should Do Next** — Legal & General is cutting 1,000 roles in London. Here’s what affected employees in operations and corporate functions can do next. (source)
• **Which Industries Are Most Resilient to AI Automation?** — AI is reshaping work unevenly. The most resilient industries are those built on physical presence, regulated judgment, and human trust—not just information processing. (source)
• **AI Displacement: What the Data Actually Shows** — A sober look at AI displacement statistics, labor-market exposure studies, and layoff data—and what they mean for working professionals. (source)
• **Is Your Job at Risk? A Role-Based AI Reality Check** — A practical way to judge AI risk by role, not headlines: look at task repeatability, judgment, and exception handling to see what’s exposed in 1–3 years. (source)
• **This week in AI careers: trending skills, who's hiring, and more** — Trending AI Skills This Week: Prompt Engineering — Demand score 98/100, up 12% over 30 days (source)

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