Glassdoor Economic Research is delivering much needed good news to the crypto community saying that despite extreme price volatility and regulatory uncertainty, the number of crypto jobs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector has risen by 300 percent since the same time last year.
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Saying that “the professionalism of the space has accelerated,” the report notes that “continued growth in job openings suggests that blockchain employers remain confident in the market opportunity and continue to make long-term investments in their teams.”
Using their substantial job search site[2] to search out blockchain and cryptocurrencies jobs, Glassdoor Research learned that, in August 2018, there were 1,775 unique blockchain-related job openings in the U.S. By comparison, in August last year, there were only 446 similar job listings, representing a 300 percent year-over-year increase.
“Hiring and jobs is a much more stable metric to observe when looking at the health of an industry, compared to the stock market or currency values that can, and do, fluctuate daily,” Glassdoor economist Daniel Zhao, who worked on the study, told Bitcoin Magazine:
“What the strong surge in job growth that we see on Glassdoor shows is that there is a clear interest in investing in workers with skills related to Bitcoin and other digital currencies.”
"Bitcoin-Related" Skills Are in Demand
One of the report’s surprises is that more cryptocurrency jobs were created than blockchain jobs, as what Zhao referred to as "Bitcoin-related" skills were the most in demand, despite recent price volatility.
“There’s been a lot of Bitcoin buzz among financial investors as well as the general public that’s grown quickly over the last few years. What our research found was a 300 percent growth in online job postings for Bitcoin-related jobs compared to the previous year, which is
