AI specialists and software engineers among most popular UK roles, says LinkedIn Demand for specialist software engineers and people with skills in AI have risen, according to professional network LinkedIn Share this item with your network: By Published: 18 Jan 2021 10:30 Specialist software engineers and artificial intelligence (AI) professionals are some of the fastest growing roles in the UK, according to LinkedIn. Research by the social media network, which looked into popular UK job roles among its 29 million UK members, analysed job titles that saw the highest year-on-year (YoY) growth between April and October 2020, and found that a number of digital and technical roles were among the most popular.