HIGH PAYING DIGITAL SKILLS TO LEARN IN 2021.

 Hi guys!!! Happy new year. I know after the whole high-paced tension and stress of 2020 which can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and the End SARS protest, many of us are looking for a break. Financially and emotionally. Because of this, many people will fall victim to many get rich quick schemes, fraud and what not. However, this does not have to be the case with you. In this post, I will be explaining a number of digital skills in demand in 2021 that you can learn to have a steady income.

In Nigeria, the rate of unemployment is continuously on the rise. 10 - 100,000s graduates are released into the labour market annually with no new jobs created. Currently, there are millions of unemployed youths in Nigeria all in the name of no jobs. The reason for this is that times are changing fast and many jobs are gradually going extinct. There are numerous predictions that robots are going to put people out of their jobs in the near future. That’s a story for another day.

Here in Nigeria, so many jobs are fizzling away as new ones are coming into the mainstream. Being Africa’s largest market, almost every trend in jobs and the rave of global moments witnessed in the west are being reflected in Nigeria. To stay relevant in today’s world, you need to be informed and, in this case, we are talking about lucrative skills that you can acquire to break free from unemployment in 2021 and remain relevant in the near future. These skills are trendy all overdeveloped nations and have rippled down to Nigeria, which is why it is important for you.

I present to you the high paying skills you should learn in 2021. 

1. Copywriting

2. Blog/Social media content creation

3. Podcast/Audio Editing/production

4. Video editing/production

5. Script writing

6. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

7. CRM Integrations

8. Deep pocket clients sales specialist

9. Facebook/Instagram Ad and campaign management

10. Google Ad and campaign management

11. YouTube Ad and campaign management

12. LinkedIn Ad and campaign management

13. E-commerce conversion optimization specialists

14. Email marketing campaign and automation management

15. Sales and marketing data analytics

16. Data analytics

17. Sales automation integration

18. Sales funnels

19. Video animation

20. Digital marketing

21. Graphics design

22. UI/UX design

23. Web designing/development

24. Mobile app/game development

25. Software development

26. Coding/programming

27. Networking

28. Brand story telling

29. Business strategy

30. Social media brand management.

There you have it guys. A list of 30 in demand high paying skills you can learn in 2021. In subsequent posts, I will explain each of these skills and how much you can make on the average, where you can learn and how you can get jobs with each skills.