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Evident AI Talent Report
Mapping the race for AI talent in banking
The 2025 edition of the Evident AI Talent Report provides the most in-depth and up-to-date analysis of AI talent in the banking sector. The report covers:
Acquisition
Staffing
Development
Retention
Key Findings
1
MORE TALENT = BETTER OUTCOMES
The leading banks on AI talent have disclosed a greater volume and a more diverse set of use cases than banks with less mature talent stacks. They are also more likely to disclose estimates of ROI. Investment in AI talent translates directly into AI outcomes.
2
RECORD GROWTH OF TALENT STACK
Across the 50 banks tracked by Evident, the AI talent stack has grown 12.6% over the last six months, representing the fastest growth rate observed over the past two years. Today, 1-in-50 bank employees now work in AI and data related roles.
3
JPMC LEADS; BBVA GROWING FAST
The top-10 banks by talent volume remain unchanged, with JPMorganChase, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup leading the way. Among these leading banks, BBVA is growing the fastest (+17.6%) due to expansion of its AI Factory model in Mexico and Turkey.
4
LEADERS PUSH IMPLEMENTATION
Leading banks exhibit a high ratio of Implementation : Data Engineering talent. In particular, JPMorganChase, Capital One, and Goldman Sachs pave the way, signalling a growing focus on implementing AI use cases and scaling adoption across the enterprise.
5
BANKS TO WATCH
Outside the top-10 banks, four additional banks (CommBank, BNY, TD Bank, and Lloyds Banking Group) are growing their AI talent stack even faster, averaging 21.5% growth at scale (>1,000 AI workers). This signals rapid acceleration of ongoing AI efforts.
6
TRAINING = TABLE STAKES
37 of the 50 banks (74%) tracked by Evident provide AI-specific training to employees. Increasingly, these efforts are aligned to rollouts of new Gen AI productivity tools, which often require phased trials by “super-users” or “sandboxed” environments to experiment in a risk-free setting.
7
LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE
Talent powerhouses are coupling bottom-up training programs with top-down continuing education initiatives. As we approach a critical milestone in sector-specific tech spending, we also see a renewed focus on appointing Board Members with deep technical expertise.
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April 2025
The Evident AI Talent Report
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