October 24, 2012 | Gartner says that big data is becoming an engine of job creation. By 2015, big data will create 4.4 million IT jobs globally, of which 1.9 million will be in the U.S., Peter Sondergaard, Gartner's head of research, predicts. The downside? Sondergaard expects only a third of those jobs to be filled thanks to a shortage of skilled workers. Computerworld