Despite threats of recession and layoffs, the tech job market remains strong. The Dice Tech Job Report for the first half of 2022 found that tech job postings grew compared to the first half of last year. Demand for tech talent continues to grow, with the number of job postings growing 45% since the beginning of the year. Dice analyzed 3 million tech job postings from January to June 2022, compared to the same period in 2021 and got these key takeaways.
Key Takeaways
- Employers are looking for people who have mastered the skills to guide projects from inception to completion. Ie. Agile Methodology, troubleshooting, and software engineering.
- Employers want technologists with data-related skills. Cloud computing had the most year-over-year growth in job postings at 162%. Data storage and processing tools such as Hadoop, HANA, and PaaS (platform as a service) saw significant increase in compensation.
- People with core technical skills, such as SQL, Python, Java and AWS, are also in demand. These are the programming languages and platforms that power many organizations.
- Traditional tech hubs such as New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Francisco continue to lead in tech jobs but there are some cities gaining traction in the technology landscape.
Growing Tech Cities
Technology career opportunities are growing beyond the usual tech hubs that have dominated IT hiring in the past. While this trend had begun prior to the pandemic, it definitely accelerated the growth in tech job postings in various cities across the country. IT professionals began moving away from the large, over populated cities and companies became more open to hiring remote workers.
Companies have started expanding and even moving their head quarter locations to cities with more space and lower cost of living. According to the Dice Tech Job Report, there are some states with multiple cities on the list of the Top 20 Tech Cities based on Job Posting Growth. Florida and Texas hold the most spots with Florida taking the top 2 on the list!
Top 20 Tech Cities by Job Post Growth
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