Due to COVID-19, hiring efforts and job openings took a significant dip last year. However, the technology industry has proven more resilient than expected. According to Hired.com, a company that helps companies around the world hire employees, the software engineering sector has seen solid overall employment growth.
Hired reported: “In December 2020, the unemployment rate for the tech sector was only 3% compared to 6.7% for the overall U.S. economy, with tech jobs growing by about 391,000 positions in the same month.”
Today, technology is the central driver of change in business. As a result, the demand for talent continues to outstrip supply. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that by 2026, the shortage of engineers in the U.S. will exceed 1.2 million.
Top Software Engineering Jobs for 2021
Here are the top Software Engineering positions for 2021 offered by technology companies around the world:
1. Backend Developer: Developing server-side applications and integrating the work done by Frontend developers
2. Full Stack Developer: Design and build scalable software. Write clean, functional code for the front and back end. Test and fix bugs or other coding issues.
3. Frontend Developer: Structure and design of the UI in websites and applications
4. Data Engineer: Finding and analyzing trends in data sets and developing algorithms that will help make raw data more useful to the business
5. Mobile Developer: Creating, testing and developing applications for mobile devices
6. Machine Learning Engineer: Developing automated AI software to automate predictive models and solve data set problems
7. Search Engineer: Develop, maintain, test and optimize the search engine for a company's platform
8. Security Engineer : Preventing and mitigating security breaches that may occur in the company's computer systems
9. NLP Engineer: Developing Natural Language Processing applications that can process and analyze natural language data
10. Computer Vision Engineer: Automating various functions that the human visual system can perform
11. Game Developer: Developing games for various platforms
12. Embedded Engineering: Design and development of embedded software and writing code for microcontrollers and microprocessors
13. AR/VR Engineer: Design, analysis, debugging and development of AR and VR prototypes
14. Blockchain Developer: Securing digital transactions by creating systems for recording and storing blockchain data in a way that prevents changes or breaches
15. Engineering Manager: Design and coordination of projects, supervision of junior engineers in architectural and engineering firms
Top coding skills for 2021
For the past two years, Google's Go has been the most in-demand coding language on Hired, with candidates with knowledge of the Go programming language receiving an average of 9.2 interview requests.
Redux.js also saw the highest demand overall in 2021, recording 2.9 times more interview requests than the market average.
Top Coding Languages for 2021 by Hired.com
Here are the most popular programming languages (ranked from most to least popular):
- Python
- JavaScript
- Java
- Go
- Ruby
- Scala
- Objective-C
- PHP
- HTML
- Swift
- C++
- C
- C#
- R
- Kotlin
- Typescript
As you can see, Python, Java, and JavaScript are the three most popular coding languages requested. This can be largely attributed to their useful and well-maintained libraries and packages, and the available resources for learning and development.
R, Kotlin , and Typescript were ranked as the least favorite languages for software engineers.
Information source: fossbytes.com
