The latest situation of recruitment and salary of engineers working in Silicon Valley, such as 'What is the most profitable engineer?'
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Silicon Valley in California, USA is a large base where many IT companies are concentrated, and is sometimes said to be “the highest salary in the United States ”. On the other hand, it is pointed out that housing costs are too high and residents are away, but what is the job offer and salary status of engineers who actually work in Silicon Valley, operates a job search specialized search engine Indeed has published the analysis results.
Silicon Valley Jobs: The 2019 Trends Report-Indeed Blog
http://blog.indeed.com/2019/12/17/silicon-valley-jobs-2019/
Indeed: Amazon and Walmart have the most job postings in Silicon Valley-TechRepublic
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/indeed-amazon-and-walmart-have-the-most-job-postings-in-silicon-valley/
Indeed said, “New technologies are appearing every day, and most of them come from Silicon Valley in the United States,” pointing out that Silicon Valley, a high-tech company cluster, is a leading area for technology development. On the other hand, from October 2018 to October 2019, the number of jobs in Silicon Valley listed in Indeed has decreased by 3.8%, and the industry situation in Silicon Valley has begun to change.
In order to find a new trend in the recruitment situation in Silicon Valley, Indeed conducted an analysis based on its own recruitment data. The table below ranks the number of jobs by type of job listed in Indeed. Engineers and software developers are still in high demand, with 14 of the top 20 occupations being engineers or developers.
| Rank | High-demand jobs |
|---|---|
| 1 | Software Engineer |
| 2 | Senior Software Engineer |
| Three | Product manager |
| Four | Software designer |
| Five | Full stack developer |
| 6 | Front-end developer |
| 7 | Senior Product Manager |
| 8 | Data scientist |
| 9 | Development business manager |
| Ten | Software test engineer |
| 11 | Developer |
| 12 | Data engineer |
| 13 | System Engineer |
| 14 | Backend developer |
| 15 | Quality assurance engineer |
| 16 | Technical planning manager |
| 17 | Data analyst |
| 18 | Machine learning engineer |
| 19 | Java developer |
| 20 | Cloud engineer |
In areas where housing costs are high, such as Silicon Valley, where living costs are high, not only the number of jobs but also the salary is important in recruiting. The table below shows the salary ranking in Silicon Valley that Indeed surveyed. Engineers and developers still occupy the top, but the average salary presented is the result of a “machine learning engineer”. In machine learning, the demand ranking was ranked 18th, but we can see that salary is very high. On the other hand, although general software engineers are in high demand, the average salary is not so high.
| Rank | Job type and average salary |
|---|---|
| 1 | Machine learning engineer $ 172,792 (about 19 million yen) |
| 2 | Lead Software Engineer $ 169,268 (about 18.62 million yen) |
| Three | Platform manager: $ 154,801 (about 17.02 million yen) |
| Four | Senior Software Engineer, $ 142,794 (about 15.7 million yen) |
| Five | Software designer: $ 142,372 (about ¥ 15.66 million) |
| 6 | Senior system engineer, $ 141,0113 (about 15.51 million yen) |
| 7 | Senior Product Manager $ 134,547 (about 14.8 million yen) |
| 8 | Cloud engineer-$ 132,852 (about 146.1 million yen) |
| 9 | iOS engineer $ 130,1979 (about 14.52 million yen) |
| Ten | Development business engineer: $ 128,495 (about 141.31 million yen) |
| 11 | Back-end developer: $ 127,088 (about 13.98 million yen) |
| 12 | Firmware Engineer $ 124,190 (about 13.66 million yen) |
| 13 | Android developer $ 124,024 (about 13.64 million yen) |
| 14 | Software test engineer $ 123,531 (about 13.59 million yen) |
| 15 | Data engineer $ 120,281 (about 13.23 million yen) |
| 16 | Full stack developer, $ 11,9954 (about 13.19 million yen) |
| 17 | Data scientist $ 118,877 (about 13.07 million yen) |
| 18 | Front-end developer $ 118,768 (about 13.06 million yen) |
| 19 | Mobile developer $ 114,560 (about 12.6 million yen) |
| 20 | Software engineer $ 112,969 (about 1,243 million yen) |
In addition, Indeed is also focusing on the question: “Which companies are offering the most jobs?” The table below shows the ratio of each company to the total number of jobs in Silicon Valley. The first place is Amazon, and the second place is Walmart of a major retail chain. Wal-Mart does not have much image of IT, but in recent years the percentage of e-commerce is increasing and the recruitment of highly skilled IT personnel is expanding. In addition, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu , the world's largest accounting firm, has line-quinned in 6th place, indicating that the range of companies seeking IT personnel is expanding.
| Rank | company name | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon | 3.74% |
| 2 | Walmart | 3.00% |
| Three | Apple | 2.80% |
| Four | Cisco Systems | 2.51% |
| Five | 1.10% | |
| 6 | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | 0.92% |
| 7 | 0.92% | |
| 8 | Akraya | 0.86% |
| 9 | Oracle | 0.84% |
| Ten | Accenture | 0.81% |
Indeed pointed out that the overall job vacancies declined, 'it may be related to the rising housing costs in the San Francisco Bay area , where Silicon Valley is located.' Google is planning to expand its office in New York with over $ 1 billion, and Apple is also starting to build a new campus in Austin, Texas .
Data analysis company Brunswick Insight (PDF file) showed that 41% of 18-34 years old and 26% of 35-44 years old lived in the Bay Area. I am planning to leave the area. ' With the evolution of technology, changes in the behavior of people working in the IT industry are also appearing.
by Alyibel
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