What are the major changes in engineer demand due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and what type of job / skill is required?
While the number of jobs in the cyber security field has exploded due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, it has become clear that the demand for web developers and programmers who use
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Dice, a job search site, compared the changes in the engineering job market between February and March 2020 and published a report summarizing the changes in the job market. The report makes it easy to understand what kind of changes occurred in the job market around March when the effects of the new coronavirus began to appear in many parts of the United States.
According to Dice, in Silicon Valley, the sanctuary of American IT companies and startups, job openings for engineers increased by double digits from February to March. This is thought to be due to an increase in demand for products and services required for remote work such as message applications, email software, and cloud platforms. In Raleigh, North Carolina, the number of job offers for engineers has increased significantly at all IT companies such as IBM, Wells Fargo , Red Hat , Deloitte Tohmatsu Group , and Lenovo.
The graph below shows the percentage of job vacancies in March 2020 that increased or decreased by region by month. The number of vacancies is increasing in many regions, with the largest increase in vacancies from the previous month in Raleigh, NC (+ 28%). Engineer jobs are increasing in 19 cities including San Diego, CA (+ 23%), Arlington, VA (+ 20%), St. Louis, MO (+ 17%), Irving, TX (+ 15%) .. In Tampa, Florida and Houston, Texas, on the other hand, job vacancies did not change, with New York, NY (down 1%), Atlanta, GA (down 4%), Columbus, Ohio (down 5%), and Boston, MA (down 6%). (Decreased), the number of vacancies has decreased compared to February.
'The new coronavirus pandemic is impacting the demands of certain jobs in the technology sector in different ways. The biggest increase was in cybersecurity, up 20% from the previous month.
The graph below shows the percentage change in job vacancies by type of job compared to the previous month. As Dice reported, the highest number of jobs was the cybersecurity engineer (20% increase), and the lowest number of jobs was the front-end engineer (25% decrease). According to Dice's analysis, we are seeing a decline in recruitment of engineers not related to infrastructure development such as front-end engineers, graphic designers (down 17%), business intelligence analysts (down 13%).
In addition, the technical skills required during recruitment have changed significantly. The graph below shows how much the specific technical skills required for recruitment increased or decreased compared to the previous month. Among the recruitment, the three most demanded were system engineers (up 13%),
Looking at the 'employment rate of engineers compared to the previous month in March' by company, Amazon showed the largest growth, followed by Cisco Walmart Parsons. The reason why the hiring of engineers at these companies is accelerating is believed to be 'increasing demand for online shopping' and 'increasing demand for remote work.'
In addition, the top 25 most demanded technical skills in job listings for the first quarter (January-March) of 2020 are: The percentages listed next to the skills show how much the skills have become more demanding compared to the first quarter 2019 job listings.
1st place: SQL (31% increase)
2nd place: Java (up 28%)
3rd place: Software development (17% increase)
4th place: JavaScript (25% increase)
5th place: Python (up 28%)
6th: Project management (20% increase)
7th place: Linux (up 13%)
8th: Oracle (up 25%)
9th place: Git (up 63%)
10th place: Microsoft Visual C # (up 35%)
11th place: Scrum (up 33%)
12th place: Information system (20% increase)
13th place: DevOps (45% increase)
14th: Quality assurance (19% increase)
15th place: .NET (57% increase)
16th place: SQL Server (up 25%)
17th place: UNIX (up 12%)
18th: C ++ (2% decrease)
19th place: Agile development (30% increase)
20th: Unit test (31% increase)
21st place: Web development (79% increase)
22nd place: AngularJS (up 51%)
23rd place: System engineering (up 18%)
24th place: Atlassian JIRA (up 39%)
25th place: System management (20% increase)
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