The Rise of the Developer, Designer, and Software Tester

THE RISE OF THE DEVELOPER, DESIGNER, & SOFTWARE TESTÉR TECHNOLOGICAL AOVANCES HAVE HAD MANY FAR-REACHING EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY THE TYPE OF TECH JOB MARKET THAT EXISTS TODAY AND ITS IMPACT ON OTHER INDUSTRIES. GROWTH OF THE TECH INDUSTRY JAN 2012 100,000 JUN 2012 ..... 4.6% Industry output grew rapidly between 2000 and 2010, increasing 4.6% annually on average. Between January and June 2012 the tech industry added nearly 100,000 jobs at a I.7% gain. THE LARGEST GAINS 9.2k TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING 50.8k SOFTWARE SERVICES In the span of a year and a half, the industry added nearly 200,000 jobs at a 3.3% increase to a total of 6 million jobs 49.9k ...... ENGINEERING AND TECH SERVICES across 4 sectors within the industry. 2010 2020 By 2020, employment in all computer occupations is expected to increase by 22%. - APP ECONOMY - 2007 App related jobs were non-existent prior to the first iPhone in 2007. They have since grown to nearly half a million jobs in the U.S. and account for a significant section of the economy. 2011 45% YOUR AD HERE Since late 2009, the estimated jobs in the App Economy By one estimate, the App Economy generated almost $20 billion in revenue in 2011. have been on a steady, rapid incline - including a 45% higher average of tech want ads related to apps between 2010 and 2011. IMPACT ON OTHER INDUSTRIES Since 2000, a significant gap has developed between the U.S. economic activity/productivity (which continues to increase) and employmentljob creation (which is weak and stagnating). Technology, and particularly automation, has been proposed to be the cause behind both. TECH TECH TECH TECH TECH 1980 2011 TECH TECH TECH In 1980, manufacturing accounted for 22.1% of jobs in the U.S. In 2011, it was down to only 10.2% of jobs. 8 of the 10 fastest growing jobs from 2000 to 2010 were in the tech industry. DEVELOPER MEDIAN SALARY SKILLSET REQUIRED $90,530 Analytical skills to analyze user needs and software design The highest-paid positions can be found in: Attention to detail to tackle multiple parts of the software and complete work thoroughly El Centro, California, and the Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury areas of Massachusetts and New Hampshire Technical skills and knowledge of computer programming O Problem-solving skills JOB ROLES JOB GROWTH The largest occupation, software developers make up about 20% of the industry with over 900,000 software developers in the U.S. in 2010. 57%72% Applications software developers design a wide range of programs for consumers, including applications used in cloud computing and company intranets. Applications software developer jobs are projected to grow S79% from 2010 to 2020. Systems software developers create and upgrade the systems that keep computers functioning properly. This includes the software that supports a computer's basic functions as well as building the system's interface that allows users to interact with the computer. I Systems software developers jobs are projected to grow 72% from 2010 to 2020. DESIGNER MEDIAN SALARY SKILLSET REQUIRED $75,660 Analytical skills to analyze user needs The highest-paid positions con be found in: Creativity to combine user needs, marketing, and design to create websites The metropolitan areas of Reading, Pennsylvania; San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, California. A Problem-solving skills JOB ROLES JOB GROWTH= 22% Web designers are projected to grow 22% by 2020, creating about 65,700 jobs Web designers design and create websites. They are responsible for the appearance of the website as well as the behind the scenes coding, performance, and capacity. SOFTWARE TESTER SKILLSET REQUIRED O Analytical skills are a must for being able to foresee potential issues and make good decisions about what testing is best used to improve the software. MEDIAN SALARY $77,740 The highest-paid positions con be found in: Creativity and problem-solving skills go hand in hand to devise innovative solutions to problems or bugs discovered as well as for finding issues before users. Massachusetts, California, Washington state and Colorado JOB ROLES Software Testers, also called Software Quality Assurance or Implementation Analysts, do testing on software, applications, and upgrades JOB GROWTH The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lumps software testers with other analysts. Tagether, computer systems analysts are estimated to expect 22% job growth between 2010 and 2020 with an increase of over 120,000 jobs Testers write reports to management recommending ways to improve the software 22% Software testers can act as a bridge between the software developer and the IT infrastructure team that takes care of installation and maintenance CONCLUSION WITH THE TECH SECTOR'S EVER-GROWING IMPORTANCE AND INFLUENCE, THE DEVELOPER, DESIGNER, AND SOFTWARE TESTER WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE JOB MARKET. 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