In demand Developer Types
Full Stack Web 60%
Back-End Web 14%
Front-End Web 10%
Mobile Developers 4%
Machine Learning specialists 4%
Android Developers 3%
iOS Developers 2%
Hiring Software Developers & the Most In-Demand Skills by Employers
What are the tech skills employers look for the most?
Between April and June 2017, we’ve seen a big increase in the percentage of jobs tagged with JavaScript, Java and Python. The number of C# jobs increases slightly and Amazon-web-services is knocked off the leaderboard by ReactJS.
Languages and Technologies
The most visited language tags in the UK and Ireland are Python, Javascript, Java and C#. Unsurprisingly, they are also the most commonly used technologies in the UK and Ireland.
Education Types
Regardless of their level of education, developers attend evening courses, bootcamps and other flexible training systems. They also learn a lot by themselves with the resources they find online (hello Stack Overflow and Github!). Among UK and Ireland developers, 76% code as a hobby and 26% contribute to open source projects. Developers who do both? They make up about 22% of total respondents.
Educational Backgrounds
Recent graduate developers are likely to have different educational backgrounds than the veterans on the team. They are less likely to have a Computer Science related specialisation and tend to have a different combination of undergrad specialisations. This may cause friction and require special management attention in the form of coaching, mentoring, and/or continuing education & professional development. We do not yet see a significant difference of education between experienced and new developers. However, the rapid growth of bootcamps, MOOCs and other flexible learning alternatives could very well change the game in the years to come
What Employers Can Do to Appeal to the New Generation of Developers
Formal Education Should Not Be a Prerequisite when it comes to Hiring Software Developers. Overall recruiters would have a larger pool of qualified candidates if they did not ask for a Computer Science degree or any kind of formal education, except for some specialised positions. Do yourself a favour, remove the education requirement of your job listing!
Fulfill the Need for Development and Education Support
As mentioned in The Developer Ecosystem: Employment Trends and Insights report, developers are drawn to specific benefits. We see that professional development sponsorship ranks high, and it is a key benefit to offer developers if you want to attract and retain the best tech talent.
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