By Heather Hamilton, contributing writer
Job-search site Indeed.com recently released the results of a study that examined changes in search terms used by tech workers and recruiters over a two-year period (October 2015 through September 2017), revealing the most sought-after skills in the industry. The skills come from terms typed into Indeed’s search browser and terms that employers searched for when looking at Indeed’s resume database.
Indeed brings approximately 200 million visitors per month, which equates to millions of searches every day. While Indeed will not give exact numbers for the breakdown of searches, Daniel Culbertson, who spearheaded the research, has said that tech searches account for a lot of it.
Notably, Javascript library React showed a 313% year-over-year increase as a job seeker interest, also up 229% as an employer interest. If you know cloud computing or Amazon Web Services (up 98% for job seekers and 40% for employers), you’ll also be in great shape. Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, also experienced a 51% boost in job seeker searches and is up 62% for employer searches.
But not every skill fared so well — Tableau, Laravel, Golang, Unity, Django, and Linux showed lower searches from employers. IEEE Spectrum reports that Python also dropped in employer searches by 18% but that the demand “isn’t cooling off that much.”
“Cloud is gaining because businesses of all stripes are boosting their use of off-site computing and storage — and that’s making experienced cloud developers a must-have for many employers,” said the report.
Culbertson examined the activity of people searching for tech positions, then looked at the searches that led users to the search results page. Then he looked at the list of terms, classifying them as skills.
“We wanted to see which of these tech skills are becoming more important to the job search, based on job search activity,” said Culbertson. “We thought this could serve as a barometer for how important these skills are becoming in general in the tech industry.”
The report also concluded that Mandarin, China’s primary language, was often contained in the list of tech job search terms, which is a 49% increase in job-hunter interest. And, while it isn’t officially a tech skill, China is the second largest economy in the world, and it has a major impact on the tech industry in the United States. The study found that employer interest in Mandarin was down 39%, but Indeed has not determined a reason for this, though Culbertson notes that it is worth keeping an eye on in the future.
Sources: Indeed Hiring Lab, IEEE Spectrum, Tech Target
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