RALEIGH – Demand for software developers, especially with certifications in Java, remains strong across North Carolina even as overall open high tech job openings are falling, a new report shows.
The IT Job trends Report for July from the N.C. Technology Association shows that 6,194 jobs are available in software development. That is up 16 percent year-over-year and is only slightly below the 6,200 listed in June.
Java-related skills tops the hardest-to-find skills and certifications at more than 5,400 last month.
The Jobs
Here are the most open jobs across the 10 hottest categories:
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Occupations, Openings July ‘19, Openings July ‘18
- Software Developers: 6,194, +15.9%
- Network + Computer Systems Administrators: 2,913, +2.2%
- Computer Systems Analysts: 2,491, +7.9%
- Computer User Support Specialists” 2,514, +10.9%
- Information Technology Project Managers: 2,567, +27.5%
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects: 1,930, +12.4%
- Information Security Analysts: 1,834, +0.5%
- Computer + Information Systems Managers: 1,603, +45.3%
- Web Developers: 1,503, +13.3%
- Software Quality Assurance Engineers: 1,220, +33.3%
TOTALS Including All Others: 26,604 +6.8%
The skills
The hardest-to-find skills and certifications:
TOP 10 Hard Skills/Certifications Skill July ‘19
- Java 5,418
- Software Development 5,074
- Structured Query Language 4,574
- Linux 3,854
- Python 3,607
- JavaScript 3,633
- Systems Development Life Cycle 3,538
- Application Development 3,379
- Agile Software Development 2,996
- Quality Assurance 3,002