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Demand for particular sets of skills keeps changing from time to time, depending on the era. Engineering/technology aspirants prefer the most rewarding field, both in terms of monetary benefits and job enrichment. Not long back core branches of engineering, namely Electrical, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering, used to be the most preferred avenues for students. This scenario changed a lot after the IT revolution and Software and Electronics-related skills started dominating the industry demand like never before.
Based on the average pay of technicians/engineers in the USA, the following list of Top 10 Tech Skills has been compiled. These fields are having the highest average pay as of now, and they are going to be dominant in the industry for a long time in the future as well. The scenario remains the same worldwide, and the demand will only increase in the future in developing countries like India, China, and other ASEAN economies.
Aspiring engineers should go through the list to decide the best for their career and life goals.
1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning
AI is a new field and it’s witnessing rapid growth. It will be the most dominating tech skill of the 21st century. Most high-tech companies have already started moving to AI-based products, both in manufacturing and services. This has created a lot of demand for AI engineers, AI designers, and Machine Learning programmers .
2. Blockchain Developers
Blockchain development has gained momentum in the past decade and the sector is expected to grow by about a hundred times within a decade. Since there is no regular course of blockchain development yet in most colleges in countries like India there is a huge demand-supply mismatch.
3. Software Engineer Manager
The job of software engineer managers is to guide the work of software engineers in a project. Software engineering itself is one of the most in-demand and highly rewarding fields in the industry. SEMs have to lead and direct a project team and deliver time-bound and cost-effective results.
4. DevOps Engineer
A DevOps engineer is an IT generalist who should have wide-ranging knowledge of both development and operations, including coding, infrastructure management, system administration, and DevOps toolchains. DevOps engineers should possess interpersonal skills since they work across company silos to create a collaborative environment.
5. Digital Marketing Manager
This is an era of growing digitalization and digitization. A digital marketing professional assists in online growth and hence, helps firms reach their target audience. An increase in reach means an increase in sales figures, which finally determines more profitability. Increasing internet penetration in developing countries and affordability of data at low cost will ensure that the field keeps growing leaps and bounds in the future.
SEO, social media marketing, paid advertising, and marketing psychology, are much-needed attributes in online world.
6. Product Managers
A product manager is a person who identifies the customers’ needs and the larger business objectives that a product or feature will fulfill, articulates what success looks like for a product and guides a team to turn that concept into a reality.
Conducting customer interviews and user testing, feature prioritization and road map planning, market assessments, translating business-to-technical requirements,etc are competencies required for the role of a product manager.
7. Cybersecurity
Increasing digitization and digitalization, more people handing out their data to tech and SM companies, growth in fintech services with a large amount of confidential data, increase in online transactions will ensure that the job of cyber security professionals always remains in demand. More companies aspire to go online, more cyber security experts will be needed in the future. Cyber security is one of the biggest concerns in today’s world.
8. Data Science and Analytics
As they say- ‘Data is the new oil’, and this relatively new field is growing phenomenally . A Data Analyst is a skilled professional who collects data from multiple sources, organizes it, and performs analysis on it. Data Scientists are skilled professionals who understand business challenges and opportunities and develop the best solution using modern tools and techniques. They use statistical methods, data visualization techniques, and machine learning algorithms to build predictive models and solve complex problems.
9. Mobile Applications Developer
With about 6.38 billion smartphone users in the world as of now, the companies are not going to rely merely on websites but will look forward to enhancing their presence and engagement with customers through mobile applications. The pay in this field is very diversified depending on the requirements of the firm and the skills of the developer.
10. UI/UX Design
UI designers design the interfaces of applications and websites. UX designers research and test to consider every element of how the user will interact with the company and website. Many companies spend a lot of money on research in UI/UX designs to enhance the experience of customers on their apps and websites.
There are many other fields which shall witness tremendous growth in coming decades and StoryBrunch will cover them in other articles. Subscribe/follow us to stay ahead of the curve.
