It’s hot summer in the blink of an eye, students taking the high school entrance exams are making their final sprint, and college graduates are about to flood into the job market.
Recently, many friends have consulted on employment issues in the IT industry in the background, "What programming language is the most popular among companies?" "Are software engineers paid high?" "Are there big salary differences in different regions?" "What positions have more prospects? "
Don't worry, don't worry, today's report can be used as a reference for everyone, come and find out ~
Salary differences between countries and regions
This report called "The Current Situation of Software Engineers in 2022" covers the United States Hired, a well-known programmer recruitment website, analyzed nearly 370,000 interactions between employers and job seekers, as well as survey interviews with more than 2,000 software engineers.
Overall, the United States is still the country with the highest salary for software engineers, followed by the United Kingdom and Canada. In terms of growth rate, Canada has the highest average salary growth rate, with a salary increase of 9.2%; followed by the United Kingdom and the United States, which increased by 2.7% and 0.8% respectively.
In the United States, the regions with the highest salary rankings are: San Francisco Bay Area , Seattle , and New York, followed by Boston , Los Angeles, Austin , Atlanta , Washington, DC, San Diego , Chicago. and other places. The San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and New York have been ranked among the top three for both years.
The salary differences of various types of software engineers
The salaries of different types of software engineers are also different. The top three paid software engineers are: security engineer , R&D engineer, and natural language processing (NLP).
The top 10 paid software engineer positions also include mobile engineers, machine learning engineers, augmented reality /virtual reality engineers, database engineers , blockchain engineers and data engineers.
Perhaps because of the booming development of artificial intelligence and fields in recent years, the salaries of NLP engineers and machine learning engineers are very high, at US$160,227 and US$158,307 respectively. However, compared with the previous year, the former's annual salary decreased by more than 4,000 US dollars, while the latter's annual salary increased by more than 7,000 US dollars.
Last year’s popular “ metaverse ” did not bring salary increases to augmented reality/virtual reality engineers. Not only did their salary ranking drop to sixth place, but their annual salary also dropped from US$170,000 to US$158,000.
More frequent cyber attacks have sharply increased the company's demand for security engineers, which has also increased their salary to $165,505 per year, an increase of 7.59%, ranking first on the list.
Which language is the most popular in the market?
There are thousands of programming languages. As a software engineer, how should you choose?
According to statistics, Go can bring you 1.8 times the chance of an interview. Dave Walters, chief technology officer of Hired, also pointed out that more and more large companies are now beginning to use Go for programming, such as Uber, Twitch and Slack, etc. The front-end JavaScript library React is also in high demand, with startups, established companies, and engineering teams increasingly looking to React as an opportunity to re-platform.
Of course, demand is one aspect, and you must also consider your own preferences. Choosing a programming language you like will help you go further on this road. In Hired's report, the top 10 programming languages favored by software engineers are: Python, JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, C#, Go, HTML, C++, Ruby, C language .
What are the differences between supply and demand for various positions?
The demand for different positions is still quite different. Some positions once became a red sea, while some positions offered "sky-high" salaries but still couldn't recruit people. This report also statistics on the supply and demand relationship of different positions.
From the data above, we can see that the top three software engineers in market demand are: full-stack engineer , back-end engineer, and front-end engineer.Compared with 2020, there are 2.1% more interview invitations for full-stack engineers in 2021. This is because full-stack engineers can greatly improve the efficiency of the engineering team and reduce personnel redundancy. In addition, data engineers, security engineers, natural language engineers, embedded engineers , blockchain engineers, game engineers, computer vision engineers are also in great demand in the market.
Comparing demand and supply, it can be seen that NLP engineers and blockchain engineers are still not enough, while mobile engineers and machine learning engineers seem to be somewhat saturated.
After reading this report, friends who want to choose the direction should have some answers. The first is to be optimistic about the relationship between market supply and demand, and the second is to understand the application and development prospects of technology. Don't blindly rush into popular fields, and don't hesitate too much.
