TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES HAVE HAD MANY FAR-REACHING EFFECTS, PARTICULARLY THE TYPE OF TECH JOB MARKET THAT EXISTS TODAY AND ITS IMPACT ON OTHER INDUSTRIES.

GROWTH OF THE TECH INDUSTRY

DEVELOPER

APP ECONOMY

IMPACT ON OTHER INDUSTRIES

MEDIAN SALARY

JOB ROLES JOB GROWTH

SKILLSET REQUIRED

Industry output grew rapidly between 2000 and 2010, increasing 4.6% annually on average.

4.6%

Between January and June 2012 the tech industry added nearly 100,000 jobs at a 1.7% gain.

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JUN2012

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In the span of a year and a half, the industry added nearly 200,000 jobs at a 3.3% increase to a total of 6 million jobs across 4 sectors within the industry.

By 2020, employment in all computer occupations is expected to increase by 22%.

App related jobs were non-existent prior to the first iPhone in 2007. They have since grown to nearly half a million jobs in the U.S. and account for a significant section of the economy.

Since late 2009, the estimated jobs in the App Economy have been on a steady, rapid incline – including a 45% higher average of tech want ads related to apps between 2010 and 2011.

Since 2000, a significant gap has developed between the U.S. economic activity/productivity (which continues to increase) and employment/job creation (which is weak and stagnating).

Technology, and particularly automation, has been proposed to be the cause behind both.

In 1980, manufacturing accounted for 22.1% of jobs in the U.S. In 2011, it was down to only 10.2% of jobs.

8 of the 10 fastest growing jobs from 2000 to 2010 were in the tech industry.

By one estimate, the App Economy generated almost $20 billion in revenue in 2011.

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SOFTWARE SERVICES

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$90,530

El Centro, California, and the Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury areas of Massachusetts and New Hampshire

The largest occupation, software developers make up about 20% of the industry with over 900,000 software developers in the U.S. in 2010.

Applications software developers design a wide range of programs for consumers, including applications used in cloud computing and company intranets.

Systems software developers create and upgrade the systems that keep computers functioning properly. This includes the software that supports a computer's basic functions as well as building the system's interface that allows users to interact with the computer.

Analytical skills to analyze user needs and software design

Attention to detail to tackle multiple parts of the software and complete work thoroughly

Technical skills and knowledge of computer programming

Problem-solving skills

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Applications software developer jobs are projected to grow 57% from 2010 to 2020.

Systems software developers jobs are projected to grow 72% from 2010 to 2020.

DESIGNER

MEDIAN SALARY

JOB ROLES JOB GROWTH

SKILLSET REQUIRED

The highest-paid positions can be found in:

The highest-paid positions can be found in:

$75,660

The metropolitan areas of Reading, Pennsylvania; San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, California.

Web designers design and create websites. They are responsible for the appearance of the website as well as the behind the scenes coding, performance, and capacity.

Analytical skills to analyze user needs

Creativity to combine user needs, marketing, and design to create websites

Problem-solving skills

Web designers are projected to grow 22% by 2020, creating about 65,700 jobs

SOFTWARE TESTER

MEDIAN SALARY

JOB ROLES

JOB GROWTH

SKILLSET REQUIRED

$77,740

Software Testers, also called Software Quality Assurance or Implementation Analysts, do testing on software, applications, and upgrades

Testers write reports to management recommending ways to improve the software

Software testers can act as a bridge between the software developer and the IT infrastructure team that takes care of installation and maintenance

Analytical skills are a must for being able to foresee potential issues and make good decisions about what testing is best used to improve the software.

Creativity and problem-solving skills go hand in hand to devise innovative solutions to problems or bugs discovered as well as for finding issues before users.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lumps software testers with other analysts. Together, computer systems analysts are estimated to expect 22% job growth between 2010 and 2020 with an increase of over 120,000 jobs

22%

22%

57% 72%

CONCLUSION

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