Boston Web Tech Job Market | Q3 2013

Massachusetts continues to exhibit above average technology job growth.  In fact, only New Jersey has added a greater percentage of new technology jobs in the past year.  Details are available at The Dice Report.

Boston Web Tech Job Market

On a local level, the demand for Web tech professionals continues to be strong in the Boston metro area.

However...

Job demand did slow during the past three months.  This is not unexpected since the summer months are traditionally slower months for job creation.  It is likely that there will be a seasonal bounce over the next three months as employers refocus on getting back to work.

The list of Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston has been updated for the third quarter. It appears in the right-hand column and below.  The list is based on keyword searches in job postings at Indeed.com. The most in-demand keywords are listed more frequently than less in-demand keywords.

Indeed.com is a meta-search engine that offers a maximum number of search possibilities.  All searches encompass a 25-mile radius of Boston.  Search parameters can be adjusted to fit your personal needs.

Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston

Here is an abbreviated list of the 20 most in-demand web technologies in Boston. [ or from early June ] listed by number of job postings at Indeed.com:

September, 2013

1. SQL | 3,693 22%
2. Java | 2,953 17%
3. agile *** | 2,212 18% 
4. Oracle | 2,164 34%
5. JavaScript | 1,981 22%
6. Python | 1,308 10%
7. "Web Services" | 1,231 13%
8. SQL Server | 1,219 29%
9. C# | 1,212 25%
10. Social Media | 1,212 12%
11. XML | 1,197 21%
12. HTML + CSS | 1,082 20%
13. jQuery | 994 18%
14. SaaS | 974 13%
15. UI | 961 03%
16. Perl | 931 06%
17. MySQL | 769 19%
18. scrum *** | 756 10%
19. Ruby | 709 20%
20. PHP | 654 21%

*** Note: While "agile" and "scrum" are not technologies, they are methodologies used in technology development.  These keywords appear in many web development job descriptions.  Experience with "agile" and "scrum" is often required or preferred.

An expanded version of this list -- Boston's Top 100 Web Technologies -- is being counted down for the next three months @webapprentices.

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