Boston Web Tech Job Market | Q2, 2018

"U.S. employers across all regions and states plan to add staff in the next three months." ~ ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey

The Headlines

Tech Industry Bursting with Jobs

Milestone for US Job Market: More Openings Than Unemployed

U.S. Employers Report Strong Hiring Intentions for Third Consecutive Quarter

Small Business Optimism Index Soars, Continuing Historic Run, Hitting Several Records in May

Boston Web Tech Job Market

The list of Top 25 Web Technologies in Boston has been updated for June and appears in the right-hand column.  This 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.  This list reflects the change in the last four months.

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. Indeed helps more people get hired than any other jobsite.

Top 25 Web Technologies in Boston

Here is an abbreviated list of the 25 most in-demand web technologies in Boston. [  or  from February, 2018 ] listed by number of job postings at Indeed.com:

June, 2018

1. agile *** | 4,071  20%
2. SQL | 3,929  4%
3. Python | 3,051  15%
4. Java | 3,040  14%
5. social media | 2,184  6%
6. JavaScript | 1,909  10%
7. AWS | 1,750  26%
8. SaaS | 1,655  8%
9. scrum *** | 1,404  28%
10. Oracle | 1,229  2%
11. Web Services | 1,204  17%
12. C# | 1,078  0%
13. UI | 1,015  16%
14. API | 943  32%
15. Git | 883  22%
16. HTML + CSS | 878  14%
17. UX | 877  17%
18. SQL Server | 748  4%
19. Hadoop | 740  6%
20. Ruby | 722  3%
21. Axure | 696  26%
22. Angular | 684  29%
23. XML | 683  4%
24. Android | 763  16%
25. Photoshop | 626  11%

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

Career Training

Tech job seekers should feel confident that plentiful opportunities will continue through the second half of 2018.  If you are looking to upgrade your tech skills, consider joining Boston PHP Meetup for Agile Appetizer, Season 2 and AWS Snack, Season 2.

The Top 50 Web Technologies in Boston are being counted down for the next two months on Beantown Web's Twitter page @webapprentices.

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