'Net Features : dice.com

Analytics - The Hiring Trend to Watch in 2013

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:00:00 GMT

One hiring priority that has quickly emerged over the past year is that of the data analyst.

According to a recently released Dice.com Hiring Survey, those familiar with analytics are the fourth largest talent pool (within the tech segment) that recruiters and hiring managers were interested in (preceded by Java/J2EE Developers, Mobile Developers, and .NET Developers and followed by Software developers).

But where do you go to get the education and training required to become a big data analytics master? There is currently a rather sizable gap in big data talent, but colleges and universities are indeed offering programs now – from Northwestern to Drexel, MIT and Stanford – so there likely won’t be a shortage for long.

Ideally, any program chosen will address data holistically and within a business context, including predictive (forecasting), descriptive (business intelligence and data mining), and prescriptive (optimization and simulation) data analysis.

Shortage of .Net Programmers

Pete Prestipino — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:45:00 GMT

Technology job board Dice.com released an October report indicating a rather severe shortage of .Net developers.

Postings for .Net development work are up more than 25 percent year-over-year at Dice and there are currently well over 10,000 jobs requesting .NET development at the popular job board. Experience is certainly a qualifying factor; consider the following information from Dice:

- 27 percent of the searches at Dice involve those looking for .NET skills and an experience level of zero to three years.
- 46 percent of those searches were for those with 4-7 years experience in .NET, and
- 21 percent were looking for developers skilled in .NET with 8 to ten years of experience.

Perhaps most surprising was that Dice believes that developers are not concentrating on .NET because they will not be able to branch out to other platforms. .NET developers earn $83,000 US on average comapred to Java developers who make approximately $91,000 US.

Need a Career? Go Mobile!

Mike Phillips — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Dice.com - a job board specializing in the tech industry - released findings from an online survey that shows a major lack of mobile developers in the workforce. The very good news is that companies are looking to hire.

According to Bloomberg Businessweek, "Almost 57 percent of employers and outside recruiters that hired for mobile-related jobs this year plan to boost such hires in the next 12 months, the survey, conducted on behalf of Bloomberg Businessweek.com, showed. More than half the respondents described the supply of quality mobile-software designers and engineers as 'scarce.' "

Driving this great need and opportunity is companies' desire for mobile apps - from iPhone to Android and BlackBerry. Of course, where there is demand, there is money to be made.

The survey found that:

The most common salary range for mobile developers was $75,000 to $100,000, with 28% of respondents saying they pay $100,001 to $125,000.
Experience with Apple's mobile platform carried the most weight on résumés, with 72 percent of recruiters saying they are hiring for development of iPhone applications, and 38 percent saying iPhone expertise is the most attractive among platforms.
About 60 percent are hiring for Android development, and 23 percent said new recruits with knowledge of Google's platform are most highly prized.
This month, Dice's site had 758 job listings requiring skills or experience with the iPhone, up from 264 a year ago. The site had 685 listings requiring Android skills, up from 158.