What tech jobs and skills will be in demand in 2024?
Five in 10 tech hiring managers plan to increase headcount this year.
Amidst layoffs and a challenging market, an expert said things are “looking bright” for the tech industry in 2024, with half of hiring managers planning to increase headcount this year.
To help talents better secure jobs, Morgan McKinley listed the jobs and skills which will be in demand in the tech industry this year.
In the development and testing sphere, the recruitment expert said roles like Development Manager, Full Stack Engineer, Automation Testing, Engineering SME, and L3 Developer will be in demand.
Meanwhile, those with expertise in Java with microservices & GCP, API development, DotNet Core with Azure, core development to build CI, CD pipeline, and Python development will also be in demand.
Below are the other in-demand tech jobs and skills in 2024:
Infrastructure
| JOBS IN DEMAND | SKILLS IN DEMAND |
| Cloud Engineer | Cloud Automation |
| DevOps Engineer | Container Architecture |
| Site Reliability Engineer | Site Reliability |
| Network Engineer | Cloud architecture |
| Solution Architect | Kubernetes Deployments |
| CI/CD Pipeline Development |
Architecture
| JOBS IN DEMAND | SKILLS IN DEMAND |
| Solution Architect | Coding experience |
| Enterprise Architect | Implement microservices for applications |
| Principal Architect | SOA Architecture |
| Presales Solution Architect |
Analytics
| JOBS IN DEMAND | SKILLS IN DEMAND |
| Big Data Engineers (Cloud) | Spark/Kafka/Hadoop |
| Data Scientist | LLM & NLP |
| Data/AI Governance (AI Ethics) | Governance framework |
| Data Analyst | Python. SQL |
| Machine Learning Engineer | Tensorflow, PyTorch |
Cyber Security & Technology Governance
| JOBS IN DEMAND | SKILLS IN DEMAND |
| Cyber Security Ops & Engineering | Technology Risk & Governance |
| Technology Risk Management | Security Architecture |
| Technology Audit | Cloud/DevSecOps |
| Cloud Security | Threat & Monitoring |
| Security Architect | Cyber Security Data Analytics |
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