State of the NationSummer 2016 Canadian Jobs Data

General Trends

Tech Jobs Growth in Canada“Canada’s economy will create at least 218,000 tech jobs between now and 2020, but lacks the people to fill them, says a new report from a not-for-profit think tank.

Out of 527,000 students who graduated in Canada in 2015, only 6 per cent — 29,000 — graduated from an IT field, the report found. Canada would have to graduate around 43,000 IT students per year to keep up with job growth.

That means we are 14,000 tech graduates per year short - that’s where RED comes in.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/12/it-jobs-skills-shortage-canada_n_9440872.html

“Job growth in Canada, Feb. 2015 to Jan. 2016. IT jobs grew more than four times as quickly as other jobs.“ (Chart: ICTC)

Toronto & Vancouver“In Toronto, CBRE said there are now 98,000 people employed in the tech sector, 11.7% of all office employment. It says downtown west and Liberty Village have become the heart of the tech sector in the city,due to tenant demand for what is called“brick and beam” space.

Vancouver has 34,000 tech workers that make up 12 per cent of the office workforce. The go-to sub markets in British Columbia’s largest city have been Yaletown and Gastown as tech users look for the same type of spaceas in Toronto.

http://business.financialpost.com/news/property-post/how-the-boom-in-technology-jobs-is-

transforming-toronto-and-vancouvers-office-markets?__lsa=a788-c9c9

High-tech employment in Vancouver has increased by 19.7% since 2011, 12 times the rate of total employment.”

UX & Design Jobs

Design: Top 10 Jobs

Data based on searches done on Indeed.com 11th June 2016

Design: Salary Expectations

Sourced from available data on GlassDoor.com 11th June 2016

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “UX Designer”.

Experience Level

Degree Required

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “UX Designer”.

Top 25 Skills for UX Designers

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “UX Designer”.

Dev / Coding Jobs

Developers: Top 10 Job Titles

Data based on searches done on Indeed.com 11th June 2016

Top 25 Skills for Developers

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “Developer”.

Top 25 Skills for Developers

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “Developer”.

What the Internet is Built With

Based on data sourced from http://trends.builtwith.com/framework looking at the top million websites.

Developers: Salary Expectations

Sourced from available data on GlassDoor.com 11th June 2016

Experience

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “Developer”.

Degree Required

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “Developer”.

Marketing Jobs

Marketing: Top 10 Job Titles

Data based on searches done on Indeed.com 11th June 2016

Marketing: Salary Expectations

Data based on searches done on Indeed.com 11th June 2016

Experience Level

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “Marketing Manager”.

Degree Required

Based on data collected from a random sample of 50 jobs on Indeed.com for the job title “Marketing Manager”.

Top 7 Skills in Marketing Roles in 2016

Analytics: shortfall of 1.5m people by 2018

Social Media: 92% see this as important

Data Visualization: infographics & design

Technical Skills: 50% of roles require it

Teamwork: especially in social media roles

Newsjacking: reacting to news

Soft Skills: 9 out of 10 fail because of this

http://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/top-marketing-skills#sm.0000ua90ujicgev9xzq14sq4ofe3b

Key Findings

Developers• Developer roles dominated by Javascript and JS frameworks like

Angular, Node.js, React

• PHP still by far the most popular back end language in Web Development

• RED programs are specifically designed to meet these market needs

Marketing & UX TrendsEmergence of Full Stack or “Unicorn” Roles• Over 50% of marketing roles require technical and / or design skills

• 40% of UX roles require simple front end coding or Visual Design

12 Week Professional ProgramsRED’s Professional Programs are designed to train our graduate for specific job roles in the tech industry:

• App Developer

• Web Developer

• UI Designer

• UX Designer

• Digital Marketer

24 Week Full-Stack ProgramsRED’s Full Stack programs are double diplomas specifically designed to meet the market need for these “Unicorn” roles.

• Full Stack Developer (Web Dev & App Dev)

• Full Stack Designer (UX & UI, Visual Communication)

• Full Stack Marketer (DM & UI, Visual Communication)

Referenceshttp://www.ictc-ctic.ca/canadas-first-national-digital-talent-strategy-paves-the-way-forward-for-an-innovative-and-globally-competitive-economy/

http://business.financialpost.com/news/property-post/how-the-boom-in-technology-jobs-is-transforming-toronto-and-vancouvers-office-markets?__lsa=a788-c9c9

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/03/12/it-jobs-skills-shortage-canada_n_9440872.html

http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episodes/generation-jobless

http://business.financialpost.com/executive/careers/the-value-of-education-is-dropping-fast-for-university-graduates?__lsa=fefe-89d0

http://www.forbes.com/sites/toddhixon/2014/01/06/higher-education-is-now-ground-zero-for-disruption/#264a32435bd9

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