Following are the 5 areas that are expected to show double digit growth in the technology job market.
Students and existing employees should focus on these areas for future opportunities.
1. Mobile
Advancement of mobile technologies, lowering of mobile data usage cost, growing adoption of smartphones, and increase in application usability have contributed to the growth of mobile application adoption globally. The mobile application development market is expected to grow to over $200 B in 2016. This is a hot area where you can develop your skills. The job market growth for Mobile is expected to grow 35% in 2016.
Mobile development includes:
a. ios Development
b. Andriod Development
2. Cloud
The IT industry is undergoing a paradigm shift — with cloud computing easily being one of the main drivers. Industry analyst firm IDC has coined this shift as the “third platform,” following on its previous two technology shifts. And while questions remain about whether this platform is anything new, enterprises that choose to ignore it might not properly evolve. Cloud industry will grow 40% in 2016 and so is the job market.
3. Big Data
The world of “big data” is changing dramatically right before our eyes – from the increase in big data growth to the way in which it’s structured and used. The trend of “big data growth” presents enormous challenges, but it also presents incredible business opportunities. Our big data infographic helps you visualize some of the latest trends occurring in our expanding data universe. Big Data job market will grow 20% in 2016.
By 2020, over 1/3 of all data will live in or pass through the cloud.
Data production will be 44 times greater in 2020 than it was in 2009.
Individuals create 70 percent of all data. Enterprises store 80 percent.
4. Social
5. Security