The in-demand IT jobs of Canada – Part

User Experience (UX) Designer

UX designer is an in-demand tech job that has been on the rise in recent years in Canada. It is more products oriented where the designer more focused on the product’s development which includes its design, usability, function, branding, and marketing. The work also includes the product’s end-to-end journey from the user interaction with the product to identifying new opportunities to market the product. This job has requires a mix of both technical and creative skills making it easy for people with non-technical backgrounds to enter.

Entry Level Salary: $42,000
Top Salary: $82,000

Technical Lead

A Technical Lead is one of the core members of a software company who leads a team of technical personnel during the software development stage by overseeing technical issues, troubleshooting problems, and product releases. A high responsibility job that requires a combination of good management and leadership skills, a skillful mix of hard and soft skills, communication, problem-solving, and managing large teams. A good amount of software experience, technical skills, and people management skills are required for this job.

Entry Level Salary: $53,000
Top Salary: $115,000

Java Developer

Java is one of the most popular programming languages of the software industry. It is widely used by developers who are high in demand throughout Canada. A Java developer is a type of programmer who works with web developers and software engineers in order to integrate Java into business applications, software, and websites. They are involved in the entire product life cycle from its development to its release and also identifying and analyzing technical issues.

Entry Level Salary: $48,000
Top Salary: $89,000

Data Scientist

Harvard has called ‘Data Scientist’ as the sexiest profession of the 21^st century. Data being the most valuable currency of the 21^st century has been one of the hottest sought after professions due to the rising number of data in the digital domain to be maintained and analyzed. Data scientists with strong technical background with analytical skills are in-demand across multiple industries in Canada. The job of the data scientist combines science, statistics and mathematics. They gather large sets of structured and unstructured data for analyzing.

Entry Level Salary: $46,000
Top Salary: $108,000

PHP Developer

PHP is a programming language widely used by many in the tech industry. PHP developers are high in demand due to nature of specialized programming skills and experience required with PHP. The writing of the server-side web application logic, developing back-end components, connecting the application with third-party web services, supporting front-end developers by integrating their work with the application and developing and integrating plugins for frameworks are done by the PHP developers.

Entry Level Salary: $42,000
Top Salary: $78,000

The in-demand IT jobs of Canada – Part – II