At first, it should be easy for software developers find work: The sector’s workforce in the United States grew by 132,000 jobs last year, to 1.235 million chegadando professionals this year, according to the Department of US government work.
And the demand for application developers follows hot, with higher wages and benefits. Diveras employers offer benefits to attract and retain talent. According to Foote Partners consultancy, bonuses for these professionals grew 9% in a span of two years.
Nevertheless, recent research company Computer Economics, carried out with 200 medium and large companies found that programmers make up less than 20% of the quota within the IT departments this year, compared to just over 22% in 2012.
The decline can be attributed to a change in outlook, but can also be part of a major effort by the company to adhere to software applications as a service (SaaS). As the number of IT companies replacing their internally-developed systems in favor of software as a service offerings, demand for programmers decreases, analyzes the research vice president of Computer Economics, John Longwell.
” Nevertheless, they still need programmers to maintenance, support and integration of enterprise applications, “equalizes the executive.
While the number of vacancies programming decreases the team of CIOs, new opportunities present themselves for providers hosting services. They grow and most of these companies has job openings for programmers. But the industry change is not always easy.
transition
Dane Atkinson, CEO and founder of SumAll.com analytics company, said receiving good willingly candidates for corporate IT departments. Vacancies are available for front-end engineers, back-end, data and platforms. He admits that the move to a startup like SumAll, can be daunting paw veterans of the corporate sector.
“Unfortunately, the world of SaaS providers is not usually the fate of these developers. Not because they do not want to but because, for an engineer, would be like leaving the Navy to join as crew on a pirate ship “, compares the executive.
Despite the speech, SumAll has in its ranks employees coming from IT departments of large companies. Atkinson cites leadership and political skills along with technical as some of the qualifications of these employees, adding that the company also looking for people with entrepreneurial inclinations.
Some jobs focused on cloud technologies just are not right for staff corporate IT. For example, Formotus, which offers a cloud platform for developers to create not business models for mobile devices, first hires developers with experience in building platforms and they do not usually come from IT departments, indicates its CEO, Adriana Neagu.
The Formotus, using Azure and .Net, are hiring specialists in databases and performance tuning. Most of its contractors is internal and – notoriously – 70% of its engineers are women. The company strives to attract people who “need to find the balance between work and personal life,” says Adriana.
But the migration to SaaS may be creating its own range of opportunities, says John Wigginton, Vice president of global IT FleetMatics, which provides hosted GPS tracking services.
“One way to stay relevant and contratável is to develop skills in the development of tools equipped with SaaS technologies such as Salesforce and NetSuite. Not all SaaS applications to fit all possible businesses, offering an opportunity for its customization, “Wigginton says.
Despite the changes in the market, workers who wish to remain in the corporate IT industry may find this year better than the last. After researching large employers in the United States and Europe, the Hackett Group (management consultant) predicts growth of 3.3% in the US corporate IT sector this year against 1.3% in 2014. But it’s not exactly a wave and Hackett regularly reported a decline in IT jobs due to outsourcing to other countries.
Explaining the outlook this year, Scott Holland, leader counseling program practices in the IT Hackett said that companies want better alignment between business and IT, so look for people who understand the impact that technology has on the success of an organization.
Outsourcing continues
While other changes may be approaching, offshoring continues to affect the labor market: the number of CIOs planning to send its contingent abroad increased compared to last year, according to a global survey of 4,000 IT executives carried out in partnership by Harvey Nash and KPMG.
And not only with foreign providers of IT professionals who need to worry. Recruiting as Toptal made it easier than ever to hire foreign talent by American companies: she recruits freelancers developers around the world (about 80% are not American) and operates a rigorous qualification process that includes interviews and technical tests.
“Only about 3% of developers spend,” says its CEO, Taso Du Val. He recognizes that American companies can save money when hiring foreign staff, but stresses that the ability of your company to deliver quality talent is more important.
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