The Most In-Demand Skills You Need to Learn to Get Paid What You Deserve in 2022
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If you’re looking to earn more money in the next few years, it pays to become as valuable as possible to your company or client. To do that, you need to build up the experience and the skill set needed to be the best in your field. While that means putting in a lot of work and extra hours now, you’ll be rewarded in three ways: high pay, more respect from your colleagues and higher-ups, and job security since companies are always on the lookout for employees who can bring them an edge over their competitors.
#Coding
Learning how to code isn’t just a passion project anymore. According to McKinsey, it’s also a career imperative. By 2020, there will be 1.4 million more job openings for software developers than there are people equipped with those skills; by 2025, that number will rise to 2 million more jobs than candidates.
#JavaScript
Whether you’re coding a website, web application, or web game, learning JavaScript will help give you an edge over your competition. While mastering JavaScript might seem like a steep hill to climb, it can be done! And as one of our most highly rated programming languages on Coderbyte, learning it is worth it.
#SQL/MySQL
If you know how to speak SQL and MySQL, you can easily get into full-stack development. And once you do, your salary will jump from an average of $68K a year as a junior developer, to an average of $103K a year as a senior developer. – R Programming: If you’re looking for work as data scientist or analyst, knowing R programming is essential.
#Python
Python is a general-purpose programming language that’s easy to learn and use. It also has an expansive collection of packages and tools, making it particularly well suited for data science, machine learning, automation and web development. For these reasons—and many more—it’s becoming a popular choice among employers looking for tech talent with specific skills sets. But don’t let that scare you: If you already know JavaScript or Java, then Python will be a breeze. And if not?
Mobile Development
Learning how to develop mobile apps will be a worthwhile investment. With more than 1 billion smartphone users across North America, Europe, and Asia, there’s plenty of opportunity for developers.
#Ruby on Rails
The faster and easier way to develop a web application. Ruby on Rails isn’t a new technology—it was first released in 2004—but it’s still one of our favorite ways for developers to build high-quality web applications quickly and easily. It also helps if you want get paid what you deserve because jobs involving Ruby on Rails pay twice as much as other comparable positions, according to Jobvite.
#Blockchain
Blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger of transactions. Think of it as a massive Excel sheet that lists every transaction that ever happened on its network and is accessible by anyone with an internet connection. All users can add entries—blocks—to these ledgers, but no one user controls them. That’s what makes blockchain systems, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, so secure: Every single record is protected by numerous computers with nothing to gain from breaking their system.
#Bonus – A Look at the Future of Tech Jobs
Predictions from Eric Schmidt, Google’s Former CEO. – Although it’s impossible to know with certainty which jobs will be available and what skills they’ll require 10 years down the road, certain trends can help paint a picture of where things might be headed. For example, many experts predict that artificial intelligence (AI) will radically transform our lives—and not just because AI has already helped make devices like Siri, Alexa and self-driving cars possible.
#Cyber Security
Understanding of cyber threats and able to defend against them. - Cloud Services: Ability to harness computing power from remote data centers, using software as a service (SaaS). - Data Science: Skilled use of statistics for analyzing large data sets. - DevOps: Role focused on continuous development and deployment. - Big Data Analysis: Use of computer hardware and software systems for storage, management, retrieval, analysis and protection of massive amounts of data (often referred to as big data).
#Data Science / Machine Learning / AI
Jobs related to data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence will see a 45% spike by 2022. This can be largely attributed to an ever-growing need for automation across all industries and new opportunities provided by technologies like blockchain.