For many questions of technical workers, Hired recently released the "2019 Salary Status Report" to give answers. The report pays special attention to the salary of global technical workers such as software engineers, product managers, DevOps engineers, designers, and data scientists, and answers the most important questions of today's scientific and technological talents. InfoQ selected the conclusions that are generally concerned by domestic practitioners and have certain reference value in the report. The main contents are as follows:
Only 23% of computer science-related majors/PhDs said that high education brings them high salaries;
76% of technical workers believe that participating in programming training institutions is helpful for job hunting;
In the United States, the income of skilled workers has stabilized after the age of 40, and has shown a gradual downward trend;
The global demand for blockchain engineers increased by 517% year-on-year;
60% of technical talents plan to leave their current city within 5 years.
Average salary of global technical workers in 2019
In 2019, the average salary of global technology practitioners was US$129,000.
The average salary of American technology practitioners is higher than the world average, at $135,000. On the whole, the salary growth rate of the East Coast is faster. In 2019, the San Francisco Bay Area has become the highest-paid job market for skilled workers for the fourth consecutive year, with an average salary of US$145,000. Last year’s salary growth rate was 2%. Considering its soaring rents and rich technological achievements, this This is not surprising; Toronto is the lowest-paid job market for technology workers in the United States, with an average salary of $100,000. However, last year's salary growth rate was not bad, at 9%.
In 2019, the average salary of technology practitioners in Paris, France was 52,000 euros, last year's salary growth rate was 8%; the average salary of technology practitioners in London, England was 62,000 pounds.
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The increase in salary also reflects certain attitudes of technical workers towards salary. One-third of technical workers said that if their performance in the new company is recognized, they will apply for a salary increase within 8 months after taking the job, which may put some pressure on the company. Despite the wave of IPOs this year, more than half (54%) of technical workers around the world are holding a wait-and-see attitude on whether they should give up higher salaries for company equity. Similarly, in the UK, 69% of technical talents are not sure whether they should accept equity or a higher base salary.
Despite the high salary, the cost of living is too high and real estate prices remain high. After removing these costs of living, many technology practitioners are not satisfied with the "poor" salary satisfaction and happiness they get, 53% of them Practitioners believe that given the cost of living in their current city, the salary they receive is not fair. Many people even consider moving to another city in order to reduce the cost of living and avoid high taxes. The report shows that 60% of science and technology talents plan to leave existing cities within 5 years. Austin, Seattle, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, and Denver are the top 5 ideal relocation destinations for science and technology talents.
In addition, for global tech workers, the top 3 most attractive company benefits are: better health, dental and vision insurance; unlimited paid leave; paid maternity leave/paternity leave. The problems that they are most concerned about and most hope to solve in their careers are: unemployment; global warming; lack of educational opportunities.
Which industries provide high salaries for technology practitioners?
Which industry companies provide the most competitive wages for technology practitioners? (Take the United States and the United Kingdom as examples)
The report shows that in the technology industry, the average salary given by American companies is the highest, at $141,000. In the United States, technology practitioners in the communications and transportation industries have the lowest salaries, with an average salary of 130,000 and 135,000 US dollars, respectively. There is still a lot of room for growth in the salary of the communications industry.
In the UK, technology practitioners in the healthcare and finance sectors have the highest income.
Which technical talents with what skills are the most popular?
It seems that the demand for top technical engineers will not slow down anytime soon, but programmers with certain specific skills may be more smooth in demand matching and career development. So which type of technical talent is the most popular? (Take the United States and the United Kingdom as examples)? Specifically, full-stack developers are the most popular developers in the United States, while back-end engineers are the most popular in the United Kingdom.
Technological talents are becoming more and more strategic and basic resources for innovative companies. For job seekers, it is very important for job seekers to have a place in today's fiercely competitive recruitment market. The report summarizes the five technical skills that employers most favor and are necessary for technical practitioners, namely Javascript, Java, Python, Node.js and SQL.
In addition, in addition to top technical skills, in terms of programming languages, technical talents with senior and professional knowledge in GO and Scala are very popular.
High education = high salary?
近年来，像 Apple，Google 和 PayPal 这样的科技巨头已经放弃了以往对求职者教育背景的要求，而越来越多地将目光投注到教育以外的实际工作经历。虽然高学历能带来诸多好处，但多数求职者都在面临同一个困扰：为学历加码在经济上是否值得？
调查结果显示，31% 的受访者认为没有硕士 / 博士学位同样可以获得目前的岗位。48% 的受访者认为高学历为求职带来帮助，其中，仅有 23% 表示高学历为其带来了更高的薪水。受现实条件影响，求职者继续深造的意愿正在降低，超半数（54%）的受访者表示没有兴趣继续攻读硕士 / 博士学位。而选择放弃继续深造的原因主要正在于，相对于在校获得的专业知识，公司更看重实际工作经验的积累，而用人单位对人才的选拔也不再“唯学历”。
不再追求高学历并不意味着在知识的获取上止步。如今，技术工作者正在研究其他形式的学习方法。根据 《2019 年软件工程师状况报告》，创新型公司正在以更加积极开放的心态去看待其他形式的教育，编程培训机构逐渐成为高等教育以外的合理选择。报告中，76% 的受访者认为参加编程培训机构可以为程序员的职业生涯做准备。57% 的招聘经理也愿意为编程培训机构的毕业生提供开放性岗位，仅 7% 明确表示不会聘用。在伦敦的就业市场，更多公司倾向于聘请曾参加过培训或具有在美国市场工作经验的软件工程师。从下图可以看到，选择自学编程的百分比仅次于获得计算机科学学位，未来这一差距可能还将继续缩小。
40 岁以后，遭遇收入天花板？
该报告还揭示了科技圈中的潜在的“年龄歧视”问题。在调查数据中，40 岁以上的美国技术工作者的平均工资水平虽然仍普遍较高，但基本不再增长，且呈下降趋势。下图为美国不同年龄段的科技工作者的实际工资与预期工资的对比。
然而，现实往往比数据更残酷。今年年初，Dice Insights 在一篇 文章 指出，那些在 50 多岁时被解雇的技术人才更容易出现长时间的失业，并且可能会为了重返就业市场而接受利润较少的工作。据 HRS（健康与退休研究）的调查数据显示，1/3 的中老年技术人员在 50 岁以后会经历两次或两次以上的工作变动。而且，这一群体再就业的可能性和年轻人相比会大大降低。就国内而言，中年程序员的职业发展也始终是老生常谈的话题。
哪一类顶级软件工程师薪资更高？
招聘开发人才是公司的业务优先事项，但不得不说，并非所有岗位都是平等的。随着初创公司引入应用技术的新方法，大型企业继续寻求数字化转型，所有希望聘请顶尖技术人才的公司都需要不断发展招聘需求。那么，在不同的国家或地区，哪一类顶级软件工程师最抢手，薪资更高？以下是报告中提供的参考数据：
据 Hired 的调查数据显示，在过去 12 个月，全球对区块链工程师的需求始终保持增长，同比增长 517％。报告预测，随着企业开始实施它的无数用例，从数字身份和智能合约到劳动力管理和分布式数据存储，这一需求还将继续增长。
除此之外，具有安全专业知识的工程师也相当抢手，这可能是基于目前数据泄露事件不断增加和消费者隐私问题日益严重的情况。在过去 12 个月里，企业对安全工程师的需求增加了 132％。随着企业加大投资，试图通过数据驱动业务成果，并专注于创造个性化和预测性的客户体验，对数据分析和机器学习专业人才的需求正在升温。对具备这些技能的工程师的需求分别增长了 38% 和 27%。
结 论
全球科技从业者 2019 年度报告显示，几乎每个国际市场的科技从业者平均薪资都在增加，尤其是美国。但它也揭示了一些令人不安的数据点，譬如亚洲的技术工作者薪水较低；黑人技术从业者的薪资仍然是最低的，黑人技术工人和他们的白人同事之间的工资差距扩大了 5 千美元.....
这证明不平等仍然存在，通过共享数据提高透明度，希望有一天大家都能达到公平的薪酬，无论一个人的性别，年龄，性取向或种族如何。
Note: This report focuses on the development status of technology fields in 13 cities around the world. The salary data included in the survey reflects more than 420,000 interview requests and job opportunities in the past year. It uses data from more than 10,000 participating companies and 98,000 job applicants. Facilitated investigation work. In addition to proprietary data, Hired also collected survey feedback from more than 1,800 tech workers around the world on the recruitment platform to fully understand how education, salary, benefits, and cost of living affect employees' decision-making and satisfaction.