In an increasingly digital world/economy, hiring organizations are looking to recruit employees with practical understanding of certain digital skills. Most employers would prefer that their new hires be cross-disciplined while others require soft (tech skills) and hard skills.
Irrespective of the scope of the job recruiters are interviewing for, most of them place a premium on having employees with broader digital knowledge and experience.
Tech Diary has compiled a list of the top 6 in-demand tech skills that companies are looking for:
1. Programming, Web, and Mobile App Development: This skill set involves coding, it is increasingly becoming pivotal in our daily lives, and professionals will be in high demand beyond 2024 due to the demand for it’s professionals in virtually all industries.
Statista reports that the global demand for web application development in 2024 will reach $179.90bn.
Web Application Development has to do with creating applications or software that can be used or accessed through the World Wide Web or web browsers. Web applications typically function online.
2. Digital Project Management: This soft tech skill has to do with the management of web-enabled projects or digital products in a cost-effective and timely way. It entails handling projects with web deliverables such as pixels, data, screens, dashboards, and interfaces.
The digital project manager is expected to be able to deliver projects on mobile apps, websites, e-commerce, video games, and social media campaigns using web technologies.
To have an edge in this field one requires an understanding of AGILE and or SCRUM. In this digital age, project managers ought to be equipped with the knowledge of how digital projects are conceived, and how to manage digital deliverables and take them through from concepts to finished products or services.
3. Data Analytics and Data Science: Data science is a broad term used to describe the business of analyzing or mining big data to provide actionable insights based on existing queries.
Data scientists or analysts are presently in high demand in the world. According to a report by McKinsey,‘’ The United States alone faces a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with analytical expertise and 1.5 million managers with skills to make decisions based on the analysis of big data.”
Digital Skills Global also reports that data science has become a minimum requirement for more and more manager-level jobs.
4. Digital Marketing: It is common knowledge that any business that refuses to go digital, and sell their products and services digitally will not be able to survive in this information age as a large percentage of consumers spend more than 15 hours on the web daily. Digital marketing like other tech skills is a high-demand career path because businesses rely on the expertise of digital marketing professionals to promote their products and services.
To be successful as a digital marketer, you are expected to at least understand digital analytics, social media marketing, content creation, UX Design, and email marketing.
5. Cybersecurity: Cybersecurity involves every activity towards protecting the computer and its software systems, electronic devices, and networks from damage, theft, or unauthorized access.
Every tech company or organization that operates on the web needs the services of a cybersecurity expert.
Cybersecurity experts protect against hackers and identify and guide organizations against risk on the web with the knowledge of programming, network protocol, etc.
6. Cloud Computing: According to Tech Cabal ‘’Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services, including servers, storage, databases, software, and networking, over the internet’’.
Like other tech skills listed in this article, cloud computing is a fast-growing skill highly needed by employers.
To be successful in this field, you are expected to be equipped with knowledge of cloud infrastructure, cloud security, and cloud architecture.
