Dive Brief:
- The first quarterly tech hiring trends report from Hired suggests tech hiring is still strong, despite rumors of a slowdown.
- Analyzing hiring data from the first half of 2016, Hired found that product management is currently the most well-paid career in technology, while data scientists received the most interview requests of any tech position.
- Product managers were initially offered salaries of $133,000 on average, according to Hired's data.
Dive Insight:
The news overall was positive, as companies of all sizes increased the number of interview requests they sent to Hired and initial salary offers increased by 6% since the beginning of 2016.
In addition to being the best paid position, product managers are also receiving more interview requests, which increased by 8% in Q2. But interview requests for data scientists were even stronger, growing by 20% in Q2. Companies offered data scientists an average salaries of $127,000.
Software engineers saw the highest number of interview requests so far in 2016, indicating that is the area companies may need the most right now. In Q2 alone, interview requests for software engineers rose by 14%. Software engineers in San Francisco were offered the highest salaries in the U.S., followed by Seattle and Los Angeles.
Early-stage companies seem to be moving at a slightly faster clip than established companies when it comes to hiring, sending 24% more interview requests in Q2 than they did in Q1, while established corporations sent 13% more.
