TECHNOLOGY JOBS ARE UP, AND DFW FARES WELL AMONG LARGE MARKETS
Are you a tech worker in search of a job, or a tech company wanting to expand or move your business? According to a new study, Dallas-Fort Worth could be the place to find jobs or build a business.
The recently released 2016 Scoring Tech Talent report from CBRE, the massive real estate information research firm, has most of the information you’ll need, regardless of which side of the tech employment fence you’re on.
Dallas-Fort Worth scored well among large markets finishing sixth among the 50 top-rated cities in the U.S. San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Seattle were the top three in the category. New York and Austin were fourth and fifth, respectively.
San Francisco’s leading score in the study was 84.62, while Dallas-Fort Worth received a score of 59.95.
THE TECH JOBS STUDY USED 13 METRICS
CBRE used 13 different metrics to rate cities in large and small tech markets, including such factors as wages, education levels attained, business and housing costs, population trends, and the number of tech employees in the area.
According to CBRE, technology employment is growing.
There are 27 percent more tech workers in the United States and Canada in 2016 that there were in 2015, according to CBRE. That equates to 4.8 million technology workers in four general occupations: software developers, tech engineers, technology management, and computer systems and support.
According to CBRE’s study, there are 162,060 tech jobs in Dallas-Fort Worth, with a growth rate of 38 percent.
The infographic below from the CBRE report breaks down Dallas-Fort Worth’s score.
To read the full report, please go here.
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The report puts Dallas-Fort Worth at No. 8 for job growth in high-tech software and services, with an increase rate of 12.7 percent for the past two years.
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DFW has the sixth-largest tech talent labor pool in the U.S., the annual report says, accelerating corporate relocations to the area. Overall, Dallas-Fort Worth ranked 13th out of 50 top U.S. and Canadian tech markets. But its growing tech labor pool and sought-after attributes have the area poised for even greater success.
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In addition to overall tech job postings, those for remote and work-from-home positions increased across U.S. metros. The top posted remote/WFH positions were software developers (No. 1) and IT support specialists (No. 2). Plus: You'll find the top 10 U.S. employers by tech jobs postings.
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At DFW*ATW's annual Executive Leadership Forum last week, women shared stories of how they cracked the courage code to become top leaders in business. From Danyel Surrency Jones, co-founder and CEO of Dallas-based POWERHANDZ, to Indra Nooyi, former CEO and chairman of PepsiCo, the leaders urged the audience to "push innovations," "eliminate inequalities," and advance talented women forward.
