Machine Learning Engineer, Full Stack Developer and DevOps Engineer Top the List
TORONTO, May 2, 2018 /CNW/ - Indeed, Canada's #1 job site, released today the best jobs of 2018. Nine of the top ten jobs included are tech-related with Machine Learning Engineer, Full Stack Developer and DevOps Engineer rounding off the top three. The list is based on number of job postings, salary and growth opportunity. A full report can be found here.
"With Canada's growing tech sector, we're continuing to see tech jobs dominate. Our top job, Machine Learning Engineer, is vital to one of Canada's most important emerging fields - Artificial Intelligence," said Paul D'Arcy, senior vice president at Indeed. "With such broad applications and rapid advancements, this field is increasingly contributing to the Canadian tech jobs landscape and we expect this to continue in the years to come."
Many of the roles included offer high salaries and an ever-increasing number of job postings. Some of the highest paying tech positions ranked in the top ten include Machine Learning Engineer (#1), DevOps Engineer (#3) and Platform Engineer (#7).
| Rank |
Job Title |
Average Salary |
Number of Postings Per 1M Total Jobs, 2017 |
Average Y/Y % Change in Share of Job Postings, '14-'17 |
| 1 |
Machine Learning Engineer |
$97,795.62 |
104 |
634% |
| 2 |
Full Stack Developer |
$82,710.51 |
1588 |
601% |
| 3 |
Development Operations (DevOps) Engineer |
$98,878.33 |
923 |
460% |
| 4 |
Internal Medicine Physician |
$253,445.19 |
137 |
437% |
| 5 |
Data Scientist |
$93,286.15 |
384 |
434% |
| 6 |
Operations Consultant |
$73,120.28 |
108 |
273% |
| 7 |
Platform Engineer |
$93,321.56 |
50 |
254% |
| 8 |
Product Owner |
$88,286.97 |
493 |
242% |
| 9 |
Salesforce Administrator |
$72,243.82 |
59 |
227% |
| 10 |
Senior Back End Developer |
$92,244.21 |
68 |
186% |
Indeed developed this list by including jobs with a salary of at least $70,000, combined with consistent growth in share of postings from 2014-2017. Salary estimated from employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed. Learn more about this list here.
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SOURCE Indeed.com
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