CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Biomedical engineer, data scientist and software engineer are among the best three jobs in IT and engineering, according to a new CareerCast report. Careers in these fields hold promising employment opportunities and the potential for lucrative salaries, as reflected in data scientists' annual average salary of $124,140.
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IT and engineering were collectively two of the few stable sectors during the recession, and will only continue to boom as the economy improves.
"Careers in IT that have been in demand for several years now, like software engineer and web developer, continue to show robust hiring," says Kyle Kensing, Online Content Editor, CareerCast.com. "Most of the jobs included in our report have projected employment outlooks ahead of the national average and command excellent salaries."
However, IT is undergoing changes that require new skills. Network administrators adept in cloud-based technology have their pick of the nearly 4 million jobs based in cloud computing around the United States.
The ever-evolving landscape of IT and engineering provides some opportunities outside of the traditional path. For example, demand for data scientists is high, but the field itself is still burgeoning, and changing rapidly due to technological advancement. Organizations have more data to formulate predictive models on consumer and/or user behavior than ever before, and the need is rising for workers who can parse this data into something usable.
Much like data science is changing business, biomedical engineering is changing healthcare. Another relatively fledgling field, biomedical engineers help bridge the gap between the healthcare and tech sectors.
The CareerCast report on best IT and engineering jobs runs a diverse gamut. The following are the 12 careers, ranked in order of their appearance on the 2015 Jobs Rated report.
|
Profession |
Annual Median Salary |
Projected Growth Outlook by 2022 |
|
1. Biomedical Engineer |
$86,960 |
27% |
|
2. Data Scientist |
$124,140 |
15% |
|
3. Software Engineer |
$93,350 |
22% |
|
4. Computer Systems Analyst |
$79,680 |
25% |
|
5. Network and Computer Systems |
$72,560 |
12% |
|
6. Petroleum Engineer |
$130,280 |
26% |
|
7. Computer Programmer |
$74,280 |
8% |
|
8. Technical Writer |
$65,500 |
15% |
|
9. Civil Engineer |
$79,340 |
20% |
|
10. Web Developer |
$62,500 |
20% |
|
11. Environmental Engineer |
$80,890 |
15% |
|
12. Aerospace Engineer |
$103,720 |
7% |
To see the full report, visit http://it.careercast.com/article/best-jobs-it-and-engineering-0
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CareerCast.com, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers extensive local, niche and national job listings from across North America; job-hunting, career-management and HR-focused editorial content; videos and blogs; and provides recruiters with the ability to post jobs directly to more than 800 niche career sites. CareerCast.com also compiles the Jobs Rated Report (www.jobsrated.com), where 200 jobs across North America are ranked based on detailed analysis of specific careers factors.
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