Demand for information technology professionals grew 30% in Mexico this year, thanks largely to the growing interest in digitalization among the country’s corporations.
Mobile app makers and data scientists are in higher demand, according to a study by recruitment firm PageGroup. With more and more businesses harnessing new technologies, traditional IT jobs, such as systems maintenance, are fading away gradually.
Considering the report, new technology jobs have 70% greater demand than the traditional IT services and maintenance jobs.
The news comes barely months after KPMG Global CEO Outlook 2017 found Mexican business leaders seeing new technologies as a path to prosperity rather than a threat.
The surge in demand for people with expertise in new technologies could be widely seen in the country’s financial services and consulting firms, the report noted.
With fintech startups and mobile payment firms increasingly seducing venture capital firms, banks are aggressively stocking up on new technology solutions. Analysts say banks’ annual investment in information technology rose to 9% from 6% last year.
According to the recruitment firm, the positions with the highest demand in the country are chief technology officer (CTO), mobile applications manager, business analyst, and data scientist.
Wages for CTOs and mobile app developers have increased nearly 30% over the past year, with data scientists seeing their salary jump by 25%.
Companies are in search of ‘360-degree developer profiles’, reports Mundo Contact, quoting Alejandra Müggenburg, Director at Michael Page.
Professionals with extensive experience in programming and an interest in developing innovative solutions are gaining a lot of traction.
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One thing that I still see a lot of on job ads is age discrimination. For example many entry level IT job ads in Mexico list a certain age range as a requirement. Age discrimination keeps many older job seekers looking for a new career out of the job market and hinders economic growth in the long term. For example, my father went back to college and graduated with a computer science degree 20 years ago and now earns a high salary in Dallas. If age discrimination was as rampant in the USA as it is in Mexico then my father would not be in the position that he is currently in. How can we as professionals that live on the border and in Mexico help to eliminate age discrimination in the IT sector in Mexico?
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