Software Engineering Labor Market

A Software Engineering Labor Market is a labor market composed of a software programming workforce (of software programming workers) and software programming employers (with software programming jobs).

• AKA: Software Development Labour Market.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Data Scientist Market.
  • a Hardware Engineer Labor Market.
  • a Taxi Driver Market.
  • a Massage Therapist Market.
• See: Software Programming.

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References

2014

• http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/computer-programmers.htm
  • 2012 Median Pay $74,280 per year $35.71 per hour
  • Number of Jobs, 2012 343,700
  • Job Outlook, 2012-22 8% (As fast as average)
  • Employment Change, 2012-22 28,400

• http://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm
  • 2012 Median Pay $93,350 per year $44.88 per hour
  • Number of Jobs, 2012 1,018,000
  • Job Outlook, 2012-22 22% (Much faster than average)
  • Employment Change, 2012-22 222,600

2005

• (Athreye, 2005) ⇒ Suma S. Athreye. (2005). “The Indian software industry and its evolving service capability.” In: Industrial and Corporate Change, 14(3).

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