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2022 State of Software Engineers Report Summary

Overview

• Ongoing tech talent shortage drives increased demand for software engineers.
• Average interview requests for Hired's software engineers exceeded 2020 levels, indicating higher competition.
• Companies offer competitive salaries and benefits to attract and retain talent, including remote positions globally.

Key Findings

Top Skills & Roles

• Most In-Demand Skills: Go (1.8x marketplace requests), Ruby on Rails (1.78x), Scala, Kubernetes, AWS.
• Security Engineers command the highest salaries ($165,505) with the highest growth (+7.6% YoY).
• Full-Stack Engineers saw the largest increase in demand (+2.1% YoY).
• Engineering managers prioritize Ruby on Rails, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform more than developers.

Salary & Demand Trends

• Remote roles increasingly pay more than local roles, with Canada and UK catching up to US salaries.
• San Francisco and New York saw minimal salary growth, reflecting shift to remote hiring in smaller markets.
• Smaller markets (e.g., Austin, Denver) experienced higher salary growth.

Remote Work

• Remote-friendly engineers received 20% more interview requests than non-remote in 2021.
• Companies aggressively hire remote talent in lower-cost regions to remain competitive.

Company Size & Demographics

• Small companies have accelerated remote hiring, especially in big hubs, to compete with enterprises’ salaries.
• Salary growth highest for small companies (+1.7% YoY), while enterprises face stagnant local salaries in some markets.

Motivations & Skills Development

• Software engineers value continuous learning, flexible work hours, and opportunities to solve meaningful problems.
• Security, AI/ML, and AR/VR are among the hottest trends engineers are passionate about solving.
• Free online resources are the primary method for engineers to learn new skills; bootcamps and coding schools are in high demand.

Employer Strategies

• Prioritize company culture, flexibility, and professional development opportunities.
• Focus on skill-based hiring to eliminate pedigree bias; increasing use of AI tools for unbiased assessments.
• Important tools: Criteria Corp for testing, Textio for inclusive job descriptions, and Hired’s Diversity Goals for skill-matched hires.

Methodology

• Data from over 366,000 Hired marketplace interactions (Jan 2020-Dec 2021).
• Surveys among ~2,000 software engineers for insights on career preferences and skill acquisition.
• Salary data based on employer-offered salaries during interview requests.