Tech, financial services, marketing & advertising, and media & entertainment lead hiring of tech talent in NYC. 1 in 5 NYC companies currently employ technology talent and nearly 32,000 companies in NYC have hired members with technology skills in 2014. The most common job titles among NYC's technology-skilled members are software developers, information technology generalists, and salespeople. User interface design, Python, mobile development, web development, and C/C++ are the skills most likely to be found among recently employed tech talent in NYC. Graduation rates in technology fields from NYC schools have increased since 2008 but remain far below rates in the San Francisco Bay Area.

1. Economic Graph Research

2. 2
Tech, financial services, marketing & advertising, and
media & entertainment lead hiring of tech talent in NYC
1 in 5 NYC companies currently employ technology talent
31,858
companies in NYC that
employ members with
technology skills
16,727
companies in NYC that have
hired members with
technology skills in 2014*
*September 2013 to September 2014
150K
32K
16K
150,712
companies in NYC
represented on LinkedIn

3. 11 Marketing Specialist
12 Vice President
13 Technology Manager
14 Information Technology Consultant
15 Business Owner
16 Business Analyst
17 Research / Graduate Assistant
18 Manufacturing / Mechanical Engineer
19 Administrative Employee
20 Web Developer
1 Software Developer/Engineer
2 Information Technology Generalist
3 Salesperson (e.g. Account Executive,
Sales Representative)
4 Consultant
5 Graphic Designer
6 Project Manager
7 Business / Corporate Strategist
8 Founder / Partner / Business Owner
9 Information Technology System
Administrator / Engineer
10 Information Technology Support
Specialist
3
Not just software engineers; salespeople, project managers,
and corporate strategists are also likely to have tech skills
Most common job titles among NYC’s technology-skilled members

4. 4
217K
have technology skills
63K
have in-demand
technology skills
Data current as of Oct. 23, 2014
3.1M
217K
63K
3.1M
LinkedIn members are
located in NYC
7% of NYC members
have tech skills

5. 5
2% of NYC members have
in-demand tech skills
1 User Interface Design
2 Python
3 Mobile Development
4 Web Development
5 C/C++
6 Computer Graphics & Animation
7 Algorithm Design
8 Cloud & Distributed Computing
9 Game Development
Skills most likely to be found among
recently employed tech talent in NYC
Data current as of Oct. 23, 2014
3.1M
217K
63K

6. More graduates from NYC-area schools are entering the tech
industry compared to 2008, but at a rate far below San Francisco
6
Graduates are reentering the tech industry
*Based on US News Report: Caltech, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, Yale
SF Bay Area schools
Top 10 schools*
NYC Schools 17%
2014
7%
2014
13%
2014

7. In 2013, only 2.9% of US members obtained a bachelors
degree from a US-based school in a technology-related field*
7
US technology graduation rate near 30-year low
2.9%
2013
5.7%
1985
In 1985, 5.7% of US members who graduated from US schools
indicated that they earned a bachelors degree in a technology-
related field. Near the end of the first tech boom, this number was
4.8%. Twelve years later, that number has dropped to 2.9%. The
same pattern holds true for graduates of schools located in NYC.
*computer science, software engineering, electrical engineering and computer science (EECS), computer application, and computer engineering
NYC schools
All US schools
2.2%
2009

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