Employers are searching high and low for people with Google Cloud skills, says new report
WOCinTech Chat/FlickrEmployer and job seeker interest in cloud has risen in the past three years.
- Searches for roles related to cloud computing and employer interest in "cloud engineers" has been quickly rising, according to a new report from Indeed.
- Regular software engineering positions are also starting to list "cloud" as a required skill.
- The report also shows that employers are looking for candidates who are proficient in using Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Google Cloud is the skill that's seeing the fastest-growing demand.
If you're looking to take your career to the next level, it might be time to make a big bet on the cloud.
As the cloud computing market consolidates around three major players - Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud - job listings that included keywords about these cloud providers have risen over the past year, according to a report from job-hunting site Indeed.
According to that report, there's been a 5.51% increase in job listings that include "Amazon Web Services" or "AWS" in the post, a 16.24% increase in listings with "Microsoft Azure," and a whopping 66.74% increase in listings with "Google Cloud."
The effect is even more pronounced over a longer span of time: Over the last three years, job listings with "Google Cloud" have skyrocketed 1082%, compared to a rise of 107.15% for AWS and 165.9% for Microsoft Azure.
By 2021, cloud computing will become a $300 billion business, according to analyst firm Gartner. So it's no that cloud skills could be the next big skill employers are looking for. In fact, employer interest for "cloud engineers" has risen 31.24%, according to Indeed.
Job seeker interest in this field is quickly growing, too. In just the last three years, searches for roles related to cloud computing rose 107.8%. These searches include phrases like "cloud infrastructure," "cloud security," "cloud architect," and "cloud engineer," according to the report.
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Amazon Web Services has dominated cloud computing in terms of market share, even as the cloud industry is still growing. And as companies like Microsoft, Google and IBM look to catch up to Amazon in the cloud wars, they will be looking to hire more engineers with cloud computing skills.
That goes beyond major cloud providers, too, as more startups are pouncing on opportunities in the cloud space.
Even if job seekers aren't focused on cloud, it's still becoming an increasingly important skill. Today, 7.92% of software engineer positions and 6.71% of senior software engineer positions on Indeed include "cloud" skills in their descriptions.