Job prospects Front-end Developer in Saskatchewan

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Job opportunities in Saskatchewan

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Web developers and programmers (NOC 21234) in Saskatchewan for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about Web developers and programmers in Saskatchewan:

• Approximately 600 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Web developers and programmers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 54%
  • Universities (NAICS 6113): 7%
  • Insurance Carriers and related activities (NAICS 524, 526): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 84% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 16% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 59% of web developers and programmers work all year, while 41% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 41 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 22% of web developers and programmers are self-employed compared to an average of 16% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 76% compared to 53% for all occupations
  • Women: 24% compared to 47% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 20% compared to 33% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 15% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 16% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 42% compared to 18% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 20% compared to 7% for all occupations

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