Computer Development, Leading the Future

When it comes to a career choice, we usually find ourselves standing on a crossroad: looking for a job opportunity that will bring us not only satisfaction but sufficient income as well. In this article we are presenting a list of jobs that are predicted to become the highest in-demand by the year of 2020. This article can be helpful, whether you are a senior in high school that hasn’t chosen the career path yet; or a post graduate that is willing to change the profession for a more demanded one. Here is the list of the careers of the future!

You have definitely heard of IT-related jobs such as software developer, data modeler, cloud architect or IT consultant. These are the newest career opportunities that have been opened to us in the recent years. This is undoubtedly clear that any profession connected to the computer engineering or software providing will stay in high demand for many more years. With the extreme growth of computer science and technology progress there is no wonder that these jobs will be highly required. But there comes a problem along with the computerization – cyber crimes.

This raises cyber security above other IT related jobs. No matter what software is created, holding personal or company information, it is worth nothing if there’s no guarantee the information will be protected. Cyber security is connected to many industries: technology, finance, entertainment, healthcare and banking. It gives a great variety of interesting and well-paid jobs. According to SilverBull, IT recruiting company, average salary in 2016 for chief information security officer is $204,000.

Mathematics Remains the Queen of the Sciences

Carl Gauss was absolutely right about Math superiority – mathematician jobs are in high demand now and always will be. Financial managers, system developers, investment analysts, traders and many other math-related professions have tendency to increase its demand in coming years. Just imagine yourself working for NASA or U.S. Department of Defence! Getting back to cyber security, mathematicians are highly required in digital security field, working as cryptographers: preventing hacking, providing security for ATM cards and computers. Moreover, US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) states a 12% growth in employment for statisticians in the last 10 years. Mathematicians are very much required in other sciences as well. Biomathematics is also getting more and more popular. It is a brunch of mathematics that applies mathematical approaches and creates mathematical models for biological systems. It is an especially popular field of bioinformatics that is used for genetics or molecular biology.

Aging population – booming in healthcare

Healthcare field and biology in general are now developing and expanding faster than ever before. Nevertheless, the employment growth in healthcare for the 2020’s isn’t connected to the medical progress. According to MD DI the baby boom that occurred in 1960 now leads to the increase of the demand for the senior care: all these babies are now around their 60’s. That is why the hottest medical professions will be physical therapists -with the 36% growth in demand by 2020, physician assistants, registered nurses and pharmacists with the highest average salary $111,570 among the above mentioned professions.

Will there still be a place for engineering?

Due to industrialization and technology development, the humanity is getting used to mechanize comfort. Engineering is vitally important for your today households, entertainment, education and healthcare. With the flourishing prosperity of technology in all these aspects of life, engineering is taking one of the leading rolls. The most perspective trend that tends to become the major branch of science is biomedical engineering. It is a combination of biology and newest technologies that facilitates diagnosis and monitoring for advanced health care treatment. BLS predicts an increase in overall demand up to 62% by the year 2020. Civil, mechanical and electrical engineers, according to the same source, will increase in number as well.

Creative marketing is taking a lead

It is no wondering why marketing and advertising are extremely growing. Because of the vast expansion of technology devices across the globe, Internet connection and globalization marketing are taking a leading roll. No matter how good the device is, without a great ad and wise presentation to the public it won’t sell out good. That is why as long as there is a supply and demand there will be a need in marketing professionals. It is expected that marketing and advertising services will grow in demand for at least 15% by 2020. Sales-related jobs like sales and customer service representatives are projected to grow as well. Emotional and interactive collaboration is what robots cannot offer any time soon. Communicative skills will remain vulnerable for a long time.