NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, June 19,
2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The need for Open
Source Technology skills are on the rise and companies and
organizations continue to increase their recruitment of open source
technology talent, while offering additional training and
certification opportunities for existing staff in order to fill
skills gaps, according to the 2018 Open Source Jobs Report,
released today by The Linux Foundation and Dice. 87% of hiring
managers report difficulty finding open source talent, and nearly
half (48%) report their organizations have begun to support open
source projects with code or other resources for the explicit
reason of recruiting individuals with those software skills. After
a hiatus, Linux skills are back on top as the most sought after
skill with 80% of hiring managers looking for tech professionals
with Linux expertise. 55% of employers are now also offering to pay
for employee certifications, up from 47% in 2017 and only 34% in
2016.
"Open source technology talent is in high demand, as Linux
and other open source software dominates software development,"
said Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin. "I am encouraged that that companies
are recognizing more and more each day that open source technology
is the way to advance their businesses. The Linux Foundation, our
members and the open source ecosystem are focused on ensuring
training and certification opportunities are highly accessible to
everyone who wants to seek them out and we are supporting the
developer community and its growth in every possible way."
This is the seventh year Dice®, the leading career
site for technology and engineering professionals, and The Linux
Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation
through open source, are partnering to produce this jobs report. As
with the last two reports, the focus is on all aspects of open
source software; the first four years focused more specifically on
Linux professionals.
The 2018 Open Source Jobs Report examines trends in open source
careers, which skills are most in demand, motivation for open
source professionals and how employers attract and retain qualified
talent.
"Hiring skilled technology professionals remains a real pain
point for employers and our report shows newer skills like
containers are growing in popularity, putting more pressure on
organizations to find good talent to carry out necessary projects,"
said Art Zeile, President and CEO of
DHI Group, Inc., parent company of Dice.
Key findings from the 2018 Open Source Jobs Report include:
- Hiring open source talent is a priority for 83% of hiring
managers, an increase from 76% in 2017.
- Linux is back on top as the most in-demand open source skill
category, with 80% of hiring managers looking for Linux talent,
making it required knowledge for most entry-level open source
careers, likely due to the strong popularity of cloud and container
technologies, as well as DevOps practices, all of which typically
run on Linux.
- Containers are rapidly growing in popularity and importance,
with 57% of hiring managers seeking that expertise, up from only
27% last year.
- There's a gulf between the views of hiring managers and open
source pros on the effectiveness of efforts to improve diversity in
the industry, with only 52% of employees seeing efforts as
effective compared to 70% of employers.
- Hiring managers are moving away from hiring outside
consultants, increasingly opting to train existing employees on new
open source technologies and help them gain certifications.
- Many organizations are getting involved in open source with the
express purpose of attracting developers.
The annual report features data from more than 750 hiring
managers at corporations, small and medium businesses (SMBs),
government organizations, and staffing agencies across the globe—as
well as responses from more than 6,500 open source professionals
worldwide.
The full 2018 Open Source Jobs Report is available to download
for free from
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/open-source-jobs-report-2018/.
About Dice
Dice is a leading tech career hub
connecting employers with skilled technology professionals and
providing tech professionals with career opportunities, data,
insights and advice. Established in 1990, Dice began as one of the
first career sites and today provides a comprehensive suite of
recruiting solutions, empowering companies and recruiters to make
informed hiring decisions. Dice serves multiple markets throughout
North America and Europe. www.Dice.com, Twitter, Facebook. Dice
is a DHI Group, Inc. (NYSE:DHX) service.
About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the
organization of choice for the world's top developers and companies
to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and
industry adoption. Together with the worldwide open source
community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by
creating the largest shared technology investment in history.
Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools,
training and events to scale any open source project, which
together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one
company. More information can be found at
www.linuxfoundation.org.
The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses
trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux
Foundation, please see our trademark usage page:
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Media Contacts:
Dan
Brown
The Linux Foundation
pr@linuxfoundation.org
415-420-7880
Rachel Ceccarelli
Dice
dicemedia@dice.com
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