A digital drive across a diverse range of industries is taking place with a continued focus on UX/UI Designers, Native Mobile Developers and Front End Developers in particular, with commercial experience in NodeJS and React.Within the Microsoft technologies, the market is seeking full stack developers and high calibre candidates in senior roles that are in short supply such as DevOps, .Net Technical Leads and Senior BI Consultants.

There is an increasing number of intermediate level candidates on the Auckland market with technical skills in the development space who can’t find work. This is a highly competitive area and employers have the luxury at present of being more selective. Employers in general tend to be unwilling to consider people without relevant soft skills to liaise with their senior peers, the business and third party vendors.

Many employers have refined their development recruitment process, now commonly asking candidates to complete a customised technical test prior to meeting with them to gauge their technical ability. The depth of behavioural questioning is also more thorough to ensure candidates are a strong cultural fit for their organisation.

Employers continue to prefer candidates with local New Zealand experience,

despite a large number of candidates who hold skilled migrant visas.

Hotspots in demand

True DevOps Engineers are in high demand. When the communication between infrastructure, development and testing is aligned, the time required to produce clean high quality code is reduced, saving money and improving speed to market. Key development practices are Automation, Continuous Integration and Test Driven Development. Demand has been increasing as organisations move their infrastructure environment from localised storage to cloud based servers.

Top level Principal and Technical Leads are in demand too. Quality Lead

Developers for both .Net Developers and Java are in short supply.

Front-end Developers are sought after by employers wanting candidates who are passionate about pure front-end development. This is an area that has seen rapid change and continues to do so. Therefore, there is very much a need to keep abreast of trending and emerging technologies.

Full stack Developers at both the intermediate and senior levels are in demand. There is more emphasis placed on developers being technically agnostic across both front and back end. Given the substantial investment development requires, these professionals are desirable as they can assist in developing across the technical stack and save development costs.

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Native iOS and Android Developers are sought within the contract market which is relatively buoyant and lucrative for those at the senior level. Traditional in-house Android Developers are able to increase their annual earnings substantially at a number of large corporate and enterprise level organisations. Senior candidates moving into contract roles create opportunities for intermediate level Developers to progress to the next stage in their career.

Senior Automation Testers with proven ability to establish automation frameworks and strategies at the enterprise level are sought.

UI and UX Designers who are savvy with an experienced blend across both UX & UI are considered an asset.

Digital Business Analysts and Project Managers are sought due to rapid growth within the digital space. With an increased focus on their customer service, companies require experienced candidates to ensure that projects exceed expectations. There is high demand for permanent candidates to replace contract resources. Soft skills are valued equally if not higher than technical skills and make the difference between candidates.

Solution Architects and Enterprise Architects are in demand across multiple industries including consulting. Organisations are putting more value on their architecture practice to enable the business and the technical divisions to collaborate and communicate efficiently to deliver solutions that improve the business.

E-commerce and Mobility candidates are very much of interest across a wide range of industries.

Candidate trends

Candidates are open to moving away from Auckland however often prefer packages that include a relocation bonus. Employers looking to secure such candidates should be aware and demonstrate an understanding of the family challenges that come with permanent relocation. In addition, candidates are seeking more flexible working arrangements that allow them to adapt their working hours around their personal commitments.

Candidates are networking with each other via IT related events often found on meetup.com and are active on public communities such as Github to share their development knowledge and projects with the wider community.

CANDIDATE TRENDS Candidates are networking with each other via IT related events often found on meetup.com and are active on public communities such as Github.

“A digital drive across a diverse range of industries is taking place with a continued focus on UX/UI Designers, Native Mobile Developers and Front End Developers in particular.”

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