What key skills employers are looking for?

Student Resources
Written By John Clegg

This is part 2 of a 3 part series on why you should attend bootcamps. 

Part 1 - Why should you attend Summer of Tech bootcamps?

Part 3 - Which bootcamps should I attend?

Read our introduction to bootcamps here: What are Summer of Tech bootcamps?

Want to know what skills employers think are important? 

We’ve looked at all the key skills across all the jobs from 2022. Here are the top skills by role for all the jobs on Summer of Tech. 

Below is a list of types of jobs and the top skills in demand for each field which will cover: 

  • Core skills 

  • Developer

  • Designer

  • Marketer

  • Engineer

  • DevOps

  • Data Analysis / Data Science

  • Business Analysis

Core skills are transferable across almost any career path. 

Spoiler alert - these are all soft and life skills! Use this extensive list to prioritise which bootcamps will be relevant to your career journey. Find out more about why should you attend Summer of Tech bootcamps.

Top 10 Core skills

  1. Verbal communication

  2. Problem-solving

  3. Teamwork

  4. Written communication

  5. Critical thinking

  6. Agile

  7. Planning and organising

  8. Presentation skills

  9. Learning and Development

  10. Active listening

Top 15 Developer skills

  1. Cloud (AWS & Azure)

  2. Git

  3. Web Development (JS + CSS + HTML)

  4. Python

  5. SQL

  6. Testing / Integration Testing

  7. Java

  8. Front-end Web frameworks (React + Vue)

  9. C#

  10. CI / CD Pipelines

  11. Node.js

  12. iOS

  13. Android

  14. PHP

  15. C/C++

Top 15 Designer related skills

  1. User Experience (UX)

  2. Storytelling

  3. Product Design

  4. Service Design

  5. Information Architecture

  6. Figma

  7. Graphic Design

  8. CS Suite

  9. Video Editing

  10. Illustrator

  11. Interaction Design

  12. InDesign

  13. Animation

  14. Sketch

  15. Unity

Top 15 Digital Marketing skills

  1. Copy Writing

  2. Digital Marketing

  3. Content Marketing

  4. Community Management

  5. Wordpress

  6. Marketing Automation

  7. AB Testing

  8. Google Analytics

  9. Marketing Automation: Intercom

  10. Online Content Creation: Content Planning

  11. Market Research

  12. Social Media Marketing: Twitter advertising

  13. Direct Marketing

  14. Branding

  15. Email Marketing: Mailchimp

Top 15 Engineering skills

  1. Process Improvement

  2. System Engineering

  3. Mechatronics

  4. Mechanical Engineering

  5. CAD / CAM

  6. Functional Programming

  7. Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

  8. Control System Engineering

  9. Micro-controller Programming

  10. Electronic Design

  11. Instrumentation and Controls

  12. 3D Modelling

  13. 3D Printing

  14. Digital Circuit Design

  15. PCB Design

Top 15 DevOps skills

  1. Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  2. Azure

  3. Google Cloud Platform

  4. Docker

  5. CI/CD Pipelines

  6. Automation

  7. Terraform

  8. Systems Administration - Windows

  9. Kubernetes

  10. Network Engineering

  11. Systems Administration - Unix / Linux

  12. Systems Infrastructure

  13. Switches / Routers

  14. Distributed Computing / Virtualisation

  15. Orchestration

Top 10 Data Analyst / Data Science skills

  1. Python

  2. SQL

  3. Data Analysis

  4. Modelling & Mining

  5. SQL Server

  6. Machine Learning

  7. Business Intelligence

  8. MS Power BI

  9. AI 

  10. Statistics

Top 5 Business Analysis skills

  1. Business Analysis

  2. Data Analysis

  3. Process Improvement

  4. Project Management

  5. Product Management

We’re in the process of planning the bootcamps for 2023. Check out our events page to see what bootcamps are coming up that are most relevant to you!


John Clegg
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