Market update Nov 2024: Technology & Data
- Jeremy Taylor
- 16 Jan 2025
In case you missed the T+O+M Talks video, here's a summary from Jeremy Taylor on recruitment activity for Technology & Data at the end of 2024.
Market Overview
- Increased job flow, in line with growing TA teams as Clients build teams to meet forthcoming demand
- Tech contract roles available due to a large simplification project by one of the Big 4 Banks
Increased job flow in:
- Software Engineering and Development
- AI Engineers, Data Scientists, ML engineers - as Banks build out their AI teams
- Architecture - solution architecture and design
Skill sets in demand
- AI and machine learning
- Node as a software language (away from Java)
- Snowflake & Databricks – to build out cloud data platforms for warehousing
- DBT – for ETM and transformation of Data
Advice for candidates
- Salaries are static
- Majority of candidates are putting job security before salary
Advice for clients
- There will be more competition for talent now that the Big 4 Banks are hiring again
If you would like to find out more, get in touch with a member of the Technology or Data teams.
You can watch the full video here: