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Enterprise Hunger For Custom Apps Equals Developer Jobs
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According to several recent surveys, application development is one of the fastest-growing trends in the enterprise market. As a result, IT budgets are shifting to either expand the number of in-house developers or to accommodate more contract workers. In short, now is a good time to be an application developer. While the consumer app ecosystem is robust, the enterprise app ecosystem is much less developed. Application developers have become a top IT commodity and a catalyst for aggressive hiring practices.
Although retraining current employees is one way to fill the need, a third of companies actually intend to bring in new talent. Among those who plan to hire, most intend to increase staffing by up to 10% over the next two years, with nearly a fifth of the group anticipating expansions north of 21%. What's more, this trend will accelerate over the next two years, by which point nearly three-quarters of app developers are expected to be in-house employees. The responses suggest contractors will comprise most of the remainder, with outsourcing left largely on the outside looking in.
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