Are More Employers Seeking Junior Developers?
Dice, Thursday, July 11th, 2024
Spend enough time around junior developers, and sooner or later you'll hear some complaints about the job market. Specifically, many junior developers are under the impression that companies only want developers with considerable experience. Is that true? And if so, what can they do about it?
According to CompTIA's latest exhaustive Jobs Report, nearly a quarter of employer job postings (22 percent) are targeted at tech professionals with 0-3 years of experience, while 29 percent ask for between 4-7 years of experience. Another 34 percent don't have specific experience requirements.
That data doesn't align with every report out there, of course. According to Hired's 2023 State of Software Engineers report, the demand for engineers with zero to four years' experience dropped to 8 percent in 2023, offset by a bigger demand for engineers with six or more years' experience. Meanwhile, a 2024 analysis of LinkedIn data showed that listings for 'entry-level' software engineers generally wanted candidates with 4.5 years of experience.