Learning to code? Here are 5 popular coding jobs, salary and required skills

If you have absolutely no idea where to start your coding career, then voila! you are in the right place at the right time. Because why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? Let’s walk you through the 3 main prospects of pursuing a career in Tech or coding i.e. why you should learn to code (even when you are not an engineer), what are the popular Tech or coding jobs, and their salary, skills required and location factors.

Things are very different now than they used to be. Knowing how to code isn’t just for engineers or science students nor they always end up becoming software engineers or developers. Coding and its applications have expanded to the size of a colossal galaxy, which often makes things as clear as mud for Tech aspirants. If you are a non-engineer or have no previous experience in coding, feeling mixed-up is quite obvious. So take it from the beginning and understand the benefits of coding in any career of your choice.

Coding isn’t just a technical skill

A non-technical personal with even the slightest technical or coding coursework automatically stands out from the rest. It is not just about learning some mystical words like func, void, char, return, static, so on, and so forth but it is totally a different ball game. How? 

Imagine yourself walking into an interview room or turning on the computer if it is a virtual interview. But you don’t have to go through those pre-interview jitters rather you can easily sing and dance out your answers. Why? Because for non-technical professionals like writers, designers, project managers, and others it’s very rare to have coding skills. Adding such skills to your resume can give you an edge over others. You can,

• Come up with a very basic website design
• Get into bigger projects because your technical knowledge will reflect your understanding of the current trends
• Never fail to impress the hiring manager (even it’s not the part of your job)
• Back up your negotiations with data with the help of coding skills like SQL
• Pitch into freelance work
• Give a green signal to your own online business (without hiring any programmer)

Last but not least, you can definitely claim a raise for these extra skills. Hurray!

The nuts and bolts of popular coding jobs

If you are a programmer or love to code, or just want to slap some powerful technical skills to your resume here are some of the best coding jobs for you:

1. Data Scientist

• Work profile: Do not confuse Data scientist with a Data analyst because a Data scientist primarily deals with designing data modeling processes, creating algorithms and predictive models to extract the data the business needs.
• Career path: The most common career path is the Senior Data Scientist (>20%), followed by the Lead Data Scientist (8-20%) and Data Analyst (<8%).
• Skills required: Machine learning, Python, Data Analysis, R, and Statistical Analysis
• Average salary: INR 8,12,528

The average annual salary of popular employers is given in the graph below. 

• Location factor: Here is the graphical representation of the comparison between various cities based on the National average (x-axis line).

2. Business systems analyst

• Work profile: Their prime role is to analyze business processes, write system process specifications, determine solutions to software/hardware system problems apart from working with clients to transform their business requirements into an IT system.
• Career path: More than 20% of people are employed as a Business Analyst, IT, followed by Senior Business Analyst (8-20%) and as IT Director (<8%).
• Skills required: Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Project Management, Microsoft Excel and Office
• Average salary: INR 8,09,510

The average annual salary of popular employers is given in the graph below.

• Location factor: Here is the graphical representation of the comparison between various cities based on the National average (x-axis line).

3. Software Developer

• Work profile: One of the most popular coding jobs is of a Software developer. As the name suggests a Software developer is responsible for writing codes to create single-threaded, multi-threaded or user interface event driven applications, modifying and debugging software, and obviously testing and documenting software for client applications.
• Career path: The majority of Software developers are employed as Senior software engineers (>20%), followed by Senior software developers/programmers (8-20%) and Software engineers (<8%).
• Skills required: Java, SQL, C#, .NET and JavaScript
• Average salary: INR 4,91,354

The average annual salary of popular employers is given in the graph below.

• Location factor: Here is the graphical representation of the comparison between various cities based on the National average (x-axis line).

4. UX designer

• Work profile: They are people who have the ability to make computer hardware or software easier to use and more enjoyable. A client-based profile where they create prototypes and perform user testing to guide each iteration of the design.
• Career path: The 2 major career paths are as a Senior UX designer (>20%) or as a Lead UX designer (8-20%).
• Skills required: User experience design, User interface design, User research, Adobe Photoshop and Interaction design.
• Average salary: INR 6,11,757

The average annual salary of popular employers is given in the graph below.

• Location factor: Here is the graphical representation of the comparison between various cities based on the National average (x-axis line).

5. Test/Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer

• Work profile: The last entry in our listing of coding jobs is of a Test/QA engineer. So If you can handle prolonged sitting, and have a minimum of bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related fields you can be applicable to most of the vacancies. A QA engineer test plans and cases to determine whether certain parts of the program function as written or not and if any problems arise, they are responsible for fixing the rough spots in the code.
• Career path: There are primarily 3 career paths, the most common being Senior Test/QA engineer (>20%), followed by Senior QA/Test automation engineer (8-20%) and Software test lead (<8%).
• Skills required: Regression testing, Test planning, Test automation, System testing, and Software test
• Average salary: INR 4,05,880

The average annual salary of popular employers is given in the graph below.

• Location factor: Here is the graphical representation of the comparison between various cities based on the National average (x-axis line).

With these 5 coding jobs, their salaries, skills required and other details our part is done. What next? Now it’s your turn to analyze which profile suits you the most. There can be a zillion other paths, but make sure you get down to the last detail before you narrow down with the perfect choice. 

Stay ahead of the game! Good Luck!

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