Get Hired: Tech Jobs Top the List of Hottest, High-Paying Gigs for 2014

Get Hired: Tech Jobs Top the List of Hottest, High-Paying Gigs for 2014
If you’re looking to upgrade your coin and make a career change (or transition) next year, the tech industry is the place to be. Career Builder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) recently released a list of hot jobs that grew 7% or more from 2010 to 2013 and are projected to increase in 2014, and tech jobs were high on the list. Each falls within a higher-wage category of $22 per hour or more.

And you don’t have to be a techie or in the industry to get these gigs. Explore the option of taking courses, and apply the skills you’ve learned either on the job or for a lucrative side hustle. Every industry has room for tech-savvy professionals, from fashion to healthcare to media to sports.

Check out the top jobs that made the list:

Software Developers, Applications and Systems Software

• Total employment in 2013: 1,042,402 jobs

• Added 104,348 jobs from 2010-2013, up 11 percent

• Median hourly earnings: $45.06

Web Developers

• Total employment in 2013: 136,921 jobs

• Added 13,364 jobs from 2010-2013, up 11 percent

• Median hourly earnings: $27.84

Database Administrators

• Total employment in 2013: 119,676 jobs

• Added 11,241 jobs from 2010-2013, up 10 percent

• Median hourly earnings: $37.39

Information Security Analysts

• Total employment in 2013: 75,995

• Added 5,671 jobs from 2010-2013, up 8 percent

• Median hourly earnings: $41.62