Job prospects Cloud Architect — Information Technology (IT) in Québec
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Job opportunities in Québec
These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be moderate for Software engineers and designers (NOC 21231) in Quebec for the 2024-2026 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
- Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Software engineers and designers in Quebec:
- Approximately 7,900 people work in this occupation.
- Software engineers and designers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 46%
- Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (NAICS 52, 53): 9%
- Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 9%
- 81% of software engineers and designers work all year, while 19% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 48 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 7% of software engineers and designers are self-employed compared to an average of 12% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 86% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 14% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 19% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 17% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 49% compared to 17% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 28% compared to 11% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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