What are the prospects for the Internet of Things profession?

The demand for Internet of Things talents is rising, and the contradiction between talent supply and demand is highlighted

The rapid development of the Internet of Things industry has attracted much attention for talents in related industries. A survey shows that in the next five years, the demand for IoT talents will reach more than 10 million people. Among them, the demand for talents in the smart transportation and Internet of Vehicles markets is about 200,000; the demand for talents in the smart logistics, logistics and smart warehousing markets is about 200,000; the demand for talents in the smart grid and smart energy store industries will reach one million; smart medical, The demand for talents such as technical services and intelligent medical care management supported by smart medical equipment will exceed one million. Generally speaking, because the Internet of Things involves a wide range of fields and can be employed in many application fields, there is a certain demand for Internet of Things talents in various application fields, and the career prospects of Internet of Things talents are promising. But at the same time, there are more than 1,000 colleges and universities offering Internet of Things majors across the country, with less than 100,000 graduates each year, and the supply is clearly outstripping demand.

On the one hand, it can be seen from BOSS’s 2019 spring recruitment talent demand data that the talent demand for embedded engineers related to the Internet of Things has increased by more than 46% year-on-year. At the same time, optical transmission engineers and wireless radio frequency engineers The demand growth rate also exceeded 80% year-on-year. It shows that the shortage of Internet of Things talents is higher than that of other technical positions, and the market demand for this type of talents is strong.

On the other hand, from the perspective of salary levels, in the spring recruitment season of 2019, the average recruitment salary for embedded engineers related to the Internet of Things reached 18,132 yuan, and the salary of some IoT embedded engineers was 23,000 yuan. /month and above are all at relatively high levels. The market's willingness to give IoT talents better salaries is also closely related to the relative scarcity of talents in the market.

In addition, among the 13 new occupations officially released to the society by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the Bureau of Statistics of my country on April 3, 2019, Internet of Things engineering and technical personnel, Internet of Things installation The debugger is among them. It is expected that in the future, driven by industry development, the demand for IoT-related talents will continue to grow.

Specifically, for Internet of Things engineering and technical personnel, this profession is the latest and relatively popular talent demand in the Internet of Things industry. Its definition and main tasks are as follows:

For IoT installation and debugging personnel, in August 2018, after Alipay announced the large-scale commercialization of facial recognition payment, it has been used nationwide in less than a year. Implemented in more than 300 cities, this payment method that does not even require a mobile phone and "relies on face" has quickly captured the market of young people. Nowadays, unmanned stores and facial recognition payment have become the future trend, and the demand for IoT installation and debugging personnel has arisen accordingly.

It is worth mentioning that in the Internet of Things industry, in the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain related to face payment, the number of R&D, production, installation and debugging personnel has reached 500,000, and the scale is still growing. Expanding. According to statistics, the average annual salary of installers and debuggers of Alipay facial recognition equipment and unmanned containers reaches 150,000-200,000. Although the Internet of Things industry will flourish in the future, there is a large talent gap in the Internet of Things industry, especially skilled and application-oriented talents. In the next few years, the demand for installers and debuggers in the Internet of Things field will exceed 200,000, and their career prospects are promising.