Potential Salary After a Coding Bootcamp
Last Updated: June 5th 2024
Jobs and Salaries After a Coding Bootcamp
High salary jobs in the tech industry—specifically those related to software engineering and web development—are in high demand.
As demand continues to grow, students are considering coding bootcamps such as Nucamp as alternatives to expensive four-year computer science degrees.
Coding bootcamps are helping graduates learn to code in a few months and expedite getting a job in tech, as opposed to years in a college degree program.
The Demand for Tech Jobs
According to Bestcolleges.com Bootcamp Guides, "Nearly all of the tech industry has higher than average salaries*."
According to Gartner, "*86% of CIOs reported facing more competition for qualified candidates and 73% were worried about IT talent attrition*."
This is, in part, due to a global tech talent shortage; the availability of applicants with the right knowledge to do these jobs doesn’t match demand.
And demand in the tech job market isn’t predicted to stop anytime soon.
According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Software developers and other tech roles are expected to increase by 25% between 2021 and 2031, which is faster than other industries. "*About 162,900 openings for software developers, quality assurance analysts, and testers are projected each year, on average, over the decade*."
As a result of this, many jobs in the tech industry will continue to be high-paying and in demand.
Earning a six-figure salary in the tech industry is becoming the norm.
Tech Jobs Aren’t Just in Silicon Valley
This demand has also pushed the tech industry into smaller and medium-sized U.S. cities, broadening tech’s reach beyond California.
As Silicon Valley’s cost of living continues to rise, many companies and employees have moved to cities where their money goes further.
The Tech industry now has a strong hiring presence throughout the country as cities like Austin TX, Seattle WA, Boston MA, and Boulder CO are now some of the fastest-growing places for web developers in the country.
Also, IT jobs go beyond the actual tech companies.
Most industries such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing all have IT job opportunities.
In-demand Tech Jobs
Average base salaries for in-demand tech jobs.
- Web Developer $83,705
- Software Engineer $130,511
- Database Engineer $118,645
- Machine Learning Engineer $236,066
- DevOps Engineer $133,133
- Cloud Engineer $120,909
- Full-stack Developer $148,922
- Data Scientist: $151,392
- Security Engineer $126,808
- UX Designer - $112,094
How Coding Bootcamps Prepare Students for Tech Jobs
Due to their focus on project-based learning, coding bootcamps like Nucamp prepare graduates to hit the ground running in a tech job after graduation.
In fact, Nucamp has four coding bootcamps that span the range of tech jobs:
- Web Development Fundamentals: In this coding bootcamp, students will learn coding languages such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript so that they have a firm understanding of web development basics. This course is popular for many beginner-level coders, or those looking for account and/or project management roles who work alongside web developers.
- Front End Web & Mobile Development: Front end coding bootcamps allow students a greater depth of knowledge with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and React Native coding languages. This enables web developers to build custom websites from scratch, and the ability to leverage code libraries. Front end web development focuses on the design, styling, and user experience of a website, so popular front end job titles include UX designers as well.
- Full Stack Web & Mobile Development: In addition to the coding languages listed above, full stack web developers learn back-end languages like NodeJS and database frameworks like MongoDB. This enables them to work with larger databases, security, and data processing. Popular job titles for full stack developers can include systems engineers or administrators.
- Back end, SQL, and DevOps with Python: Learn the fundamentals of programming with Python. This includes algorithms and data structures. This bootcamp also teaches students how to design and use relational databases with SQL (Structured Query Language). It includes SDLC and Agile, DevOps and CI/CD as well as deploying your apps to the top 3 cloud providers Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
Programs like Nucamp are hands-on and project-based.
Coding bootcamp graduates apply their newly acquired coding language knowledge to real-world projects they can include in a coding portfolio website to show potential employers.
This helps to set coding bootcamp grads up for success in finding some of the highest-paying jobs in the tech industry.
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Chevas Balloun
Director of Marketing & Brand
Chevas has spent over 15 years inventing brands, designing interfaces, and driving engagement for companies like Microsoft. He is a practiced writer, a productivity app inventor, board game designer, and has a builder-mentality drives entrepreneurship.