Top Tech Jobs in Canada for overseas professionals in 2023

Canadian employers are increasingly opting to hire overseas workers for filling tech job openings that are facing an acute scarcity of eligible candidates. It has created opportunities for overseas nationals seeking to immigrate to Canada under the Express Entry System.

Human Resources giant Randstad has reported that increasing digital reliance and the latest technologies propelling changes across all sectors have resulted in an increase in tech jobs. Meanwhile, firms continue reporting shortages of skills resulting in changes in the expected average salary for top tech jobs.

Employers are seeking eligible candidates for developing and refining tech solutions and using data analysis for streamlining current systems. Other jobs trending in the tech sector include developing security systems that diminish data breach risks and developing the architecture for supporting stable cloud computing systems for businesses.

Randstad has included 8 tech jobs that are in maximum demand in Canada in 2023 in its report on the website named ‘Best Tech and IT Jobs for 2023 in Canada’.

The top jobs and their NOC - National Occupational Classification Codes are as follows:

The job search digital platform Indeed listed 3,094 jobs in Canada in April for Software Developers across the nation. 775 jobs for Network Engineers, 634 for Cloud Architects, and 368 jobs for Data Analysts were also listed.

The average salary range for Tech jobs in 2022 was from $154,300 to $51,900. For 2023 it is $130,600 to $74,000.

Job Bank, the job search and career planning digital platform of the Federal Government rated the prospects for jobs in the Tech sector as “very good” to “good” across the nation for a minimum of the next 3 years.

IT Jobs one in the highly In-Demand via the Express Entry System

IT professionals are among the highly sought-after roles by employers in Canada seeking to hire overseas workers through the Express Entry System.

The data from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada revealed the top 3 occupations of Canada PR Visa holders moving to Canada in 2019 and 2020 under the Express System to be:

·         Software Designers and Engineers

·         Information Systems Consultants and Analysts

·         Interactive Media Developers and Computer Programmers

The pandemic greatly impacted immigration to Canada due to public health and travel restrictions. However, the above 3 occupations continued to be listed in the top 6 in 2021 as per IRCC data.

The latest NOC 2021 was implemented by IRCC in November 2022. Further, in early 2023 it upgraded the immigration levels plan for permitting even more overseas nationals to get Canada PR Visa.

Overseas nationals can move to Canada through any of the 3 Express Entry Programs.

If you wish to apply for Canada PR Visa through any of the economic immigration programs for skilled overseas workers contact New Land Visas the Canada Immigration Best Consultants.