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You have hustled hard throughout all those years聽 of your formal education. And now you need a job聽聽
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that justifies those years of burning the midnight聽oil. Hence, we bring to you our list of the
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Top 10 Highest Paying IT Jobs for the year 2021. Also,聽 kindly take up this time to subscribe to us聽
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and don't forget to hit that bell icon to never聽 miss an update from the Edureka YouTube Channel.聽聽
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Also, consider that the rankings of this list聽 has been decided not just on the average salary聽聽
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but also the salary range and the number of job聽openings for each and every job. So keeping that聽聽
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in mind, let's get started. Starting off our list聽 we have the Full Stack Developer. Now, Full Stack聽聽
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Development might overwhelm anyone. After all,聽 you have to learn way more than an average聽聽
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front-end or back-end developer. Also you have to聽 keep learning throughout your career life cycle to聽聽
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keep up with the growing trends in technologies.聽 Now to become a full-stack developer, you need聽聽
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to have certain skills. Starting with the basics聽 of web development, API development and database聽聽
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technologies. Apart from these, you also need to聽 have hands-on experience in technologies such as聽聽
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React JS, Node.js, Angular and MongoDB. Luckily, for you Edureka's Full Stack Development program聽聽
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has all of these technologies covered in ample聽 depth. Now, having so much knowledge comes with its聽聽
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set of benefits for starters top-notch companies聽 such as Wipro, IBM, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Tata聽聽
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and Cognizant are all hiring full-stack developers聽 with an average salary of 112,000 dollars聽聽
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in the U.S and nearly 9 lakhs in India. At聽 number nine we have the DevOps Engineer. Now,聽聽
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the DevOps Engineer introduces the team to different聽 tools, technologies, methodologies and practices聽聽
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throughout the software development life cycle,聽 I'm talking about coding, deploying, maintaining,聽聽
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and updating the app in an organization.聽 Now, to become a DevOps engineer you need聽聽
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to have certain skill-set in place. Definitely聽 proficiency in coding and scripting is one of聽聽
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them. Apart from these you need to know tools聽 such as Docker, Jenkins, Git, Kubernetes and Puppet聽聽
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A key skill to have is also having the knowledge聽 of Operating Systems such as Unix and Linux all of this for an聽聽
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average salary of 114, 000 U.S dollars or 21 lakhs聽 depending on your geography and expertise. Now,聽
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top-notch companies such as SAP, MacAfee and Oracle聽 are hiring DevOps engineers, but to achieve all of聽聽
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this you need to have a very structured learning聽 approach towards DevOps. Edureka's DevOps training聽聽
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programs, will give you that approach so that聽 you can become a certified DevOps practitioner.聽聽
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It will also provide you with hands-on experience聽 in all the tools and technologies, which will take聽聽
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you towards your goal into landing these聽 dream companies. Next on our list we have聽聽
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the Data Scientist. Now, data scientists allow聽 companies to make smarter business decisions聽聽
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every day. It's no surprise, companies rely on聽 data scientists and their expertise to figure聽聽
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out trends and patterns in the market and convey聽 crucial business insights to their clientele,聽聽
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which is why data scientists perform a pivotal聽 role in any company. Now, to become a data scientist聽聽
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you need to have a certain skillset. Starting聽 off with a strong grasp on statistical analysis聽聽
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as well as a command over programming languages,聽 such as Python, R and SQL. Apart from that you also聽聽
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need to know Database technologies and let's聽 not forget a strong business acumen and data聽聽insight.
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All of this can be provided to you through聽 the various data science programs offered by聽聽
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Edureka. Now, as a data scientist you get an聽 average salary of 133,000 USD in the聽聽
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US and nearly 18.2 LPA in India by companies聽 such as Mu, Sigma, Visa, Netflix and Google.聽
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Next, we have the Market Intelligence Analyst. The聽 consumer marketplace is ever growing and evolving聽聽
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as businesses try to keep up and engage their聽 customers, they try to look into the market聽聽
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research to form informed business decisions. Now,聽 this is where these analysts come in. Simply put,聽聽
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a Market Intelligence Analyst basically tells聽 these businesses what products do people want in聽聽
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the market and how much are they willing to pay for them. Now in a broader scope of this career聽聽
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these people examine market conditions for a聽 certain potential product or service and for聽聽
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this, they need a very specific skill set including聽 Search Engine Optimization, Pay-Per-Click Marketing,聽聽
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content marketing, email and mobile marketing, conversion, optimization and web analytics.聽聽
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Now, companies such as Etsy, eBay Walmart and聽 Amazon are ready to pay an average salary of聽聽
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136,000 USD or 13.1 LPA in India. Now, if聽 you are digging into this and researching this聽聽
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particular job role for your career, chances are聽 you already have a certain skill set for the job.聽聽
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At number six, we have the IT Program聽 manager. Now, an IT Program Manager聽聽
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is a strategic project management professional聽 whose job is to oversee and co-ordinate all the聽聽
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technical aspects of a project. Now, in essence they聽 basically initiate a project, track its progress聽聽
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and help in troubleshooting. In case issues聽 arise they typically coordinate the efforts聽聽
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of the development team, stakeholders and external聽 vendors when it comes to a certain project of an聽聽
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organization. While also scheduling tasks and聽 timings and making sure that deadlines are met now,聽聽
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while no company in this day and age can function聽 without an IT Program Manager, there are a few who聽聽
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are hiring heavily for this position, this includes聽 Google, Standard Chartered, Boeing and Accenture for聽聽
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really high average salaries of about 136, 000聽dollars in the US and nearly 16 lakhs in India.聽聽
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At number five we have the Software Architect. Now, Software Architects design, develop and implement聽聽
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software systems and solutions for a company. They聽 basically determine new tools and processes to be聽聽
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adopted by the dev team to produce high-performing聽 software solutions. Now, depending on where you聽聽
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work, you might have to create software systems聽 from scratch or incorporate new technology into聽聽
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already existing pipelines. Apart from that, you聽 also are expected to bridge the communication gap聽聽
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between your Dev team and your managers and聽 occasionally create custom solutions for your聽聽
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clients. It is reckoned to get hired for this job聽 role that you get certified in either one of the聽聽
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programming languages such as Java, PHP, C++聽 and SQL. Now, your role basically consists聽聽
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of converting software characteristics such as聽 security, scalability and manageability into a聽聽
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streamlined structured solution which aligns with聽 your company's, business and technological goals聽聽
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and for that you shall be rewarded highly with an聽 average salary of 139,000 in the US and nearly 21lakhs in India
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from high paying companies such聽 as Nvidia, Dell, Intel, Microsoft and JP Morgan.
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Moving up on our list we have the Network Security聽Engineer. Now, a Network Security Engineer is somebody聽聽
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that protects your computer networks from threats聽 and attacks. So if this quarantine season, you want聽聽
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to quarantine the virus, malware and spyware in聽 your computer network, these professionals are聽聽
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some people you should be reaching out to. Now聽 a network security engineer typically conducts聽聽
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investigations in your computer network, to seek聽violations and policy breaches in them. They also聽聽
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conduct penetration testing, set up security聽 standards for organizations as well as encrypt聽聽
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and set up firewalls, to protect sensitive data. Now, to become a Network Security Engineer, you need to聽聽
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be well versed in certain topics, including data聽and network security, obviously operating systems.聽聽
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Apart from that you also need to understand risk聽management methods and have hands-on experience聽聽
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in testing and encryption tools. Now, there are聽 certain companies who pay as high as $143,000聽聽
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in average in the US and 26 Lakhs in India.聽 These companies are top-notch companies, such as,聽
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FireEye, HackerOne, IBM and Cisco, with that we聽 move on to the top three of our list. At number聽聽three
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we have the Data Engineer. Now, Data Engineer聽 is responsible for connecting all the pieces of聽聽
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the data ecosystem of an organization. They are聽 responsible, for acquiring, assessing, auditing聽聽
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and processing data from different applications,聽 building data pipelines as well as maintaining聽聽
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database architectures in several companies.聽 Now a strong foundation in software engineering聽聽
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and programming equips these data engineers to聽 give companies the tools which will lead them to聽聽
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success. Apart from that, they also have to be聽 proficient in big data processing frameworks,聽聽
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real-time processing frameworks, database聽 architectures, ETL, query languages, as well聽as
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a sound understanding of Operating Systems like Linux聽 or Unix. Companies such as MacAfee, Walmart,聽聽
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and Ernst & Young are all paying high salaries聽 such as 144,000 US dollars or 16 LPA in India.聽聽
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At number two, we have the Cloud Architect. Now,聽 Cloud Architect is somebody that is responsible to聽聽
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take all the requirements of a cloud-based project聽 and turn it into an architecture or design that聽聽
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will guide the final product. Oftentimes, they聽 are also expected to bridge the gaps between聽聽
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business problems and cloud solutions so as a聽 cloud architect you need certain skills such as聽聽
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an understanding of an OS like Unix or Linux, cloud聽 security, cloud architectures and understanding of聽聽
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vendors such as AWS, GSP and Azure. Edureka has聽 a wide variety of programs which will make you聽聽
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proficient in cloud computing and add to your聽 cloud computing experience and boost your resume,聽聽
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companies such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft聽 and HTC pay as high as 155,000 US dollars聽聽
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to cloud computing experts and 16 LPA in India.聽 With that, finally we are at the top of our list聽聽
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at number one we have Artificial Intelligence聽 & Machine Learning Engineers now what do they聽聽
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do they build and test AIML models of course! It's聽 that simple, but is it? AI has reached a point today,聽聽
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where it can surpass the human decision聽 making, more accurately consistently 24 /7聽聽
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and based off of more facts which is why AI and聽ML Engineers are on top of the game. As they are聽聽
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the ones leading the path into our future. But you聽 need a certain skill set to be an AI ML engineer.聽
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We can start out by learning essential math聽 and statistics and follow on by learning a聽聽
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programming language with a rich library of聽 statistical packages such as Python and R.聽聽
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You also need to know the tools and technologies聽 involved in Machine Learning, Deep Learning and聽聽
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Neural Networks. Now are you a little worried, 聽 I wouldn't be Edureka offers a variety of different聽聽
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AI and ML training programs which are curated to聽 be your stepping stone in your career path and聽聽
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there are companies brilliant pay masters such as聽 Google, Uber, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter paying聽聽
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an average salary of 171,000 US dollars or 20聽lpa in India to AI and ML engineers. Now there are聽聽
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a few other job profiles ,which we just couldn't聽 end our list without mentioning. I'm talking about聽聽
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Blockchain Engineers, Enterprise Architects, RPA Solution Experts, and Data Warehouse Architects. Now,聽聽
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these job profiles also pay quite handsomely and聽 have a huge, huge demand. So I really do hope they聽聽
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land a spot on our list the next year. With that, I聽 come to the end of my list for the Top 10 Highest聽聽
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Paying Jobs in the year 2021. Kindly leave us with聽 your suggestions in the comments section below.聽
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With that, I conclude my list. My name is Upasana聽 Don't just learn it, master it. With Edureka.