Top Job Trends on Indeed

We recently analyzed millions of job postings to update Indeed's Top Job Trends - a list of the fastest growing keywords found in job postings.

Indeed's Top Job Trends of 2010 provided a clear picture of fast growing employer demand for expertise in mobile operating systems, social media, and a variety of areas in information technology.  The updated list shows that demand is continuing to increase.

Top job trends

1. HTML5
2. MongoDB
3. iOS
4. Android
5. Mobile app
6. Puppet
7. Hadoop
8. jQuery
9. PaaS
10. Social media

The exponential growth of HTML5 job postings kept it at the top spot on the list.  HTML5 is the fifth major revision of HTML.

Popular job titles for positions that cite HTML5 as a desired skill include: web developer, front end developer and software engineer.

The four keywords below also maintained a spot on the updated Top Job Trends. The most common job title for each trend is listed next to it.

1. Android (mobile operating system): android developer
2. Mobile app (application software for handheld devices): mobile developer
3. jQuery (web application framework): web developer
4. Social Media: marketing manager

Additions to the top job trends include:

• MongoDB (open source, document-oriented database): software engineer
• iOS (mobile operating system): iOS developer
• Puppet (IT infrastructure management): systems administrator
• Hadoop (distributed computing platform): software engineer
• PaaS (platform as a service): programmer analyst