This article from Burning Glass Technologies. Read the full article here.
The top 25 cities for data science jobs show how widespread the demand for data skills has become, branching out from major tech hubs into cities around the country.
In fact, the highest concentration of big data job openings to the employed population isn’t in Silicon Valley but in Trenton, N.J.
| Metro Area | Job Postings | Job Postings per 10,000 people employed, last 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| Trenton, NJ | 4544 | 193 |
| California-Lexington Park, MD | 769 | 179 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 17978 | 175 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 51958 | 173 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 33974 | 152 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 15333 | 142 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 4845 | 140 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 2763 | 137 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT (Metropolitan NECTA) | 5458 | 126 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH (Metropolitan NECTA) | 29783 | 121 |
| Carson City, NV | 330 | 118 |
| Tallahassee, FL | 1759 | 108 |
| Raleigh, NC | 5927 | 105 |
| Huntsville, AL | 2113 | 102 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 24033 | 100 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 13663 | 100 |
| Corvallis, OR | 356 | 99 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 18109 | 99 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 87554 | 99 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT (Metropolitan NECTA) | 5551 | 98 |
| Madison, WI | 3575 | 97 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 17430 | 96 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 2653 | 94 |
| Austin-Round Rock, TX | 8538 | 93 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 24689 | 93 |