An uptick in job openings for technologists with blockchain development skills continued through the last quarter of 2017.Blockchain developers rank second among the top 20 fastest-growing job skills, and job postings for workers with those skills have more than doubled this year.Next in the list of fastest-growing job skills is another blockchain-related topic: Bitcoin cryptocurrency developers.Taking second fiddle only to robotics specialists, blockchain technologists are advertising their services for as much as $150 per hour, according to Upwork, an employment site that specializes in freelance workers.The median income for blockchain developers in the U.S. is $130,000 a year, compared to general software developers, whose annual median pay is $105,000, according to Matt Sigelman, CEO of job data analytics firm Burning Glass Technologies.In high-tech regions of the U.S. such as Silicon Valley, New York City or Boston, the median annual salary for a blockchain developer is $158,000, compared with a general software developer who is paid $140,000. That means there is an $18,000 premium for software developers who can also create and manage blockchains.”Actually, what you’re seeing…and this is a very intersting phenomenon, is the wages have fallen a bit,” Sigelman said. “That’s not a reflection of the market not valuaing… Read full this story
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