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2LinkedIn data current as of June 2015 © Mapbox, Data ODbL © OpenStreetMap contributors members in Canada members in Ontar...
3 214K have technology skills 1.9M 214K 1.9M LinkedIn members are located in the Greater Toronto Area 11% of Greater Toron...
4 11 Calgary 10.2% 12 Vancouver 10.2% 13 Madrid, Spain 10.0% 14 Dallas/Fort Worth Area 9.7% 15 Paris, France 9.4% 16 Halif...
5 Members with technology skills are concentrated in the tech and financial services sectors, and can be found in all indu...
6 Toronto is a great place to start a career in technology, based on its high percentage of tech skilled members in early ...
7 98K 25K 11K 25,455 companies employ members with technology skills 98,170 companies in Greater Toronto represented on Li...
8 28% of early career new hires have tech skills, and 73% of these members found work outside of the technology industry I...
9 Mobile and game development are some of the tech skills most likely to be found among members who were recently hired in...
10 • Toronto’s tech skilled membership compares favorably to similar cities around the world • Companies in nearly every i...
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The latest research from LinkedIn's Economic Graph delves into the technology sector in Toronto, Canada.

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  • Background on LinkedIn’s presence in Canada – 1.9M members in Toronto means that ~41% of the adult population is on LinkedIn. (based on 2011 Canadian Census data of 4.6M residents >15 yrs old).

    LinkedIn has over 100 employees located in Toronto.
  • The Toronto region is doing relatively well when it comes to tech skills, but we could do better. Of the 1.9 million members in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA), 11% or 214,000 are sharing that they have technology skills.
  • Toronto’s proportion of tech skilled members compares favorably to similar cities around the world (#5 after the San Francisco Bay Area, Greater Seattle, Sydney, and Stockholm).
  • You can find tech skilled members in
  • Additionally, a significant fraction of roles held by members with technology skills are in what we’re defining as “early-career roles”. These are individual contributor level roles that typically require less than 5 years of work experience. Compared to other similar cities around the world, Toronto offers a lot of opportunities for members who are thinking of starting a career in technology.
  • 98170 companies on LI
    25455 employ at least one member with tech skills 26%
    9466 hired at least one member with tech skills 9.6
  • 28% of these members have tech skills, and 73% of members with tech tech skills found work outside of the technology industry. This data shows that the tech skills are valuable in nearly every industry sector that operates in Toronto, not just the “tech” industry.
  • These 11 tech skill categories were most likely to be found among Toronto area members who were recently hired into early career roles. These categories are varied, and highlight several distinct types of technology-related work: mobile development, web development, gaming, data, design, and more. Here are some of the individual skills commonly found on the profiles of Toronto area members in each of these categories we identified.

    • LinkedIn Economic Graph Research: Toronto

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    2. 2. 2LinkedIn data current as of June 2015 © Mapbox, Data ODbL © OpenStreetMap contributors members in Canada members in Ontario members in Greater Toronto 11M+ 3.8M 1.9M LinkedIn Canada
    3. 3. 3 214K have technology skills 1.9M 214K 1.9M LinkedIn members are located in the Greater Toronto Area 11% of Greater Toronto Area members have technology skills
    4. 4. 4 11 Calgary 10.2% 12 Vancouver 10.2% 13 Madrid, Spain 10.0% 14 Dallas/Fort Worth Area 9.7% 15 Paris, France 9.4% 16 Halifax 8.5% 17 Milan, Italy 8.5% 18 Greater Chicago Area 8.3% 19 Greater New York City Area 7.6% 20 Greater Los Angeles Area 6.2% Technology skilled members, as a percent of total 1 San Francisco Bay Area 14.9% 2 Greater Seattle Area 13.1% 3 Sydney, Australia 11.4% 4 Stockholm, Sweden 11.0% 5 Toronto 10.8% 6 Greater Boston Area 10.6% 7 Montreal 10.6% 8 London, United Kingdom 10.5% 9 Berlin, Germany 10.4% 10 Oslo, Norway 10.3% Toronto’s proportion of tech skilled membership compares favorably to similar cities around the world
    5. 5. 5 Members with technology skills are concentrated in the tech and financial services sectors, and can be found in all industry sectors Members with tech skills Industry sector distribution of Toronto area members
    6. 6. 6 Toronto is a great place to start a career in technology, based on its high percentage of tech skilled members in early career roles
    7. 7. 7 98K 25K 11K 25,455 companies employ members with technology skills 98,170 companies in Greater Toronto represented on LinkedIn 10,894 companies employ members with technology skills in early career roles 1 in 10 Greater Toronto Area companies currently employ technology-skilled members in early career roles
    8. 8. 8 28% of early career new hires have tech skills, and 73% of these members found work outside of the technology industry Industry sector distribution of Toronto area members who started an early-career role in the past 12 months* *July 2014 to June 2015 Members with tech skills
    9. 9. 9 Mobile and game development are some of the tech skills most likely to be found among members who were recently hired into early career roles 1 Mobile Development 2 Game Development 3 Perl/Python/Ruby 4 User Interface Design 5 Computer Graphics & Animation 6 Algorithm Design 7 C/C++ 8 Web Programming 9 Java Development 10 Microsoft Application Development 11 Database Management & Software Tech skill categories associated with members who were recently hired into early career roles • MySQL • Postgres • MongoDB • .NET • Visual Studio • VBA • Character Animation • Compositing • Unity3D • iOS • Android • jQuery Mobile • Design Thinking • Adobe Fireworks • Wireframes • HTML5 • JavaScript • PHP • After Affects • Maya • 3D Studio Max • Algorithms • Modeling • Optimization
    10. 10. 10 • Toronto’s tech skilled membership compares favorably to similar cities around the world • Companies in nearly every industry sector represented on LinkedIn are hiring for technology skills • Toronto is a great place to start a career in technology What we’ve learned
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