Calgary's tech industry is BOOMING and it just keeps growing
If you’re living in Calgary and considering a career change, you might want to turn your sights to the tech industry.
A new Tech Talent report from CBRE found Calgary was ranked the highest in Canada after Vancouver for tech job growth with an increase of 61%.
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The report also found Calgary moved up the most in the tech talent ranking, increasing seven spots from 28 to 21. The increase was measured over the past five years, between 2017 and 2022.
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The growing success of the tech industry is partially thanks to remote working trends, which helped employers expand their workforce geographically and demographically. Remote work is the tech industry standard, with 46% of tech talent across all industries working from home.
The report found that remote and hybrid work benefit tech employers, even suggesting companies cut back on office space spending in their annual cost analysis.
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These findings come as other Canadian cities like Toronto struggle to maintain their tech hub status as it falls from its spot as the third-best place for tech workers to fifth.