In July 2019, Houston employed 83,543 people in Software and Information Technology
Here is the Gender makeup of Different IT Roles in Houston
The entire Houston IT Market
18% Women / 82% Men
Scrum Masters & Agile Professionals:
14% Female / 86% Male
IT & Business Analyst
29% Female / 71% Male
Software & Technical Architects
7% Female / 93% Male
Data Scientists
21% Female / 79% Male
Database Professionals
24% Female / 76% Male
Software Developers
12% Female / 88% Male
ERP Technical Professionals
17% Female / 83% Male
Technology Executives
16% Female / 84% Male
Computing Infrastructure
10% Female / 90% Male
Software and IT Managers
21% Female / 79% Male
Cyber Security Professionals
12% Female / 88% Male
IT Support and Helpdesk Professionals
15% Female / 85% Male
Software Testing and QA/QC Professionals
21% Female / 79% Male
Software Engineers
11% Female / 89% Male
Chief Technology Officers
16% Female / 84% Male
Network Engineers
5% Female / 95% Male
Business Intelligence Professionals
21% Female / 79% Male
Front-End Developers
21% Female / 79% Male
DevOps Professionals
5% Female / 95% Male
Houston has the following numbers working in Information Technology and Software Roles:
- 14,960 Managers
- 13,119 Software Developers
- 7,192 Executives
- 7,151 People working in Infrastructure
- 6,199 Database focused roles
- 6,197 Business Analysts
- 5,012 Support roles
- 3,106 Software Architects
- 2,835 Cybersecurity personnel
- 1,334 Data Science roles
- 1,107 Testing & QA/QC roles
- 974 Technical ERP personnel
Age Breakdown of the Houston IT Market:
- 15% 0 – 5 years
- 26% 6 – 10 years
- 31% 11- 15 years
- 18% 16 – 20 years
- 10% 21+
IT people with the following certifications:
- 215 Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts (CCIE)
- 91 Cisco Certified Design Professionals (CCDP)
- 785 Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA)
- 422 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
- 69 Certified in Risk and Information Systems Controls (CRISC)
- 211 Certified Information Systems Auditors (CISA)
- 205 Certified Ethical Hackers (CEH)
- 519 Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
- 195 Certified Information Security Managers (CISM)
- 1,223 Project Management Professionals (PMP)
- 479 Certified Scrum Masters (CSM)
- 592 Computing Technology Industry Association Certifications (CompTIA)
- 54 Global Information Assurance Certifications (GIAC)
Education Backgrounds of IT and Software people in Houston
Agile Professionals
- Graduate Degree – 36%
- Undergrad – 50%
- No Degree – 13%
IT and Business Analysts
- Graduate Degree – 29%
- Undergrad – 58%
- No Degree – 12%
Software Architects
- Graduate Degree – 32%
- Undergrad – 56%
- No Degree – 12%
- Graduate Degree – 59%
- Undergrad – 35%
- No Degree – 6%
Database Professionals
- Graduate Degree – 35%
- Undergrad – 50%
- No Degree – 15%
Software Developers
- Graduate Degree – 30%
- Undergrad – 58%
- No Degree – 12%
Technical ERP Professionals
- Graduate Degree – 38%
- Undergrad – 49%
- No Degree – 14%
Software and IT Executives
- Graduate Degree – 29%
- Undergrad – 57%
- No Degree – 14%
Computing Infrastructure
- Graduate Degree – 19%
- Undergrad – 62%
- No Degree – 18%
Software and IT Managers
- Graduate Degree – 31%
- Undergrad – 58%
- No Degree – 12%
Cybersecurity Professionals
- Graduate Degree – 30%
- Undergrad – 57%
- No Degree – 13%
Helpdesk and IT Support workers
- Graduate Degree – 17%
- Undergrad – 66%
- No Degree – 17%
Testing & QA/QC Professionals
- Graduate Degree – 29%
- Undergrad – 61%
- No Degree – 10%
62,796 – have a degree from a US university
34,019 – have a degree from a Texas University
10,576 – have a degree from a Non-US University
21,578 – have post graduate degrees.
12,628 – people working in Houston in IT or software never completed college.
Random Counts on Houston IT Skills sets
Houston has 185 .NET Developers with
- Angular experience
- Educated in the US
- O&G experience
- 5 – 12 years overall experience
- Been at their Job for 1 year or more
Houston has 155 Java Developers with
- Agile & J2EE experience
- Educated in the US
- 2 – 12 years overall experience
- Been at their Job for 1 year or more
Houston has 79 Network Engineers with:
- Their Cisco CCNA or CCNP
- Educated in Texas
- 2 – 12 years overall experience
- Been at their Job for 1 year or more
Houston has 86 Data Scientist with:
- Python Experience
- Post-Graduate Degrees
- 2 – 12 years overall experience
- Oil & Gas Expereince
- Been at their Job for 1 year or more
Houston has 94 IT and Software Managers with:
- 10+ Years Experience
- Oil & Gas Experience
- Educated in Texas
- Have a PMP certification
Houston has 97 Chief Information Security Officers with:
- 10+ Years Experience
- Oil & Gas Experience
- Educated in Texas
- Have a Post-Graduate Degree
Houston has 149 Front-End Developers who are job hoppers / stayed in each of their last 3 jobs less than 18 months each
Houston has 140 “Full Stack” Developers who are job hoppers / stayed in each of their last 3 jobs less than 18 months each
How Long Houston IT people stay at their Jobs:
- Agile – 41 months
- Data Science – 42 Months
- Testing & QA – 42 Months
- Software Developers – 43 months
- Technical ERP – 45 Months
- Software Architects – 45 Months
- Business Analysts – 46 months
- Database Roles – 47 Months
- Cybersecurity – 47 Months
- IT and Software Managers – 47 months
- Executives – 54 Months
- Helpdesk and Support – 48 months
- Infrastructure – 49 Months
Other Houston IT Market Facts:
- 23,952 people are currently contractors or have been a contractor
- 12,965 people are job hoppers. They stayed in their last three jobs 18 months or less
- 3,449 .NET Developers
- 1,911 Java Developers