Jobs
Future
of the
Where today’s job may take you tomorrow
Mobile Media Professionals
to
Book to App Converters
This information was prepared by the Centers of Excellence to help students, counselors
and educators in California prepare for upcoming changes in job descriptions and skills
required by employers, as a result of emerging technologies and industry trends.
Today’s Job: Mobile Media Occupations
Mobile media is a new and rapidly expanding field within the Information and Communication Technologies sector. Today, mobile media jobs include: Web
Developers, Software Developers, Computer Programmers, IT Program Managers, and Graphic Designers. Mobile media professionals build applications
and mobile friendly web sites to meet the needs of the explosive growth of mobile devices. Among these jobs, the three profiled below appear to have the
greatest potential for migrating to the job of the future called Book to App Converter.
In 2011, these jobs accounted for 216,520 positions. By 2016, 15,670 new jobs are expected to be created. Adding separations due to retirement or
turnover, the total number of job openings is forecasted to reach 36,310.
Skills Needed
Web Developers
Mobile media skills most often
required by employers are:
Design, create, and modify
websites. Analyze user needs
to implement website content,
graphics, performance, and
capacity
• iOS App Development
• Android App Development
Jobs
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
5,330
openings
33,680 jobs
Wages
$50/hr
$40/hr $39
$30/hr
$20/hr
$10/hr
• Web Site Design
• Web Site Development
• Web Application Development
• Javascript
• Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)
• HTML 5
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Graphic Design
• Adobe Photoshop
• Jquery
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Java
Software Developers/
Programmers
Develop, create, modify and test
general computer applications
software or specialized utility
programs. Develop software
solutions based on user needs or
from provided specifications.
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
17,910
openings
124,230 jobs
$50/hr
$43
$40/hr
$30/hr
$20/hr
$10/hr
Graphic Designers
Design or create graphics to
meet specific commercial or
promotional needs.
• Ajax
• Extensible Markup Language (XML)
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
13,070
openings
58,610 jobs
$50/hr
$40/hr
$30/hr
$20/hr $19
$10/hr
Businesses use a wide variety of other job titles for mobile media professionals, such as:
Mobile Developer • Mobile Web • Mobile Media Designer • Android Developer • iOS Developer • Backend Java Engineer
Senior Application Developer
Employment data provided by Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. (EMSI). Job titles, descriptions and skills referenced from Onetonline.org, Indeed.com and Burning-glass.com.
Job openings = new jobs (growth) + separations (replacements). Hourly wage represents 2011 median hourly wage.
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Jobs
Future
of the
Book to App Converters
Where today’s job may take you tomorrow
Tomorrow’s Job: Book to App Converters
According to Thomas Frey, Futurist: “Over the coming months
we will begin to see a form of competition brewing between
books and apps. With both being information products that
we interface with differently, we will begin to see a large
scale effort to convert existing books and literature into an
interactive app, similar to the current effort to convert popular
literature from print to audiobooks.”
(55 Jobs of the Future, By Futurist Thomas Frey, November 11, 2011,
http://www.futuristspeaker.com/2011/11/55-jobs-of-the-future/)
Book to App Converters will allow authors to keep the content of their work
current, interactive, and may utilize a social media component. These active online
books, as opposed to static and quickly outdated products, will create new ways
to monetize services. For example, subscribers would pay a monthly fee to access
all new content. Book to App Converters will be in high demand in the near future,
and mobile media professionals will be ideally positioned to qualify for these
emerging jobs.
This project of the California Community Colleges was funded in part by SB70.
For more details on mobile media occupations, see the Center of Excellence career fact sheets at: http://www.path2careers.net/factsheets