20 promising jobs where you can earn up to Dh800,000
By Web Team
Published: Mon 23 Jan 2017, 3:15 PM
Looking for a job has become an activity that is almost second skin to anyone. We all want to be successful, earn enough to make a living and go home and unwind at the end of the day. But sometimes the jobs we have at the moment aren't really cutting it.
If you're considering a career move, check out these 20 promising jobs for 2017, according to LinkedIn. You can also find related openings at KT Buzzon and take your first steps towards greener pastures!
Hospitalist
Hospitalists are physicians whose priority is to give general medical care to hospitalized patients. Median base salary: $222,000 (Dh815,000).
Pharmacist
Pharmacists are responsible for promoting safe and effective use of medicine, they can earn a median base salary of up to $123,000 (Dh451,000).
Sales Engineer
A cut above regular salesperson, sales engineers come equipped with technical knowledge of goods and their market; they can earn a median base salary of $80,000 (Dh290,000). The field also has huge job openings which LinkedIn estimates is at 159%.
Site Reliability Engineer
Want to work on making websites work better for users? SREs are getting paid a median base salary of $140,000 (Dh514,000) and have an estimated 300 plus job openings.
Product Manager
Be the boss of a product and steer it to success! You can also earn a median base salary of $97,500 (Dh358,000) while you're at it.
Financial Analyst
Financial analysts are the go-to people when it comes to knowing when and where to invest. They earn a median base salary of about $64,900 (Dh238,000) and they score 8/10 in terms of career advancement.
Technical Program Manager (TPM)
Technical program managers are a special kind of Product Managers, involved in making sure that the tech side of things are all in place to make a certain product click. Amazon usually has openings for these positions and you can earn a median base salary of $129,000 (Dh473,000).
Program Manager
Program managers are similar to TPMs minus the "technical" part. Their job entails managing projects often with the goal of improving the company's performance. Openings are extremely high with about 2,300 job openings that can offer a median base salary of $97,400 (Dh357,700).
Data Engineer
A data engineer's main job is prepare data for analytical or operational purposes. The specific task may vary from one company to the other but that is the backbone of it. The field promises a median base salary of about $105,000 (Dh385,000).
Scrum Master
A scrum master is basically a facilitator for an agile development team. It comes from the methodology "Scrum" which allows a team to self-organise and make changes quickly. Got the reflexes? You can earn a median base salary of $100,000 (Dh367,000).
Here are the other 10 promising jobs of 2017 according to LinkedIn.Software Engineer
Median Base Salary: $94,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 10,000+ (13%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 6.0
Top Skills: Java, C++, SQL, Linux, XML
Clinical Nurse
Median Base Salary: $75,700
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 3,300+ (77%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 6.0
Top Skills: Patient Safety, Hospitals, Critical Care, Inpatient Care, Acute Care
Physician Assistant
Median Base Salary: $104,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 2,800+ (37%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 4.0
Top Skills: Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Basic Life Support, Electronic Medical Record, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine
Business Analyst
Median Base Salary: $70,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 3,000+ (20%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 8.0
Top Skills: Requirements Analysis, Business Requirements, Software Development Life Cycle, User Acceptance Testing,Visio
Tax Manager
Median Base Salary: $103,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 1,000+ (52%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 6.0
Top Skills: Income Tax, Corporate Tax, Tax Accounting, International Tax, Tax Advisory
Data Architect
Median Base Salary: $122,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 500+ (26%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 6.0
Top Skills: Data warehousing, Data modeling, ETL (Extract, Transform, Load),Business Intelligence,Databases
Anesthetist
Median Base Salary: $156,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 400+ (148%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 4.0
Top Skills: Critical Care, Anesthesia, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Intensive Care, Hospitals
Analytics Manager
Median Base Salary: $109,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 400+ (49%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 8.0
Top Skills: Data Analysis, SAS, Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Predictive Analytics
Customer Success Manager
Median Base Salary: $72,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 350+ (85%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 10.0
Top Skills: Account Management, CRM, Salesforce.com, SaaS, Enterprise Software
Medical Director
Median Base Salary: $230,000
Job Openings (YoY Growth): 1000+ (3%)
Career Advancement Score (out of 10): 6.0
Top Skills: Medicine, Clinical Research, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Information Technology, Electronic Medical Record