Job prospects Software Designer near Charlottetown (PE)

Over the past few years (2020-2022), there was a major labour shortage for Software engineers and designers near Charlottetown (PE). There were far more job openings than workers available to fill them in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Assessment Methodology

The employment outlook will be moderate for Software engineers and designers (NOC 21231) in Prince Edward Island for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Demand for this occupation is expected to remain strong with continuing growth anticipated in the information technology field. There may also be overlap between the duties of software engineers/designers and software developers and programmers (NOC 2174) within the area, and highly-skilled software engineers may possess the skills to fill positions in those larger, closely related fields as well.

Here are some key facts about Software engineers and designers in Prince Edward Island:

• Approximately 250 people work in this occupation.
• Software engineers and designers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Computer systems design services (NAICS 5415): 50%
  • Federal government public administration (NAICS 911): 12%
  • Information and cultural industries (NAICS 51): 11%
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 9%
  • Other manufacturing (NAICS 313-316, 323-324, 326-327, 331, 334-335, 337, 339): 7%
• 75% of software engineers and designers work all year, while 25% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 49 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
• 10% of software engineers and designers are self-employed compared to an average of 13% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 80% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 20% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 36% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: 14% compared to 8% for all occupations

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology