Our recent Regional Snapshot: Digital Skills- Through the Burning Glass uses Burning Glass Labor Insight data to assess job postings seeking general digital and advanced digital skills– at national, peer metro, and Atlanta metro levels.

This map shows the top 15 hiring regions (MSA) for jobs seeking candidates with digital skills over the last 12 months. Across all other metros,  the Atlanta MSA ranks ninth in digital skills postings over the last 12 months. While  Atlanta dominates most southern metros in digital skills openings, Dallas has had 80,000 more digital skills postings than has Atlanta in the last 12 months.

Source: Labor Insight Jobs (Burning Glass Technologies), Digital Skills Snapshot for Last 12 Months, March 1, 2016 – February 28, 2017

Top 15 hiring regions for jobs seeking candidates with digital skills over the last 12 months:

  • New York- 1,028,843
  • Los Angeles- 711,626
  • Chicago- 587,866
  • Washington- 548,993
  • San Francisco- 462,699
  • Dallas- 437,335
  • Boston- 394,162
  • Philadelphia- 364,928
  • Atlanta- 357,066
  • Detroit- 297,319
  • Phoenix- 288,215
  • Seattle- 273,615
  • Denver- 262,772
  • Minneapolis- 255,212
  • Miami- 247,825