LinkedIn found that the most promising tech job in 2017 is Site Reliability Engineer, paying a median base salary of $140,000. Data Architect and Data Engineer are two of the five most promising tech jobs in 2017. The following graphic compares the median base salaries of the tech positions included in LinkedIn's analysis. The following graphic compares the year-over-year job growth rates of the 12 tech positions that are part of LinkedIn's most promising jobs list. Of these three positions, Data Engineers are expected to be in the greatest demand with 85% year-over-year growth in job growth predicted.

Source: Forbes January 29, 2017 00:39 UTC