{"id":87328,"date":"2017-07-27T14:27:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T18:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=87328"},"modified":"2017-07-27T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T18:42:10","slug":"toronto-and-vancouver-offer-best-value-for-tech-talent","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/toronto-and-vancouver-offer-best-value-for-tech-talent","title":{"rendered":"Toronto and Vancouver Offer Best Value for Tech Talent in North America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada offers high-quality tech talent at a fraction of the price when compared to American technology hubs including San Francisco and Seattle.<\/p>\n

When it comes to cost and quality, Vancouver was ranked as the best-value market for tech talent and edged out Toronto which came in second best, according to an analysis\u00a0by CBRE.<\/p>\n

In its 2017 North American Scoring Tech Talent<\/a>\u00a0report released last week, CBRE compared the 50 largest tech markets in the United States and\u00a0Canada, examining their ability to attract and grow tech talent. Toronto\u00a0stole the spotlight<\/a>\u00a0as it was crowned North America’s fastest growing technology market, moving up six places on the report’s scorecard and\u00a0taking the sixth spot. Vancouver nabbed 16th place.<\/p>\n

When it comes to compensation, the average wage in Toronto is $82,385. In Vancouver, it’s slightly less at $79,402. But in San Francisco, companies are paying their employees on average $123,158 (all salary averages are in US dollars).<\/p>\n

While those looking for tech jobs in Canada might not like the lower than average wages, tech firms can\u00a0capitalize on the value in both\u00a0the Vancouver and Toronto\u00a0markets. The report found that the cost of talent is the largest expense category for most companies but that quality remains a top\u00a0consideration\u2013something that bodes well for Vancouver and Toronto which offer the best quality talent for the cheapest rate.<\/p>\n

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The report also analyzed tech labour concentration, what they call an\u00a0influential factor in how “tech” the market is and its growth potential. Both Toronto and Vancouver cracked the top ten, landing in fifth and eight place respectively.<\/p>\n

Toronto in particular is gearing up for rapid technology growth\u2013tech jobs increased by nearly 32 per cent in the last five years\u2013and its made a\u00a0pitch to compete<\/a> for global talent.\u00a0However, Canadian technology companies still don’t receive the same high profile status as their Silicon Valley competitors. Even globally known companies like Shopify\u2013with its company headquarters in Ottawa\u2013aren’t branded Canadian.<\/p>\n

With that said, this report points to an attractive offer: technology entrepreneurs looking for the next best place to build a startup should start looking north.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canada offers high-quality tech talent at a fraction of the price when compared to American technology hubs including San Francisco and Seattle. When it comes to cost and quality, Vancouver was ranked as the best-value market for tech talent and edged out Toronto which came in second best, according to an analysis\u00a0by CBRE. In its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76241,"featured_media":87360,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[758,757,840,21,22],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-87328","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News","tag-cbre","tag-tech-talent","tag-technology-hubs","tag-toronto","tag-vancouver"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/87328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/76241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/87328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/87360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87328"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=87328"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=87328"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=87328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}