The new year 2021 will bring some professional groups an upswing, precisely because of the corona pandemic.
This not only includes health professions.
The past year did not leave its mark on the labor market either.
The Corona crisis year 2020 caused falling salaries *, short-time work and unemployment in many places.
Systemically relevant professions, especially in the health sector, moved more and more into focus.
And finally,
home office
experienced
an unprecedented boom due to the pandemic measures taken by the federal and state governments.
What's next in the new year 2021?
Which professional groups and jobs will be in demand despite - or perhaps because of the Corona crisis?
Trend jobs in 2021: Corona pandemic continues to shape the job market
The experts of the portal Salat.de have investigated this question.
In search of the trending occupations in 2021, they analyzed search queries on their portal, the number of vacancies in selected job exchanges, the situation on the job market and information from customer and advisory meetings.
The result: As last year, professions should be among the winners that are in demand in the pandemic.
Covid-19 control creates demand from nurses, laboratory assistants and virologists
This of course includes
nurses
who are on the front line fighting Covid-19.
According to the study, you should
earn
around
44,200 euros gross
annually
**.
In the new year 2021, the production and distribution of the corona vaccine will also come into focus.
Due to virus mutations, additional research is necessary, which is why
virologists
(63,200 euros gross) and
laboratory assistants
(36,500 euros gross) will also be well employed in the future.
Home office jobs in demand
Home office will also remain an important topic in the future.
Cloud architects
ensure that everything runs smoothly on the company's external servers
so that employees can easily access company data from home
.
Nothing should work without Cloud Architects, which is also noticeable in salaries.
Her annual salary is around 64,900 euros on average **.
Crisis-proof jobs in 2021: these professions are in greater demand than ever
job |
Median gross salary ** |
Average gross salary |
Cloud Architect |
€ 64,897 |
€ 68,187 |
Virologist |
€ 63,243 |
€ 68,788 |
Performance Marketing Manager |
€ 50,528 |
€ 55,001 |
Nurse |
€ 44,247 |
€ 43,909 |
Game developer |
€ 42,724 |
€ 46,008 |
Food technician |
€ 40,314 |
€ 43,493 |
Merchant in e-commerce |
€ 39,901 |
€ 46,071 |
Laboratory assistant |
€ 36,469 |
€ 40,906 |
Also read:
Starting salary: In these professions and sectors you will earn the most money after graduating.
Games, e-commerce and the food industry are booming
While stationary retail and the event
industry are
suffering from the lockdown,
other industries are benefiting from the applicable corona measures
.
Video games are enjoying increasing popularity without cinemas, clubs and the like, which,
according to the study, should give
the
game development
profession
a real boost.
Her gross salary is around 42,700 euros a year.
Online retail is booming, which in turn has a positive effect
on e-commerce
and social commerce
merchants
(such as
performance marketing managers
).
Also on the up: the food industry.
According to salary.de, closed restaurants and bars ensure full order books in the production and processing of food products, which is why
food
technicians have particularly good job prospects (40,300 euros gross).
Incidentally, you don't need a university degree in either profession.
"The past year has shown us that flexibility is definitely a core competence in the labor market for both employees and employers," says Dr.
Philip Bierbach, CEO of Salary.de.
"A degree is not necessarily required in order to pursue future-proof professions.
Even with an apprenticeship, employees can take on lucrative and crisis-proof professions. “
(As) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen central editorial network.
More on the topic:
Top salaries: These professions and industries have the most money.
** What is the median?
The median is the value that lies in the middle of all data: 50 percent are above the value, 50 percent below.
The median is therefore more accurate than the average value, which can be distorted by outliers.
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