It's become cliche to say that Austin is a hotspot for people with tech skills -- or that it's one of the nation's fastest growing metros. We've heard it.
But, then, of course, who doesn't want to see an update that shows where people are moving here from -- and a few more details.
LinkedIn on Friday released its latest report on careers, skills and migration. Using its databases from more than 150 million users, the company crunched the numbers and found that Austin is No. 1 among U.S. cities attracting the most workers. In July, hiring was up a whopping 14.3 percent, year-over-year -- that's compared to the nation's 4.6 percent increase in hiring.
"Austin’s thriving tech scene is a big magnet, as indicated by large skills shortages in development tools and data storage technologies," the report says. "But the city also has severe shortages in non-domain-specific skills like oral communication and digital literacy."
Nationally, LinkedIn's figures show that we've gone from a surplus of people with data science skills to a shortage. The shortfall of data scientists is most pronounced in New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Austin ranked 10th in the list of cities lacking data savvy workers.
Overall, Austin ranked 8th in cities with the largest skills shortages. New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston and Seattle topped that list.
But, of course, the study involves a wide variety of skills, putting places like New York City also atop a list of cities with the largest skills surpluses. Those are places where the worker supply exceeds demand for particular skills.
The report also gives us some insight on where Austin's new arrivals are coming from.
"For every 10,000 LinkedIn members in Austin today, 105 arrived in the past 12 months," the report says. "Of those arrivals, 10.5 percent are from Houston, 7.6 percent are from San Francisco, and 4.8 percent are from New York."
