CLOSE A new jobs site assessment of the best jobs to have in 2017 is heavy on the tech industry. Hannah Gaber/azcentral.com Wochit 
 
 Technical roles rise to the top of Indeed's 2017 list of best jobs. (Photo: Focke Strangmann, EPA) 
 
 Tech positions dominate Indeed’s Best Jobs of 2017 list, released Tuesday. 
 
 Indeed, the jobs website, crafted the list using number of job postings, salary ($70K+) and growth opportunity data based on postings from 2013 to 2016. 
 
 Software engineering and developer jobs scored seven of the top 10 spots. Full stack developer, which requires the ability to work on front and back-end technologies, won best overall job with an average base salary of $110,770. Data scientist ($129,938), development operations engineer ($123,165) and salesforce administrator ($89,702) were close behind. 
 
 “As every business morphs into the digital version of itself, the demand for workers with highly technical abilities is increasing far faster than supply” said Paul D’Arcy, Indeed senior vice president in a release. “The result is a rapid growth in open, unfilled jobs and increases in salaries for the talent that can fill these roles.” 
 
 Aside from tech, D'Arcy said roles in management, engineering and healthcare also look promising. 
 
 Here's the jobs that made the top 10: 
 
 1. Full stack developer 
 
 2. Data scientist 
 
 3. Development operations engineer 
 
 4. Salesforce administrator 
 
 5. IT engineer 
 
 6. Salesforce developer 
 
 7. Quality engineer 
 
 8. Digital project manager 
 
 9. Cloud engineer 
 
 10. Management consulting analytics manager 
 
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 We’ve just released our list of the best jobs of 2017, curated from job postings, salary and growth opportunity statistics. All but a few are roles in computer science; seven of the top ten jobs are software engineers and developers, with positions in management, healthcare and engineering rounding out the top 25 list. Some of the highest paying positions ranked in the top ten include full stack developers (#1), data scientists (#2), development operations engineers (#3), Salesforce developers (#6) and cloud engineers (#9). 
 
 Many of the technical roles offer six-figure salaries and an ever-increasing number of job postings. “Software engineers and other technical roles continue to dominate many of the top positions for employer demand and competitive pay,” said Indeed Senior Vice President Paul D’Arcy. “But there are certainly opportunities in other sectors, with roles in management, engineering and healthcare in high demand.” 
 
 Although tech roles are prominent in the list, time-honored positions like civil engineer (#14), commercial project manager (#19), registered nurse (#20) and construction superintendent (#24) round out the top 25 best jobs of 2017: 
 
 A Technical Problem 
 
 Hiring tech talent is challenging. Companies throughout the tech industry are suffering as the inability to timely hire tech talent affects their bottom line. We know the technology field has a demand gap: job seeker interest in software architect job postings meets only 29.4% of the employer demand while dev ops job postings meet only 39.6%. 
 
 We recently surveyed more than one thousand tech recruiters and hiring managers to learn more about how the tech talent shortage is impacting their businesses. Almost 9 in 10 respondents (86%) said they find it challenging to find and hire technical talent, with more than a third (36%) saying they find it “very” challenging. 
 
 “As every business morphs into the digital version of itself, the demand for workers with highly technical abilities is increasing far faster than supply” said D’Arcy. “The result is a rapid growth in open, unfilled jobs and increases in salaries for the talent that can fill these roles.” 
 
 In some cases, companies settle for subpar candidates. The results showed that more than half (53%) of respondents hired tech talent despite candidates not meeting job description requirements. Additionally, companies that have trouble achieving their hiring goals must fill the gaps with existing employees, which can create turnover. More than a third of surveyed respondents (36%) said the inability to hire a qualified candidate caused burnout in existing employees and affected their business’s bottom line. 
 
 Technical (Hiring) Support 
 
 Companies like LiveAction use Indeed Prime for exclusive access to newly vetted, change-ready tech professionals every week. Only the top 5% of tech candidates who participate in the rigorous coding assessments and talent reviews are invited to create Prime profiles. 
 
 LiveAction filters searches to narrow results, enabling them to find detailed tech profiles. They could also identify candidate motivators such as preferred salary, career aspirations, links to projects, coding assessment scores and other factors to find the perfect job seeker. 
 
 “Before Indeed Prime, the recruiters that called me—I knew they were shooting in the dark. They didn’t review my profile or capabilities and I didn’t think there was mutual interest,” said Software Engineer Inna Ben Soussan. “I think with Indeed Prime there is a good fit between the candidate and the company.” 
 
 Indeed Prime also enabled two-way communication between LiveAction’s Director of HR and candidates on the Prime Marketplace with a 90% candidate response rate and 60% “interested” candidate acceptance rate. This top talent is invited to the marketplace for private communication with employers using the platform. 
 
 Putting Tech to Work 
 
 Hiring tips, tricks and best practices can vary by industry, but tech companies have been getting creative when competing for the world’s most sought-after talent, and Indeed is no exception. Finding technical talent will remain a challenge for companies who aren’t able to stay in front of the competition, so you need to figure out how best to attract qualified candidates. Hiring for tech jobs is more complicated than just filling seats, so remember to keep your hiring funnel as full as possible. 
 
 Indeed understands the recruitment landscape. To learn more about how Indeed empowers companies to find and hire the best talent, visit indeed.com/hire. 
 
 Methodology
– In the market for a new job? Consider one of these, which jobs website Indeed ranks as the top 10 jobs of 2017. Indeed put its rankings together based on number of job postings, growth opportunity data from 2013 to 2016, and salaries of at least $70,000, USA Today reports. Roles in tech and computer science dominate: Full stack developer: Average base salary $110,770 Data scientist: $129,938 Development operations engineer: $123,165 Salesforce administrator: $89,702 IT engineer: $85,563 Salesforce developer: $108,089 Quality engineer: $71,111 Digital project manager: $73,169 Cloud engineer: $118,878 Management consulting analytics manager: $90,994 Click for the full top 25.