Incubators, research centers and a varied startup ecosystem have attracted talent and companies that pay for specialized skills, as part of a movement that has been developed in the capital of Antioquia and has generated a growing demand for technical and professional profiles which are little visible to the general public. What are the most demanding positions in Medellín?
These are jobs that offer salaries well above the local average and that do not always coincide with traditional races, since they are usually linked to the cloud, cybersecurity, data science and software engineering operations oriented to digital products
The next list of better paid professions in Medellín and that often go unnoticed, prepared by the chat GPT, can serve as a compass for those who plan a career or an investment in technical-professional education:
1) Data Scientist / Data Scientific: Combine statistics, Machine Learning and business knowledge; Companies that sell digital or analytical services pay a lot for those who convert data into decisions.
2) Cloud Architect / Cloud Architect: Design the infrastructure on which critical applications are run; High demand for migrations to AWS, Azure or GCP.
3) Devops / Devops / mlops engineer: Automates deployments, guarantees availability and accelerates deliveries; Profiles with experience in CI/CD, containers and observability are scarce and highly demanded.
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4) Cybersecurity Specialist (Cloud Security / Red Team): With digitalization the need for protection grows; Those who audit, respond or design cloud controls receive high salaries for their criticality.
5) SOLUTION / SOLUTION ARCHITECT / ENGINER OF BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: Acts bridge between business and technology; He leads high -impact technical proposals and digital transformation projects that justify high remuneration. Local data show compensations higher than average for this profile.
6) Full-Stack / Backend Senior developer specializing in Fintech or Scale Systems: Demand conjunction (startup + companies Nearshore) and need for deep knowledge in architecture and safety lifts senior developers.
7) Product Product / Product Manager (TECH): It combines business vision, metrics and technical understanding; In digital companies its role is key to generating scalable income, and remuneration reflects it.
8) Fintech specialists / Payment and Compliance Engineers (AML / KYC): The regulation and integration of demanding payment systems make these profiles-with a mixture of legal-tch and development-reach salaries higher than traditional niches.
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These work trends show that World Economic Forum It is not mistaken and that the roles related to technology, as specialists in Big Data, engineers in Fintech and experts in artificial intelligence (AI) and automatic learning, are among those of greater growth in percentage terms and that their expansion will continue by leaps and bounds in the main cities of the world.
The best salaries in Colombia: is Medellín?
Colombia shows wide salary dispersion, with significant differences according to the city, the sector, the educational level and experience. A recent Devsdata report It reveals the areas of the country where income is approaching the minimum wage, as well as the places where a high average is recorded.
Geography also influences: the main cities concentrate the highest wages, while municipalities with the lowest population density present the lowest.
Medellín appears among these cities highlighted for their economic development, their technological growth and the presence of companies that demand highly qualified talentwhich drives your salaries.
Next, the cities with the best salaries in Colombia:
• Bogotá: higher average salary in the country with 5,440,000 pesos per month.
• Medellín: It is closely followed with 5,390,000 pesos per month, thanks to its economic dynamism and opportunities in specialized sectors.
• Manizales: 4,260,000 pesos per month.
• Neiva: 4,210,000 pesos per month.
