Internshala Trainings, the e-learning arm of Internshala, has released an exclusive report highlighting the growing popularity of web development skills among the Indian youth. As per the report, enrollments in web development training grew 230% from 2017 to 2021. The platform is also projecting an exponential increase of 3.3 times in the number of learners, willing to hone web development skills like HTML, CSS, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript and React by 2025.
The report suggested that 41% of the learners enrolled in the web development training with the objective of landing a successful internship or job opportunity. Close to 25% of these students chose the training to acquire a new skill. Other major reasons learners majorly opted to learn web development were: their willingness to build their industry-level real-world project, getting a valid certificate of learning and training completion, and fulfiling the demand of their college authorities, were
Interestingly, participation of students from tier-III cities such as Alwar, Kottayam, Udhampur, Hamirpur and Etah was notably the highest, i.e. 48%, in web development training. This strongly signifies how learners from small towns are skilling up for offbeat, technologically driven, practice-based and in-demand career opportunities over the mainstream career routes.
Internet penetration, availability of technology and resources, multiple affordable online learning choices, variety of courses and certifications and flexibility to study from anywhere are a few other major reasons that encourage learners to acquire new skills online. Almost 30% and 22% of students registered from tier-I and tier-II cities respectively in the web development training to find jobs and match up with the dynamically changing recruiter requirements.
A surge in the number of internship opportunities generated in different web development profiles is another reason learners largely chose to acquire this skill. More than 35,000 internships were posted by recruiters during Jan-Oct ’21 seeking to hire undergrad students, graduates, and freshers skilled in web development. Out of these internships, 67% were work-from-home and 33% were in-office.
As per the report, web development, full-stack development, WordPress development, Python development and front-end development were the top five popular profiles within the web development domain among recruiters. The top five skills that ruled web development in 2021 were HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP and ReactJS. Rs 1.1 lakh and Rs 7,200 was the highest and average monthly stipend respectively that were offered to interns for different web development roles via Internshala.
Addressing the platforms’ findings on web development learner and hiring trends, Sarvesh Agrawal, founder and CEO of Internshala Trainings, said,
“Websites and mobile apps have become integral in today’s technologically driven world that boosts the existence and usage of the internet. From savings, expenditure and investments to entertainment, information and exploration, websites allow access to everything on our fingertips.”
He added: “We have witnessed a noticeable increase in the percentage of both learners willing to acquire web development skills and employers hiring for skilled freshers in the field in 2021. Owing to this, we constantly strive to update our training content, increase interactivity, provide a 1:1 doubt solving Q&A forum, and give students a free internship and job preparation training. We believe that #practicemakesprogress and thus, our beginner-friendly training features quizzes, module tests, code challenges and in-browser IDE for coding practice.”
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