Report: SD Outranks NY, Austin in Software

In the past two months, Bizness Apps and Wrike, two Silicon Valley SaaS start-ups, announced relocations and/or expansions to San Diego—a sign that the region’s ecosystem is gaining national visibility.

SAN DIEGO—San Diego ranks seventh overall on San Diego Regional EDC’s software power index—ahead of Austin, Portland, Los Angeles and New York—which measures the region against the top 50 most-populous metros across the country by combining data on concentration of software developers, talent, prosperity and capital, according to a new EDC report. San Diego’s software-development ecosystem impacts more than 100,000 jobs in the regional economy. With employers anticipating 18.1% growth rate in software jobs over the next year, software is one of San Diego’s most rapidly growing employment sectors, the report states.

“Software Development: Driving San Diego’s Tech Ecosystem,” sponsored by Hired, TVC Capital and Benefits Tech Trust, with additional research support from CBRE, examines the region’s growing tech hub as it relates to software talent and capital investment. The study looks at software workers and auxiliary support staff across every corner of the region’s economy.