Edmonton’s burgeoning tech industry has seen a 26 percent increase in jobs since 2014, which shows a new report ranking Canadian cities based on tech talent.

It’s a momentum that champions of innovation believe can continue to grow even amidst cuts to tax credits in the provincial budget.

Adding more than 5,800 tech jobs in the past five years, Edmonton has moved into the 10th spot in CBRE Limited’s annual study scoring 20 Canadian cities on how they appeal to tech workers and companies.

The 2020’s results, released by the commercial real estate services firm last Tuesday, garnered Edmonton the highest increase in the score by more than 10 points and an improvement of one spot into the top 10. 

Regarding average wage in the IT industry, Edmonton ranks somewhere between Vancouver and Montreal - $59K/year which is a good indicator, yet this is the average for a software developer, and other IT professionals probably get a different salary, depending on their specialization. 

Nonetheless, the city manages to attract investors and professionals around the area, and consolidate the IT ecosystem. Yet, a part of professionals may prefer Calgary over Edmonton due to the high number of workplaces available there. 

On Tech Behemoths, you can discover 90+ registered IT companies in Edmonton that deliver software, design, and marketing services for local and international businesses.

Overall, Edmonton is a promising city and IT center in Canada with high development potential and chances to become a leader in the area. 

WordPress is currently the most popular CMS (content management system) on the web. It’s used on more than 43% of all websites worldwide (around 32% of the sites don’t use any CMSs or have custom built systems).

It was launched more than 20 years ago and evolved from a simple blogging platform into a powerful website builder powering millions of websites across the world. WordPress is relatively easy to manage, is extremely flexible in terms of design and functionality and has a huge community of developers.

WordPress.org is a free and open source software, meaning that everyone can modify it as they wish and use it for different purposes. It also has a hosted solution available on WordPress.com, where users can choose a paid plan.

Some of the most popular brands like Vogue, Sony, Meta, Spotify, Disney, Bloomberg, New York Post and many more use WordPress on their websites.

It comprises a whole ecosystem of themes, plugins and tools that can power a wide variety of websites from personal blogs to large ecommerce websites (via WooCommerce), news sites, membership sites, courses, forums, etc.

While WordPress is very customizable and its possibilities are almost limitless, you might need help from experienced WordPress development service providers to be able to implement advanced functionality and custom design for your business website.

It provides a great flexibility and gives you full control over your site. This is why so many professionals choose WordPress. The benefits are obvious: 

• Highly customizable

• Full control over your site

• Visual website editor

• SEO friendly

• Mobile friendly

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• Scalable

• Huge community

• Powerful ecommerce options

There are thousands of companies providing WordPress development and design services. That’s why it’s important to define your goals and requirements in advance, so you can choose the right service provider for your business.

Choosing a reliable agency to work with can be a difficult task. To make the selection process easier, keep in mind some of the following aspects:

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• Skills - WordPress customization requires advanced knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

• Portfolio - check the company’s portfolio and some of their previous works

• Price - expect to pay at least $30-70 / per hour for development services 

• Company location - do they focus on a specific area? Do they know the local market?

• Client reviews - read the latest client reviews on TechBehemoths on any company profile

• Communication - check the preferred communication means and turnaround time

• Reporting - ask for more details and examples of reports

There are more than 8,000 companies registered on TechBehemoths providing WordPress development services. With such a great number of service providers, it’s easy to get overwhelmed while searching for a company to work with.

To ease the selection process we’ve developed a powerful filter, so you can shortlist the companies that fit your project needs. You can narrow down the search and be very specific by selecting the desired filter options.

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