Tech hiring ramps up as Singapore nears tech-hub status: Glassdoor report

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WITH hiring demand in the tech sector catching up with demand from the finance industry, Singapore appears well on track to add "tech hub" to its financial-centre status, says a report published by Glassdoor.

The prognosis is based on data from the job and recruiting platform, which showed 5,806 open jobs in the tech sector last November, compared with 4,715 postings for jobs in finance companies that month.

Andrew Chamberlain, Glassdoor's chief economist and the author of the report, told The Business Times that the balance between job openings from Singapore's finance and tech sectors on Glassdoor has varied over the y…