Greater Hartford on Thursday was named to the top five in the Up-and-Coming Cities for Tech Jobs ranking by California talent firm ZipRecruiter.
The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metropolitan area received the high ranking for its diversification of industries with insurance, healthcare, and tech, as well as being the headquarters of United Technologies Corp. and having nearby local universities and a high quality of life.
The top five tech jobs ZipRecruiter said are in Greater Hartford are applications engineer, systems analyst, infrastructure engineer, Java developer and data architect.
The top city in the ranking is Austin, Texas, followed by Raleigh, N.C.; Provo, Utah; Fort Collins, Colo.; Hartford; Indianapolis; Boise, Idaho; Manchester, N.H.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Eugene, Ore.
