best technology careers for 2016

Here's a list of the Top 10 tech jobs, culled from the cross-industry list of the Top 25, along with the median base salary employees report in those jobs. (The salary number excludes bonuses, stock, and other benefits).

No. 10: Software architect
Median base salary: $130,000
Job score: 4.2
Career opportunities rating: 3.4
Software architects' profile includes designing of large complex software applications, and/or designing of how such software needs to be deployed in an enterprise.
No. 9: UX designer 
Median base salary: $91,800
Job score: 4.3
Career opportunities rating: 3.6
A UX designer manages the look and feel of a software, the part that interfaces with the consumer.
No. 8: QA manager
Median base salary: $85,000
Job score: 4.4
Career opportunities rating: 3.4
Quality assurance engineers test software to make sure it works the way it's supposed to.
No. 7: Software development manager
Median base salary: $135,000
Job score: 4.4
Career opportunities rating: 3.4
The job profile of a software development manager involves managing software development projects.
No. 6: Analytics manager
Median base salary: $105,000
Job score: 4.5
Career opportunities rating: 3.7
An analytics manager is responsible for managing analytics software and processes, the software that helps companies answer business questions by sifting through a database or a big-data cache.
No. 5: Software engineer
Median base salary: $95,000
Job score: 4.5
Career opportunities rating: 3.3
Software engineers are mostly computer programmers. There are many levels of programmers from entry level, to very senior.
No. 4: Product manager
Median base salary: $106,680
Job score: 4.5
Career opportunities rating: 3.3
Product manager is the person who manages software development or IT product development of various projects in an organisation.
No. 3: Mobile developer
Median base salary: $90,000
Job score: 4.6
Career opportunities rating: 3.8
Another hot job profile, mobile developers work includes writing mobile apps.
No. 2: Solutions architect
Median base salary: $119,500
Job score: 4.6
Career opportunities rating: 3.5
Solutions architects are responsible for designing large, complex IT systems.
No. 1: Data scientist
Median base salary: $116,840
Job score: 4.7
Career opportunities rating: 4.1