  We see an explosive global labour demand in the Software Industry, and higher
education institutions play a crucial role in supplying the industry with
professionals with relevant education. Existing literature identifies a gap
between what software engineering education teaches students and what the
software industry demands. Using our open-sourced Job Market AnalyseR (JMAR)
text-analysis tool, we compared keywords from higher education course syllabi
and job posts to investigate the knowledge gap from a technology-focused
departure point. We present a trend analysis of technology in job posts over
the past six years in Sweden. We found that demand for cloud and automation
technology such as Kubernetes and Docker is rising in job ads but not that much
in higher education syllabi. The language used in higher education syllabi and
job ads differs where the former emphasizes concepts and the latter
technologies more heavily. We discuss possible remedies to bridge this mismatch
to draw further conclusions in future work, including calibrating JMAR to other
industry-relevant aspects, including soft skills, software concepts, or new
demographics.
