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Rankings of the best tech companies to work in Japan

Because of the rapid growth of the IT industry, as well as population decrease, the demand for IT engineers in Japan is increasing day by day. This means that international engineers who wish to work in Japan are likely to have many job opportunities.Nevertheless, because of the language and cultural barriers, it is often not easy for international engineers to find the right company in Japan. This article will introduce you to the rankings of tech companies in Japan, which will help you find the best companies to work for, as well as help you learn the trends. The tech companies with the highest growth rate in Japan in 2021 This is the ranking of the tech companies that have the highest growth rate in 2021 in Japan, according to Deloitte.Many of these companies are actively hiring new employees, and are experienced in international recruitment. If you find a company that interests you, do not hesitate to contact them. RankCompany NameInternational Recruitment History*1BE AIRー2Spartyー3SheepMedical〇4AI inside〇5HOPEー6YAMAPー7Crunch Styleー8zig-zag〇About 30 % of the employees. Official language in the engineering department is English9stmnー10Amaziaー Reference:Deloitte(https://www2.deloitte.com/jp/ja/pages/about-deloitte/articles/news-releases/nr20211214.html) ※Companies that mention international recruitment on their official websites (June, 2022):SheepMedical (https://www.sheepmedical.com/recruit)AI inside (https://inside.ai/career/)zig-zag (https://www.zig-zag.co.jp/recruit/202201-backendengineer/) The companies offering the highest annual salaries For many job seekers, salary is one of the most important things to consider when choosing a company to work for. These rankings show the companies offering the highest annual salaries in the system integration sector, the AI sector, and the SaaS sector. System Integration RankCompany NameAverage Annual Salary (M)International Recruitment History*1Nomura Research Institute1,225ー2Information Services International-Dentsu1,047〇18 international employees(December, 2021)3SRA Holdings1,033ー4Kudan1,022ー5Mitsubishi Research Institute1,009ー6ITOCHU Techno-Solutions933〇7OBIC933ー8HITACHI890〇About 10 % of the employees (April, 2021)。Aiming to exceed 30%, by 2030.9FUJITSU865〇475 international employees(2020)10KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING860〇39 international employees (June, 2021) Reference:業界動向サーチ(https://gyokai-search.com/) ※Companies that mention international recruitment on their official websites (June, 2022):Information Services International-Dentsu(https://www.isid.co.jp/sustainability/data.html)ITOCHU Techno-Solutions(https://www.ctc-g.co.jp/company/sustainability/reports/document/CTC_CSR_10_all.pdf)HITACHI(https://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2021/04/0420.pdf)FUJITSU(https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/about/csr/esgdata/social/)KOZO KEIKAKU ENGINEERING(https://www.kke.co.jp/corporate/organization/) AI RankCompany NameAverage Annual Salary (M)International Recruitment History*1ExaWizards814〇2AI inside776〇20% of the employees3MetaReal730〇9% of the employees4BrainPad721ー5PKSHA Technology714ー6FRONTEO705〇About 53% of the employees in the group7Neural Pocket684〇8Silver Egg Technology677〇9HEROZ668ー10Morpho666ー 参照:業界動向サーチ(https://gyokai-search.com/) ※Companies that mention international recruitment on their official websites (June, 2022):ExaWizards(https://exawizards.com/team/member)AI inside(https://note.inside.ai/n/n7f06a5d87a17)MetaReal(https://www.metareal.jp/recruit/metareal-style/#figure)FRONTEO(https://www.fronteo.com/corporate/locations/)Neural Pocket(https://www.neuralpocket.com/recruit.html)Silver Egg Technology(https://www.silveregg.co.jp/archives/recruit/2239) SaaS RankCompany NameAverage Annual SalaryInternational Recruitment History*1PLAID887ー2SCALA886〇3Asteria834〇4Uzabase797ー5TeamSpirit757〇6Property Data Bank755ー7freee705ー8HENNGE704〇9SRE Holdings697ー10OBIC BUSINESS CONSULTANTS686ー Reference:業界動向サーチ(https://gyokai-search.com/) ※Companies that mention international recruitment on their official websites (June, 2022)::SCALA(https://scalagrp.jp/ir/esg/)Asteria(https://www.asteria.com/)TeamSpirit(https://www.teamspirit.com/ja-jp/blog/entry/b-20191125.html)HENNGE(https://hennge.com/jp/ir/images/202011161500.pdf) The largest tech companies by revenue Revenue is another important factor when choosing a company to work for. These are the rankings of the companies that have the largest revenue in the field of system integration, AI, and SaaS.  System integration RankCompany NameInternational Recruitment History*1FUJITSU〇475 international employees(2020)2NEC〇251 international employees(2020)3NTT DATA〇About 10% of the employees in the group(2022)4HITACHI〇About 10% of the employees in the group(April, 2021)。Aiming to exceed 30% by 20305OTSUKA CORPORATIONー6Nomura Research Instituteー7ITOCHU Techno-Solutions〇8TIS〇155 international employees(2020)9SCSK〇42 international employees(April, 2020)10BIPROGY〇 Reference:業界動向サーチ(https://gyokai-search.com/) ※Companies that mention international recruitment on their official websites (June, 2022):FUJITSU(https://www.fujitsu.com/jp/about/csr/esgdata/social/)NEC(https://jpn.nec.com/csr/ja/data/index.html)NTT DATA(https://www.nttdata-gsl.co.jp/recruit/company/vision/)HITACHI(https://www.hitachi.co.jp/New/cnews/month/2021/04/0420.pdf)ITOCHU Techno-Solutions(https://www.ctc-g.co.jp/company/sustainability/reports/document/CTC_CSR_09_all.pdf)TIS(https://www.tis.co.jp/documents/jp/ir/finance/annual_report/ar2020_05.pdf)SCSK(https://www.scsk.jp/corp/csr/diversity.html)BIPROGY(https://biprogy.disclosure.site/ja/themes/107) AI RankCompany NameInternational Recruitment History*1FRONTEO〇About 53% of the employees in the group2Appier Group〇3Preferred Networksー4PKSHA Technologyー5BrainPadー6AI inside〇20% of the permanent employees7Double Standardー8Advanced Mediaー9MetaReal〇9% of the employees10ALBERTー 参照:業界動向サーチ(https://gyokai-search.com/) ※Companies that mention international recruitment on their official websites (June, 2022): FRONTEO(https://www.fronteo.com/corporate/locations/) Appier Group(https://www.appier.com/ja-jp/about) AI inside(https://note.inside.ai/n/n7f06a5d87a17) MetaReal(https://www.metareal.jp/) SaaS RankCompany NameInternational Recruitment History*1Sansan〇2Cybozu〇3RAKUSー4Money Forward〇5freeeー6EM SYSTEMSー7Appier Group〇8Info Martー9OBIC BUSINESS CONSULTANTSー10SMSー Reference:業界動向サーチ(https://gyokai-search.com/) ※Companies that mention international recruitment on their official websites (June, 2022):Sansan(https://jp.corp-sansan.com/mimi/2020/05/ocean-02.html)Cybozu(https://cybozushiki.cybozu.co.jp/casestudy/oneteam/)Money Forward(https://recruit.moneyforward.com/member/interview/0007)Appier Group(https://www.appier.com/ja-jp/about) Summary Data of companies’ growth rate, revenue, and the average annual salary helps to find the right company. In addition, you are more likely to land a position by getting in touch with the companies that already have experience in international recruitment.Bizmates, Inc. offers services that connect international engineers and companies that are actively hiring international IT engineers.GitTap is a job platform for international IT engineers who wish to work in Japan. All companies on the platform are actively hiring international IT engineers. Many of the most highly respected companies in Japan are using GitTap, including ExaWizards, which offers the highest salary in the AI sector. Browse jobs on GitTap G Talent is an employment agency for international IT engineers who wish to work in Japan. Bilingual consultants who specialise in the IT sector will introduce you to appropriate jobs that match your skills and experiences. To register the service, please visit the page below.  Register on the platform