The IT Skills Shortage
The IT Skills Shortage
The skills shortage is showing no signs of abating as the demand for IT professionals skilled in Internet technologies such as Vista, Cisco, and .NET skills continues to Increase. Demand has remained constant or increased for 8 of the top 10 skills, suggesting that the skills shortage continues to worsen.
Bread and Butter skills such as Windows 2003 Server, Windows Vista, Cisco hardware management, XP will always be in demand. When you obtain these skills as your foundation skills then specialise by acquiring any of the the Top 11 Skills outlined below you will jet propel your earning unto another level.
There is now a sweeping trend in Individuals funding their own training as more and more businesses lose sight of training existing staff in new technologies - because of the expense in training them and losing them to other employers.
Below are the Top 11 skills 2007 (source: CW Jobs)
Key IT skills trends
According to CWJobs in their new survey, the demand for IT staff is primarily driven by the need for specialised software skills, and how these are applied by different business sectors.
The rising demand for Microsoft’s latest development tools such as .NET and C# have meant that recruitment for developers with these skills can be difficult for employers in sectors such as software houses and finance.
Over the past twelve months demand for these skills has gone up by 27.7% and 52.5% respectively.
Top Eleven
The annual movement in the top ten skills is shown below :
1.SQL (up 16%)
2.C (28%)
3.Office (8%)
4.Java (11%)
5.C++ (10%)
6.Oracle (1%)
7.Unix (-3%)
8.SQL Server (21%)
9..NET (28%)
10.C# (52%)
11.Visual Basic (4%)
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Remember, these are not the only roles you will find in the field of IT. Titles and their meanings vary from company to company. IT positions are also dynamic, and many people move between job categories over the course of their career. This is one of the benefits of working in IT - plenty of variety, flexibility, opportunity and challenge.
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