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According to Computerworld’s 2010 Forecast survey, this year’s hiring plans certainly aren’t at 2009 levels. Less than 20% of the 312 IT executives polled said they plan to increase IT headcount in the next 12 months, compared with 26% in the previous year. And nearly 20% said they plan to decrease their IT headcount. In Mary Brandel’s recent Computerworld article, “6 hottest IT skills for 2010,” she states, “For IT professionals who are either looking to get back into the workforce or mulling moves to greener pastures, here are the six types of skills most in demand among survey respondents who said they expect to hire IT workers in 2010.”
1. Programming/Application DevelopmentAmong companies that plan to hire, the top reason for doing so is to meet demand for new systems and projects. That could be why programming/application development is the skill set that’s most in demand, by far, according to Computerworld’s survey.
2. Help Desk/Technical Support
The need for support technicians tends to reflect general business conditions such that as the business starts to improve, more hiring takes place, thus increasing demand for help desk staff. Survey respondents indicated they are seeing a rise in demand for help desk and support skills, specifically among those companies that cut too deeply in this area in 2009. Instead of offering full-time positions, though, some companies are hiring on a project basis.
3. Networking
It is suspected that the demand for networking professionals is likely connected to the growing complexity of networks and to the stresses placed on them by virtualization and newly popular approaches to application delivery, such as cloud computing and software as a service.
4. Project Management
Project management is an area that is growing in importance and a good avenue for technology professionals interested in building up their careers. Professionals who understand technology and how it fits in the overall business strategy are the ones who add the most value, get paid more, and have the most fulfilling careers.
5. Security
The shaky economy draws a demand for security and cybersecurity skills as breaches by internal staff are still a threat to companies. A new trend is emerging towards including security features in network and storage devices. As a result, there will be a demand for skilled professionals who understand not just how to run things from a server or storage or network perspective, but also the security implications.
6. Business Intelligence
Survey respondents indicated not only will there be a need for data architects but also for programmer/analysts that can relate the nitty-gritty of data tables, database joins, and data structure to business requirements. Professionals will also need to have their skills intertwined with Web 2.0. Business intelligence has traditionally been understood as a system that collects historical data and provides tools to analyze it; however, with Web 2.0, this data will be expected in real- ime and posted to wikis or obtained instantaneously through a portal.
