{"id":114,"date":"2011-02-25T12:08:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T19:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/?p=114"},"modified":"2011-03-08T14:05:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T21:05:36","slug":"new-report-shows-growth-in-key-it-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/new-report-shows-growth-in-key-it-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"New Report Shows Pay & Job Growth in Key IT Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"

High growth in demand and compensation for non-certified IT skill sets has occurred for four straight quarters and is projected to continue, outpacing certified skills which have been experiencing comparatively anemic activity in the same timeframe, according to a new report by Foote Partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Factors cited as responsible for the growth include a focus on skill-based acquisition (creating more contract and consulting positions), increasingly distributed IT responsibilities in organizations, and the evolution of \u201chybrid IT\/business professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTechnology and business skills have in effect collapsed into each other, creating legions of what our firm refers to generically as hybrid IT\/business professionals.\u00a0 New hybrid jobs and job titles have been created throughout the enterprise,\u201d said David Foote, co-founder and CEO of Foote Partners. \u201cGlobalization and competitive pressures have accelerated the popularity of hybrid IT\/business professionals and in turn energized market demand and interest in paying cash premiums for hundreds of certified and non-certified IT skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foote said the economic recession had a hand to play in the skill-based approach and rise in hybrid positions yet the story of evolving the IT workforce started earlier. \u201cThe truth is that IT and business leaders have been struggling with transforming the IT workforce for years, trying to make it more agile, flexible, nimble, whatever you want to call it, said Foote. \u201cWhat the recession did was help leaders get \u2018unstuck.\u2019\u00a0 More focused and motivated.\u00a0 The pressure to get on the other side of this transition is enormous.\u201d\u00a0 Foote mentions the \u201cend game\u201d is to find a way to \u201creact quicker, execute faster and more predictably.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the certifications showing continued growth in worth, VMware<\/a> is at the top showing an average compensation premium of 8.5%.\u00a0 As virtualization<\/a> and other areas tied to Cloud Computing<\/a> grow, relevant certifications will continue to rise in value commensurately.\u00a0 Other certifications seeing rise in value include those from Red Hat <\/a>and Oracle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Non-certified skills which saw a sustained lift for four consecutive quarters include database<\/a>, application development tools, SAP\/ERP, Web\/e-commerce and methodology and process management<\/a>.<\/p>\n

GogoTraining provides outstanding quality technology and management training<\/a> at an affordable price.\u00a0 IT and technical management professionals of all stages in experience and academic background are encouraged to meet the needs of today\u2019s job market, ensure longevity and increase your chances for above-average compensation by identifying a training path and getting started with GogoTraining<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

High growth in demand and compensation for non-certified IT skill sets has occurred for four straight quarters and is projected to continue, outpacing certified skills which have been experiencing comparatively anemic activity in the same timeframe, according to a new report by Foote Partners. Factors cited as responsible for the growth include a focus on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32,90,11,14,68,81,5,48,50,71,54],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-application-development","tag-certification","tag-cloud-computing","tag-database","tag-information-technology","tag-itil","tag-job-market","tag-linux","tag-red-hat","tag-virtualization","tag-vmware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gogotraining.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}