Tech professionals will be in high demand in 2013. Out of 334 IT (information technology) executives surveyed, 33% said they would be hiring in 2013. This is the third consecutive annual increase for tech jobs in the US. Below are the top specialized IT skills needed in 2013. The % is the companies surveyed out of 334 that will be hiring for that specific skill.
1. Programming and Application Development ---- 60%
2. Project Management ---- 40%
3. Help Desk/Technical Support ---- 35%
4. Security ---- 27%
5. Business Intelligence/Analytics ---- 26%
6. Cloud/SaaS ---- 25%
7. Virtualization ---- 24%
8. Networking ---- 19%
9. Mobile Applications and Device Management ---- 19%
10. Data Center ---- 16%
Mary K. Pratt, “10 Hot Skill for 2013”, Computerworld,
September 24, 2012
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