Hot IT Skills: Certified and Non-Certified IT Skills in Demand
The IT job market is a gloomy place right now. There’s no denying it. Job listings are down and even many fully employed IT staffers are feeling insecure.
IT salary levels are squeezed along with companies’ bottom lines. Foote Partners, an IT analyst firm, found that in Q2 pay premiums for non-certified and certified IT skills fell an average of 0.6% and 1.5%, respectively. That’s a steep decline in a single quarter.
The tough conditions make the question that much more compelling: what IT skills are most in demand?
Top 15 "Hot" IT Certifications, July 2009:
1) GIAC Certified Incident Handler
2) EMC Proven Professional Technology Architect – Expert
3) Citrix Certified Integration Architect
4) HP/Master Accredited Systems Engineer
5) Cisco Certified Security Professional
6) Check Point Certified Master Architect
7) GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst
8) GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst
9) EMC Proven Professional Implementation Engineer – Expert
10) GIAC Certified Incident Manager
11) EC-Council/Certified Hacking Forensics Investigator
12) IBM Certified Specialist – Storage Networking Solutions, Version 2
13) HP/Accredited Integration Specialist
14) Brocade Certified Fabric Designer
15) Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist
IT certifications that are rising in value :
IT certifications that are falling in value
From http://itmanagement.earthweb.com
