Tuesday, January 5, 2016

10 Hottest Tech skills for 2016


1. IT Architecture

* 42% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.
* New to the list this year.

2. Programming/application development
* 40% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.

* Last year's ranking: No. 1

Despite fears that programming expertise is a commodity that can be obtained cheaply offshore,
programming and application development continue to be among the most sought-after skills in
enterprise IT.

"Technology touches everything today, and programmers and developers -- they're the ones who
make things go,"

Demand for programmers and developers is springing up in new areas, too, thanks to the rise of
mobile and the emergence of the Internet of Things. Hayman points to the fact that some cars now come off the assembly line with a million lines of code as just one example of how programming's footprint is widening.

3. Project management
* 39% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12
months.
* Last year's ranking: No. 2


4. Big data
* 36% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.
* Last year's ranking: No. 10

5. Business intelligence/analytics
* 34% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.
* Last year's ranking: No. 7
Holding steady in the top 10 skills list is another data-related area of specialization: BI and analytics.

6. Help desk/technical support
* 30% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.
* Last year's ranking: No. 3

7. Database Administration
* 25% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.
* Last year's ranking: No. 6

8. Security/compliance/governance
* 25% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.
* Last year's ranking: No. 4

9. Cloud/SaaS
* 25% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.
* Last year's ranking: No. 12

10. Web development
* 24% of respondents with hiring plans said they will be seeking people with this skill in the next 12 months.

* Last year's ranking: No. 5

Web development continues to crack the Computerworld Forecast list of the top 10 most in-demand IT skills because organizations have come to rely heavily on the Web as a channel for connecting with customers, clients, partners and employees since they built their first websites a decade or two ago, IT leaders say.

While they don't need Web developers to establish a Web presence anymore, they do need people with the ability to ensure that their sites are open and ready for business.

"One of the main categories where we're seeing double-digit growth is in Web development,"
"Companies want [to ensure] they have a website that's mobile friendly, that's easy to navigate, and that showcases other products and services so it drives incremental sales."


This story, "10 hottest tech skills for 2016" was originally published by Computerworld

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