Best Computer Skills/Jobs for 2011

Thinking of switching to a career in computing? Need to stay competitive? Take a look at these must have tech skills for 2011.

Computerworld, a respected industry voice for all-these computing has taken a survey of businesses about their upcoming tech needs.  They uncovered these 11 must-have skills. Click here for the details on each one.

1. Programming and Application Development

About 47% of the survey respondents who said they plan to hire IT professionals in the next year will be looking for people with programming or application development skills.

2. Project Management

People with project management skills will be sought by 43% of Computerworld's survey respondents who plan to make new hires, and by more than half of those polled by Monster.com.

3. Help Desk/Technical Support

Help desk and technical support skills will be high-priority in 2011 for 42% of survey-takers who are hiring.

4. Networking

"Networking is closely tied to virtualization," says Willmer. "Finding somebody with that virtualization experience and the ability to convert nonvirtual environments into virtual environments probably is the biggest reason" some networking skills are hard to find.

Valuable security skills include expertise in identity and access management, threat and vulnerability assessment, encryption, data loss prevention, incident analysis, governance, compliance and auditing, biometrics, Web content filtering, safeguards for voice-over-IP systems and e-discovery support for litigation.

 6. Data Center

 Of the Computerworld survey respondents who will be hiring in the next year, some 21% said that data center skills, including storage experience, will be in top demand.

7. Web 2.0

IT workers with next-generation Web skills will also be sought-after in 2011, according to 17% of Computerworld's respondents who plan to add new staffers in the next year. Hot Web 2.0 skills include expertise in Adobe Flex, JavaScript, Adobe Flash, AJAX and JavaScript Object Notation.

8. Telecommunications

Some 16% of Computerworld's survey-takers who plan to hire will be looking for telecommunications skills into 2011.

9. Business Intelligence

As data proliferates and IT departments look for ways to contribute to the company's profitability, business intelligence skills will be highly sought-after in 2011, according to 13% of survey respondents.

10. Collaboration Architecture

Collaboration architecture expertise is high on Campbell Soup Co.'s list of hot skills, says Donna Braunschweig, senior director of IT, enterprise portfolio and strategy.

11. Business Acumen and Communication Skills

You won't find this in any IT job titles, but most companies in 2011 will seek IT employees who understand the business and can communicate technical concepts to business units and customers.

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