Are you searching for your next great opportunity as a tech professional? If you are, then you’ll want to learn more about which IT skills are currently most in-demand, and start thinking about how to best highlight your skills to find the position and organization that’s right for you.
Here at Market Street Talent, we specialize in finding the right candidate for to join the team of partnering organizations. We recommend that qualified tech professionals start their search by sending us a resume and checking out our regularly updated job listings. But today, we also want to share a quick reference list of hot job skills in our market. Use this guide to highlight your best assets while polishing a resume, or as starting point to update your skill set!
Qualified tech professionals with the following skills will find plenty of opportunities in our industry:
Security expertise — Companies and organizations across sectors are looking for tech talent to help them protect valuable intellectual property. Security skills will be important for candidates in many IT jobs, including networking, project management and software development areas. Management and control will also be critical.
Cloud computing and administration — Do you have experience moving IT systems and services to the cloud? As more organizations adopt cloud-based platforms, candidates with a strong understanding of the interdependencies and networking will have an edge.
Programmers and application developers — Java and .Net skills for Web development projects are in-demand, as are front-end developers and user experience engineers. Software developers have one of the lowest unemployment rates. In addition, many organizations with the resources are putting together in-house development teams, instead of relying solely on third-party programming providers.
Mobile management and applications specialists — Developers with Google Android experience are in-demand right now, but anyone with the expertise to develop websites that are responsive to various mobile devices will have marketable skills as the use of mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets grows in all areas of business and consumer industry.
Data experience — Anyone with analytics skills, or database administration experience is ready to be part of the upcoming boom as companies that gather data work to gain a competitive edge.
Interpersonal, ‘Help Desk’ and technical support skills — It may not seem incredibly exciting to a coder, but technical people that can translate their expertise for other departments and work well with clients, vendors and outside contacts are in very high demand right now. Many companies are bringing their ‘help desk’ back in house, and organizations across sectors need a technical support staff (or expert) with a strong understanding of company systems, operations, and mobile device services.
Finally, experts are saying in recent PC World article that the demand for tech workers may grow stronger in 2014. All of this is good news for candidates – whether you’re a newly minted talent, or an established professional with years of experience.
We invite you to visit us at Market Street Talent online, or visit our social media channels to learn more. Whatever your career goals, we want to hear from you!