Happy New Year to you all! Assuming the snow hasn't dampened your fervour for work, I hope 2010 will be a good year for you career-wise, whether you are happy to stay where you are or preferring to move off to pastures green(er). If you are thinking of (or have already started) looking for a change of scenery in the IT sector, then you may find things have changed - it seems there is a shift in the types of skills employers are now seeking from their technical experts going foward into 2010 and beyond.
According to an article in Computer World, technical skills are no longer the be all and end all of a techie's experience and abilities. Whilst security, virtualization and cloud computing are in the most highly sought after skillset, there is now the real requirement for industry specific knowledge. Following last year's recession and the impact on IT jobs, businesses are again taking on staff and rebuilding their departments. What's changed is that they are now seeking business-facing people - IT and business are no longer separate entities of the same organisation, and IT professionals are expected to use their market expertise to boost the all important bottom line. Vertical industry knowledge, especially in healthcare, finance and insurance, will be especially useful, as will experience in business processing and re-engineering. The most important skill, it seems, is to have a combination of deep technical skills combined with project management and business knowledge. Sounds like companies are looking to combine three roles into one, and as competition is high, they will probably be able to attract candidates with the desired depth and breadth of experience. The question is, will they be prepared to pay a premium for it? Only time will tell.
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