06/01/2015
By Mary K. Pratt
10 hottest IT skills for 2015
1. Programming/application development
As was the case last year and the year before that, IT departments are more likely to have job openings for programmers and developers than for any other position.
Programming certainly tops the list of skills sought by Blake K. Holman, senior vice president and CIO at Ryan LLC, a Dallas-based tax services firm.
2. Project management
• 35% of respondents said they plan to hire for this skill in the next 12 months.
There is some catching up going on now, because there was so little investment in recent years, he says, noting that companies need project managers who can oversee large projects that span the enterprise.
3. Help desk/technical support
• 30% of respondents said they plan to hire for this skill in the next 12 months.
IT leaders say they still have a growing need for help desk and technical support staffers because ongoing projects expand the list of devices and applications that their departments must support.
4. Security/compliance governance
5. Web development
6. Database administration
7. Business intelligence/ analytic
8. Mobile applications and device management
9. Networking
10. Big data
