CompTIA: Go Wireless Young Tech Worker: CompTIA Survey Reveals Wireless Skills Will Top Future Hiring Priorities Apr 7, 2008 – Global survey of 3,500 IT managers identifies current and future tech skills needs
Technology workers looking to keep their skills out front of
employers' future needs would be wise to focus on wireless technologies,
research commissioned by the Computing Technology Industry Association
(CompTIA) indicates.
A survey of more than 3,500 information technology (IT)
managers reveals that wireless and RF mobile technology is the skill set
expected to increase the most in importance over the next five years. In all
but two of fourteen countries surveyed, IT managers saidwireless skills will increase the most in importance over the next five
years.Wireless skills ranked second in South Africa
(behind security) and France (behind Web-based technologies).
Among specific industries, IT managers in healthcare (63
percent) and education (63 percent) were more likely to identify wireless
technology as the skill that will be most important five years from now. IT
managers in the auto/manufacturing sector (48 percent) were less likely to
consider wireless important.
Other skills expected to grow in importance in the next five
years include Web-based technologies (such as Web 2.0, Service Oriented
Architecture, Software-as-a-Service, Rich Internet Applications, and AJAX)
and specific programming languages.
CompTIA commissioned The Center for Strategy Research, Inc.
(http://www.csr-bos.com/index.htm), a
Boston-based market research firm, to conduct the survey among organizations
worldwide to identify gaps in IT skills and possible solutions to close those
gaps. The telephone and online survey was conducted during the fourth quarter
of 2007 with IT managers inAustralia, Canada, China, France, Germany,
India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Africa, the
United Kingdom, and the United States.For more
information on the study, visit http://www.comptia.org/sections/research/.
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is
the voice of the world's $3 trillion information technology industry. CompTIA
membership extends into more than 100 countries and includes companies at the
forefront of innovation; the channel partners and solution providers they
rely on to bring their products to market; and the professionals responsible
for maximizing the benefits organizations receive from their technology
investments. For more information, visit www.comptia.org.
