In a survey of 500 local IT professionals, results show an impact of disruptive trends in the industry, including the outsourcing of IT infrastructure, Software as a Service (SaaS) and the growing adaption of mobile computing. The online survey was conducted by SherlockTech Staffing.
From the survey results:
* Forty percent of respondents said that their companies would be hiring new IT personnel in the next year.
* When companies were asked what the top three jobs they were recruiting, the following ranked highest: Mobile & Web Applications Developers, Data Analysts and Technology Security Analysts.
* IT professionals were asked if they had plans to either change jobs or if they would consider a change. Forty percent of respondents said they would consider new career opportunities while 16 percent were not open.
* IT professionals were asked the top three areas important to keep tech skills marketable: Learning new cloud-based systems to manage company Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), developing Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud-based apps, and securing corporate systems against hackers.
Both SaaS and IaaS are impacting local IT employment. “The trend in IT hiring demand is shifting from internal corporate positions to external IT service providers,” said Alex Funkhouser, ITPalooza founder and CEO of SherlockTech Staffing. Service providers such as Ultimate Software in Weston, for example, provide more cost effective and robust systems than a company can create internally.
Overall, technology hiring continues to increase and ongoing technology education is more important than ever. Find the ITPalooza education session schedule at http://itpalooza.com/schedule/.
Led by an organizing team of dedicated local IT Professionals, www.ITPalooza.org is an annual event -– this year it is on Dec. 1 -- that brings together the South Florida IT Community for a day of learning, sharing, networking and fun.
Posted Nov. 25, 2014