The IT job market is strong with over 4 million jobs and an average salary of $70,000. Hot skills in demand include cloud computing, mobile applications, social media, and analytics. Locally, network systems and data communications jobs are in high demand. The top skills for 2011 include cloud computing, software programming, virtualization, security, and networking according to various analysts.

1. IT Market Overview What’s going on out there? http://www.flickr.com/photos/pvera/114420037/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

2. National Demand Local Demand Hot Skills Overview of the IT Job Market

3. Over the next 12 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts a severe overall worker shortage… 70 million Baby Boomers exiting 40 million new workers entering US Labor Force

4. 41% Mightier “ IT employment has risen to more than 4 million jobs for the first time since November 2008.” http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends/industry http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/356883/Career_Watch_IT_employment_tops_4M

5. 75,916 IT Jobs “ The average salary on DICE.com is over $70,000 a year – Scot Melland, CEO DICE Holdings http://about.dice.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=211152&p=irol-dicereport

6. Strong Demand http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco1002.htm

7. Local Demand

8. Wisconsin WorkNet Network Systems / Data Communications #2 highest demand http://worknet.wisconsin.gov/worknet/joblist_highgrow.aspx?menuselection=js

9. Milwaukee is a great place to job search.

11. Social Collaboration (Wikis, Blogs, SharePoint)

12. Social Publishing (YouTube, Flickr)

13. Social Feedback (Yelp, Amazon)Video as mainstream content type and interaction model Next Generation Analytics Social Analytics Context-Aware Computing Flash Memory Storage Ubiquitous Computing (computers in everyday objects, everywhere) Fabric-Based Infrastructure and Computers Sources: IBM Tech Trends, CIO.com 2010 Survey http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1454221 http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/171611/it-employment-recoverin-much-faster-most-so-where-are-jobs

14. IT Business Edge says… Android Drupal Flash / ActionScript HTML5 iPhone / iPad Java, JQuery Microsoft .NET / C# PHP Ruby on Rails SQL Server, MySQL Sources: IBM Tech Trends, CIO.com 2010 Survey http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1454221 http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/171611/it-employment-recoverin-much-faster-most-so-where-are-jobs

15. ARM (Advanced Resource Managers) says… Cloud Computing Software Programming (Flash, HTML5, Silverlight, Touchscreen) Virtualization (Citrix, VMWare, Microsoft) Voice (VOIP, Cisco Voice, Office Communications Server 2007 Unified Messaging) Project Management Business Intelligence / Data Analytics Information Security Web 2.0 Development (Adobe Flex, JavaScript, Adobe Flash, AJAX, JavaScript) Unified Communication Networking and Social Networking http://www.arm.co.uk/blog/the-top-ten-it-skills-for-2011.aspx

16. Robert Half says… Robert Half Salary Guide 2011

17. Robert Half says… Robert Half Salary Guide 2011

18. However, the difference lies below the line…