In every job market there are aces. In tech, it’s highly sought-after skills. The “inside the numbers” tale of recruiting activity on Dice shows overall job postings have yet to achieve their all-time high, but some technology skills aren’t waiting – having reached new pinnacles to start October. Technology professionals with these skills and expertise are being sought like never before on Dice. It’s time to take advantage.
Click through for 11 highly sought-after tech skills, as identified by Dice.com.
Software development is beyond compare in today’s tech job market. Even if you are not an engineer – many hiring managers want candidates to have a thorough understanding of the software development life cycle. As of October 1, 2012, there were 14,616 job postings on Dice.
More development equals more QA or ensuring a project, product or service meets certain standards and satisfies requirements. As of October 1, 2012, there were 9,355 job postings on Dice.
The need for open source programming language skills that power a huge number of Web applications and technologies is evident in requests for Python and Ruby. Both have hit all-time highs in six of the 10 months in 2012. As of October 1, 2012, there were 3,775 job postings for Python on Dice.
As of October 1, 2012, there were 3,216 job postings for SOAP on Dice.
Want to go “outside the box?” Requests for virtualization know-how scaled its all-time high too. As of October 1, 2012, there were 2,691 virtualization-related job postings on Dice.
The need for open source programming language skills that power a huge number of Web applications and technologies is evident in requests for Python and Ruby. Both have hit all-time highs in six of the 10 months in 2012. As of October 1, 2012, there were 2,404 job postings for Ruby on Rails on Dice.
Mobile won’t be left behind with Android on the list, with job postings up 33 percent from a year ago. As of October 1, 2012, there were 2,204 Android-related job postings on Dice.
In the open source realm, JBoss is on the list with nearly 2,000 job postings on any given day, up 10 percent year/year.
Companies need tech pros to prevent data breaches by ensuring a safe, secure environment for customers and employees. As of October 1, 2012, there were 1,976 security-related job postings on Dice.
Microsoft nabs a couple of spots on the list, with MS Dynamics (1,581, up 10% year/year) and Windows 7. As of October 1, 2012, there were 1,581 job postings for MS Dynamics on Dice.
With Windows 8 just around the corner, it’s interesting that recruiting activity for the previous version is at an all-time high. As of October 1, 2012, there were 1,161 job postings for Windows 7 on Dice.
