IT skills that don’t pay the way they used to
June 30, 2008 by Valerie HelmbreckPosted in: Budgets and spending, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
If wage is any value indication, some IT skills are in decline. A recent survey of over 3,500 IT managers listed the five high-tech skills that don’t command what they once did:
- Plain old HTML. Demand for HTML programming skills is declining as companies start to embrace Web 2.0 technologies.
- Legacy programming languages. Cobol, Fortran, PowerBuilder, and more, don’t rate as highly as they once did.
- NetWare. Windows Server and Linux skills have either replaced, or are replacing, NetWare skills in terms of demand.
- Non-IP network. IP/Web skills have usurped non-IP network expertise.
- PC tech support. This includes not just knowledge of hardware issues, but printers and other peripherals as well.
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Tags: HTML, IT skills, NetWare, pay, programming languages, tech support
July 1st, 2008 at 11:45 am
Good to know. Thank you.