Hot IT Skills: Certified and Non-Certified IT Skills in Demand

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The following lists of “hot” IT skills – very much in demand by employers – is based on Foote Partners' survey of nearly 2,000 U.S. and Canadian employers.

Top 15 "Hot" IT Skills, Non-Certified, July 2009:

1) Java EE, SE, ME

2) Linux

3) Virtualization (all)

4) Microsoft .NET

5) NetWeaver (SAP)

6) Flex

7) Business process management/modeling/improvement

8) SAP SM (Service Management)

9) Security
(IDS/IPS, forensics, identity/access management, compliance, firewalls, threat/vulnerability assessement and management, cncryption, data loss prevention, incident analysis and handling, and security architecture)

10) SAN (storage area networking)

11) Project management

12) SAP PS (Project Systems)

13) SAP HCM (SAP HR)

14) SAP FI (Financial Accounting)

15) SAP CO (Controlling)