IT jobs to grow, Data Warehousing and Java in highest demand

Consulting Information Technology (IT) jobs growth in Q2 of 2010 reached 20 percent compared to same period of 2009 in U.S. During this quarter, every month recorded an increased number of IT job postings compared to 2009. Data Warehousing and Java are the hot skills in demand, reveals the Quarterly IT Consulting Report brought out by Corp-Corp.com.

Prabakaran Murugaiah, CEO, Corp-Corp.com said, "Current trend shows there will be stronger growth and more jobs will be created in the tech sector shortly. The worst is past, compared to other sectors the unemployment in tech sector is comparatively low always, so choosing the career in the science and technology will be rewarding one in terms of stable employment."

The top 10 states for technology job posting are California, New Jersey, Texas, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts, Georgia and North Carolina.

An analysis of all the jobs that were opened during this period showed a sharp increase in skills that require Data Warehousing/ETL, Java, J2EE, QA/Testing, Siebel, etc. Growth in areas like PeopleSoft, Oracle Apps, Database developers were in the 10-15 percent range. Skills like Mainframe, System administration and Unix/Shell Scripting saw a decline overall.

The highest demand in the technology areas were seen in Data Warehousing and Java. Although a wide variety of technology skills are in demand, Java and Dot NET account for 25 percent of the jobs that were seeking talent. There is going to be an increased demand for various skill sets in technology consulting. The report shows that there will be a need for qualified persons in all technologies rather than one specific technology. The top 10 skills where demand is increasing are Data Warehousing/ETL, Java, J2EE, QA/Testing, Siebel, Dot NET, VB, ASP, C#, Reporting Tools, Project Management, SAP, DBAs, Oracle Apps.

As a whole, the overall demand for IT jobs continues to grow, while nationwide unemployment seems to be hovering around 9 percent.

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