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Demand For Key It Skills Remains High
Demand for Oracle, SAP, .NET, VMware, and similar skills will remain high over the next few years despite the economic downturn, according to a survey from the National Computing Centre (NCC) in the United Kingdom. The survey found that 33.7 percent of organizations experience problems recruiting or retaining people with Oracle, SAP, .NET, Web development, business analysis, and network support skills. Positions demanding skills in areas of growing importance, such as VMware, virtualization, C#, security, and the Information Technology Infrastructure Library also are hard to keep filled. The NCC reports that perceived shortages rose from the "very low level" of 6.8 percent in the previous year's survey to 7.9 percent this year, the highest perceived shortage since 2001. The report also says that demand for systems and support staff is expected to grow to 10.2 percent over the next two years. System development staff have the highest predicted two-year demand growth rate at 13.1 percent. Eighty percent of respondents believe that the IT services sector will increase IT staff numbers over the next two years by 20 percent or more, and government and finance also are expected to increase IT staff.
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