Wichita Area Information Technology Occupations and Training Needs

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Wichita AreaInformation TechnologyOccupations
and Training Needs

• 2006 Wichita Area Economic Outlook Team
  Community Service Research Project
• Center for Economic Development and Business
  Research
• W. Frank Barton School of Business
• Wichita State University
• August 2006
• Presented at
• 1st Annual Wichita Area IT Conference
• October 31, 2006
• Anne Gallagher, senior research associate
• Debra Franklin, regional labor force analyst

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Wichita AreaInformation TechnologyOccupations
and Training Needs

• Full report is available on line
• www.wichita.edu/cedbr
• Special Reports

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Partners

• Workforce Alliance
• GWEDC
• Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce
• Wichita Independent Business Association
• Kansas Institute for Technical Excellence
• Regional Economic Area Partnership
• SC Technical Education and Training Authority

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Project Goals

• Input from major local employers
• Current IT skills in-house
• Future IT skill needs
• Business training needs demand

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Respondent Pool

• Commitment from WAOT to participate
• 40 members
• Public and private sector
• Area employers
• Mailed to 75 largest employers
• Article in Wichita Eagle

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Responses

• 59 companies
• Private
• Public
• All sizes
• Industries
• 3 of 4 aircraft manufacturers
• WSU school districts
• Health care providers

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Table 1 Number of IT Employees by Industry
Survey Responses versus 2000 Census1
1 U.S. Census Civilian Labor Force Detailed
Occupational Categories by Industry Sedgwick
County
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Q2 Type of Company (59 responses)
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Q3 Total number of employees in the company's
south central Kansas facilities
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Q4 Number of IT employees in your company's
south central Kansas facilities

• The 59 respondents reported a total of 1,924 IT
  employees.
• The majority of IT employees (60 percent) work in
  manufacturing (largely but not exclusively in
  aviation manufacturing).

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Q4 Number of IT employees in your company's
south central Kansas facilities
Over 100 IT employees
Less than 100 IT employees
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Questions 5 through 17 asked

• Number of currently filled positions
• Number of currently open positions
• Approximate number of planned, future positions,
  during the next 12 months

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Q18 Area of recruitment of IT professionals
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Q19 Does your company outsource any of its IT
needs? (Outsourcing includes IT support provided
through your corporate facilities located outside
of south central Kansas.)
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Q20 If your company outsources its IT work,
please indicate your level of agreement with the
following statements (asked only of those firms
responding yes to question 19)
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Q21 Need for IT skills
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Vendor Name Certifications/Skills

• Cisco
• Oracle
• Microsoft
• Novell

• SAP
• SUN
• Comp TIA
• IBM

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Q22a-30a Need for Vendor name
certification/skills?
Firms with 100 or More IT Employees
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Q22a-30a Need for Vendor name
certification/skills?
Firms with 100 or Less IT Employees
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Q22a-30a Need for vendor name
certification/skills?
Firms with 100 or More IT Employees (7 companies)
Firms with 100 or Less IT Employees (52
companies)
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Vendor CertificationOverall Need
Appendix A
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Vendor Certification100 IT Employees
Appendix B
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Vendor CertificationLess than 100 IT Employees
Appendix C
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Q31a Encounter IT training requirements that
cannot be met in south central Kansas?
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Q31b Please list the type of training not
available in south central Kansas

• CISCO, 6
• Oracle, 6
• SAP, 4
• ERP, 2
• GIS, 2
• IBM, 2
• Lotus Notes, 2

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Q32 Please choose the option that best reflects
your opinion of the following statements
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Q32a Wichita has a larger pool of IT
professionals available than most cities of
similar size.
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Q32b Wichitas educational institutions do a
good job of preparing students for IT professions.
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Q32c Wichita is a high-tech city.
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Q32d Growth in IT is a significant economic
development opportunity.
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Implications
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Industry Trends Q21 Need for IT skills
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Industry Trends Q21 Need for IT skills
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Professional CredentialsVendor Certifications
(top 30)
Appendix A-C
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Professional Development NeedsQ31b Please list
the type of training not available in south
central Kansas

• CISCO, 6
• Oracle, 6
• SAP, 4
• Lotus Notes, 2

• ERP, 2
• GIS, 2
• IBM, 2

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Wichita AreaInformation TechnologyOccupations
and Training Needs

• Full report is available on line
• www.wichita.edu/cedbr
• Special Reports
• Center for Economic Development and Business
  Research
• W. Frank Barton School of Business
• Wichita State University
• August 2006