Careers in Information Technology

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Careers in Information Technology

• Dr. Ron McGaugheyProfessor of Management
  Information SystemsUniversity of Central
  Arkansas

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IT Job Market
Nationwide
The number of job openings for IT professionals
nationwide has increased by 42.4 from 2004 to
2006. (SkillProof, 2006for more information
see www.skillproof.com)
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The Shortage

• US Department of Labor projections suggest that
  computer/math scientist'' jobs, which include
  programming, will increase by 40, from 2.5
  million in 2002 to 3.5 million in 2012. (source
  Dept. of Labor Statistics)
• Colleges (important suppliers in this labor
  market) are not keeping up with demand (employer
  demand for graduates in Technology fields). A
  2005 survey of freshmen showed that just 1.1
  planned to major in computer science, down from
  3.7 in 2000.(source Business Week Online)
• These jobs are not all going offshore--only 5 of
  the Technology jobs have gone offshore.
  Currently in the US, for every 9 jobs created
  here, one job goes offshore.(source Business
  Week Online)

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Average Number of Job Openings for IT
Professionals Nationwide, 2004 2007
(SkillProof, 2007)
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Growth of Job Openings by Category, Nationwide,
2004 2007(projected)
IT Sales and Marketing 121.9 Business/Process
Design 106.3 IT Management 77.7 Software
Development 75.5 IT Architects/Consultants 65.9
Systems Administration 56.6 Systems Engineering
/ Support 59.4
(SkillProof, 2007)
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Job Openings by Category, Nationwide, 2006 and
2007
2006 2007 (projected) Systems Engineering /
Support 48,500 61,300 Software Development 37,000
46,100 IT Management 26,100 30,100 IT
Architects/Consultants 24,800 28,600 IT Sales and
Marketing 15,800 18,000 Systems
Administration 8,300 9,600 Business/Process
Design 6,000 7,300
(SkillProof, 2007)
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Most Required Tech Skills, Nationwide, 2006 and
2007
2006 2007 (projected) MS Windows
O/S 32,900 41,900 SQL 26,000 34,900 Java 25,300 33
,800 C 23,700 33,600 Oracle DBMS 17,000 19,700 X
ML 14,700 21,800 HTML 14,700 12,000 Linux 14,200 2
4,640
(SkillProof, 2007)
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Estimated IT Job Openings Arkansas, 2004 2007
The number of job openings for IT professionals
in Arkansas has increased by 200 from 2004 to
2006.
(SkillProof, 2007)
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Estimated IT Job Openings Arkansas, 2004 2007
(SkillProof, 2007)
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Salary

• Arkansas
• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistic (BLS)
  in its latest Occupational Employment Survey
  (OES), computer and mathematical occupations
  ranked fourth in income of all occupations in
  2006 after Management, Legal and Architecture and
  Engineering Occupations and before business and
  financial operations occupations in Arkansas.
• The mean income estimate for computer and
  mathematical occupations for 2006 is 51,790

(SkillProof, 2007)
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Salary Statistics

• IT related jobs are among the best paying jobs
  with the highest expected growth
  rates.(Money.Com at http//money.cnn.com/magazin
  es/moneymag/bestjobs/top50/index.html)

Job Growth Rate(10 years) Annual Salary and Bonuses
Software engineer 46.07 80,427
Computer and information scientists, research 25.63 96,797
Computer/IT analyst 36.10 83,427
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Check it out yourself!

• The Future of IT (Microsoft Corp.) good overview
  of job situationshortage.
• Salary.Com about salaries.
• Job Web job outlook for various jobs and much
  more.
• SkillProof job stats updated regularlyvery
• US Dept. of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics look
  up jobs, outlook, salaries, etc.
• Microsoft Learning (IT Careers) lots of links to
  other relevant sites pertaining to jobs,
  salaries, job outlook, etc.

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