The growing demand for skilled professionals in IT sector has compelled many training institutes to adapt advance tech tools to keep their candidates aligned with the latest skills. Tech skills are more important than ever, as digital advancements have radically transformed the working world.
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Technology changes every month with new updates coming and going. If you work as a data analyst, the online tools you use don’t change quite so quickly, but you can surely update every few years. In coming years, the skills of the digital age will be linked very closely to SMAC i.e. Social-Mobile-Analytic and Cloud. If we look at 2016, it was a year when most of companies layed off their employees for not being equipped with the required skillset in the sector. Ecstasy of the previous year made the job market to make the correction.
Let’s look at the hottest, most in-demand skills around the world
Ethical Hacker
One of the most exciting skills on the list is that of ethical hacking. As the businesses are taking support of cloud share data, the businesses today are increasingly on the lookout for professionals with ethical hacking skills.
This is because they look to analyse the security of their private, public & hybrid cloud deployments. These ethical hackers combine a series of tools, to track hacking and penetration techniques in order to search for weaknesses in the entire systems.
Cloud Computing
Cloud and distributed computing has lingered in the No. 1 spot for the past couple of years. Subsequent statistical analysis and data mining remained in 2 positions last year and in first position in 2014.
These skills are in such high demand for the reason that they are at the cutting edge of technology. Employers need employees with cloud & distributed computing, statistical analysis and data mining skills to stay competitive.
Big data/Developer/Analytics
Boasting a strong information technology (IT) background is advantageous for a big data analyst. IT professionals are skilled at information handling and programming. This gives them a leg up on the competition. Data analysts and data scientists continue to be in great demand since they acquire unique skills in areas such as mathematics, statistics and management science, combined with associated IT skills. In conclusion becoming a big data analyst requires the mastery of the five essential skills.
- Interpretation of Data
- Programming skills
- Quantitative
- Multiple technologies
- Better understanding of business outcome
Network and Information Security
The demand for skills in Network and information sector has increased by 13% since 2016. The increased demand for IT networking professionals is fuelled in virtualization and cloud computing programmes.
Hiring managers seek candidates with skills & experience in VMware, Citrix, etc to track, organize and manage their company’s virtualization strategy.
Digital Marketing
The need for digital marketers has never been higher, yet the digital skills gap has never been wider. This discrepancy can provide people with the perfect opportunity to express their value and capability.
One should just want to make sure that they have strengthened the right skills. If you want to set yourself apart from the competition and establish yourself as an in-demand marketing professional, then you need to know which capabilities count. One should refine digital marketing skills in the following sector:
- Search Engine Optimization
- Video Content Marketing
- Community Management
- Marketing Automation
If you have any of these skills in the year 2017 you will definitely make your career brighter. Even if you don’t have these skills, now is the perfect time to perceive it. Professional or fresher can explore opportunities in this field by up skilling themselves. Acquiring these skills will immensely help techies, making them more efficient in entire process. While some skills become void every couple of months, we strongly propose that tech skills will still be needed for years to come, in every industry. Now is a great time for professionals to acquire the skills they need to be more marketable.
About the author
Avinash Bharwani is the Vice President–New Business, Jetking. Jetking is a Computer Hardware and Networking Training Institute, which trains technical and non-technical students. Jetking has 100 centers spread across India. You can view his profile here