IT job seekers have real reason to hope. No fewer than 10,000 IT jobs were added to payrolls in May alone, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, reflecting a steady month-over-month increase since January. And in a June survey by the IT jobs site Dice.com, 65 percent of hiring managers and recruiters said they will hire more tech professionals in the second half of 2011 than in the previous six months.
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What these titles have in common is an emphasis on the technology itself, as distinct from the purely strategic business concentration common to social media titles of the past. These are roles that report under the CIO’s org chart and bring practical IT expertise to bear on tangible business functions. Regardless of the precise title, says IDC’s Fauscette, “There will be more demand over the next 18 to 24 months or so, as more systems are deployed.”
Hot IT job No. 4: Mobile technology expert
“Mobile is the biggest factor changing IT right now,” says Stewart Tan, vice president of information risk management and security at Accretive Solutions. “Building mobile apps, architecting mobile strategies, and securing those devices” are the top concerns facing the enterprise today.
Based on the listings showing up on IT employment sites, Tan’s words sound almost like an understatement. One of the most common new titles we’ve run across on IT job sites sounds more like a general cry for help than an actual job listing. In response to the flood of new mobile devices, companies are desperately seeking “mobile technology experts” to bring order to the chaos.
If you have serious IT experience deploying and managing fleets of BlackBerry, Android, and iOS devices, there’s ample work ahead. The listings we’ve reviewed consistently seek people evaluate mobile platforms for enterprise use, research and draft device specifications, and support users and developers within the enterprise.
Hot IT job No. 5: Enterprise mobile developer
While mobile application development has been a fast-growing tech arena for years, IT job sites are seeing a rise in listings for creators of enterprise mobile apps. “Companies are looking for ways to make sense of mobile data, develop apps, and ensure security compliance,” says Alice Hill, managing director of IT job site Dice.com.
In some organizations, the programming skills required depend on what’s native to the platform: Objective-C for the iPhone, or Java for Android or BlackBerry. But thanks to HTML5, there’s also a movement toward mobile Web development that crosses mobile platforms. If you’re not already schooled in Objective-C or Java, acquiring deep HTML5 expertise has the dual benefit of a shorter learning curve and greater versatility, though you may still need to learn the quirks of individual mobile platforms.
What distinguishes enterprise dev positions from general mobile dev jobs is their focus on compliance and security, according to Stewart Tan of Accretive Solutions, an executive search firm and consultancy. “Building mobile apps, architecting mobile strategies, and securing those devices” are the top concerns facing the enterprise today.
