Tech People Architecture

Opinion

Top 10 fastest growing, highest paying tech skills – and no certification required

Market values of these noncertified skills pay well above average and were still growing in cash pay premiums in the first half of 2018.

07/09/18

Opinion

Cash pay premiums for tech certifications in 2018: Highest paying, fastest growing at 3,188 employers

Average market values for 451 tech certifications rose for a second straight calendar quarter following four consecutive quarterly losses. Here is what’s driving it upward.

06/15/18

Opinion

Why 2018 will be a dramatically different year for tech labor

My take on the tech labor market in 2018—informed by 3,150 research partner employers in the U.S. and Canada—is that it will be conspicuously different than any year in recent history. Unusually so.

01/02/18

Opinion

Highest paying tech skills and certifications in 2017: there are some surprises

The second in a two-part series highlighting the fastest growing and highest paying certified and non-certified tech skills in the latest IT Skills and Certifications Pay Index.

06/26/17

Opinion

Fastest growing tech skills and certifications in 2017: 30 and 30

Cash market value of these certified and noncertified tech skills have increased the most so far in 2017.

05/30/17

Opinion

How the internet of things is disrupting tech staffing: Part 2

Tech labor and skills acquisition challenges are interfering with businesses eager to capitalize on IoT's many benefits. Here's what to know if you're going to come out a winner.

03/21/17

Opinion

How the internet of things is disrupting tech staffing: Part 1

IoT introduces enormous "people" challenges that are testing even the best employers. To succeed, these are non-negotiable workforce disruptions that must be conquered.

03/07/17

Opinion

25 fastest growing tech certifications right now

Market values of these certifications increased the most in the second half of 2016.

01/17/17

Opinion

20 fastest growing tech skills -- no certification required

Market values of these noncertified skills have increased the most in the past three months.

12/08/16

Opinion

25 tech certifications earning the highest cash premiums right now

Is it any secret that employers value info/cybersecurity and architecture the most when it comes to paying their workers extra cash for certifications?

11/30/16

Opinion

Tech skills earning the highest cash premiums -- no certification required

Some employers pay cash premiums to their tech professionals for specific hot skills and certifications. Here's a ranking of the highest paying tech skills right now at 3,000 U.S. and Canadian companies that don't require a...

11/17/16