CIOs assigned a forecast to each of the 126 skills for three years into the future.

Most growth is forecast for infrastructure and web computing skills. The majority of CIOs chose a growth forecast for more skills in the infrastructure and web computing competency areas than in the others (eleven and nine skills respectively). The majority also chose growth forecasts for three management skills, four system and database skills and four skills in the competency area of management and use of information as an asset. No skills in technical support services or legacy technologies received a majority growth forecast.

Some differences are evident across agencies with different numbers of IT staff, but at least half of the CIOs in agencies with small, medium, and large staff chose a growth forecast for the same fourteen skills, with most emphasis on the infrastructure and web computing competency areas. These 14 skills include website design and development, website management, system security applications, and identity management and directory services, as well as systems integration, project management, and records management.