New York State Information Technology Workforce Skills Assessment Statewide Survey Results
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Table E1. Demographic profiles by job specialty
|
Characteristics
|
Technology managers
(n=271) |
Operations specialists
(n=64) |
Systems specialists (n=107) |
Database specialist
(n=119) |
Data/telecomm. specialists
(n=177) |
Programmer (n=1400) |
Other technical specialists (n=357) |
Business specialists (n=242) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Mean age |
49 |
49 |
46 |
47 |
47 |
45 |
42 |
47 |
|
Age range |
30 – 64 |
32 – 60 |
24 – 62 |
27 – 63 |
24 – 63 |
22 – 74 |
22 – 64 |
20 – 65 |
|
Percent with any college education |
98 % |
89 % |
99 % |
98 % |
94 % |
98 % |
92 % |
96 % |
|
Percent with bachelor’s degree or higher |
72% |
16 % |
72 % |
73 % |
46 % |
61 % |
33 % |
78 % |
|
Percent with degree in a technical field (CS, IS, MIS) |
44 % |
11 % |
46 % |
45 % |
29 % |
47 % |
31 % |
19 % |
|
Percent with certifications |
13 % |
7 % |
14 % |
12 % |
23 % |
15 % |
22 % |
18 % |
|
Mean years of experience in NYS government |
23 |
22 |
18 |
19 |
17 |
14 |
12 |
19 |
|
Mean years of experience in current agency |
15 |
10 |
10 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
8 |
13 |
|
Percent with all NYS experience in a single agency |
36 % |
13 % |
36 % |
35 % |
37 % |
54 % |
51 % |
53 % |
|
Percent with all NYS experience in two agencies |
29 % |
48 % |
32 % |
42 % |
33 % |
25 % |
28 % |
28 % |
|
Percent with private sector IT experience |
41% |
42 % |
50 % |
47 % |
60 % |
53 % |
51 % |
32 % |
|
Mean years of private sector IT experience |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
Percent eligible to retire within 3 years (2006 – 2009) |
36 % |
37 % |
22 % |
24 % |
21 % |
18 % |
9 % |
32 % |
|
Percent planning to retire within 3 years (2006 – 2009) |
22 % |
23 % |
11 % |
14 % |
11 % |
10 % |
7 % |
18 % |
|
Percent eligible to retire within 6 years (2006 – 2012) |
54 % |
47 % |
35 % |
40 % |
35 % |
29 % |
19 % |
45 % |
|
Percent planning to retire within 6 years (2006 – 2012) |
41 % |
40 % |
20 % |
28 % |
25 % |
21 % |
14 % |
35 % |
|
Percent interested in working for NYS after retirement |
77 % |
78 % |
76% |
83 % |
79 % |
73 % |
77 % |
76 % |
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