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New York State Information Technology Workforce Skills Assessment Statewide Survey Results

Abstract

Executive Summary

Introduction

New York State IT Workforce and Leadership Profiles

Skill Proficiency Ratings

Training Demand

IT Competency Framework

Three-year IT Skills Forecast

Gap Analysis

Workforce Development Considerations

Conclusions and Future Considerations

Appendix A: Methodology

Appendix B: Project Sponsors and Participants

Appendix C: Skill Definitions

Appendix D: Employee Survey Questions

Appendix E: Data Tables
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Appendix E: Data Tables

Table E5. Skill proficiency ratings by job specialty, page 6

Operations specialists
 		 
Programmers
 		 
Other technical specialists
 		 
Skill
 
Mean*
 
Skill
 
Mean*
 
Skill
 
Mean*
 
Web servers
 
1.19
 
Intrusion detection
 
1.63
 
Website search administration
 
1.62
 
CASE Tools
 
1.18
 
IT project portfolio management
 
1.63
 
Firewalls
 
1.61
 
IT project portfolio management
 
1.18
 
Wireless technologies
 
1.61
 
Microsoft SQL
 
1.60
 
Web-based graphics & multimedia
 
1.17
 
Collaboration software
 
1.61
 
C ++
 
1.59
 
Oracle
 
1.17
 
Identity management & directory services
 
1.61
 
Data warehousing
 
1.59
 
C
 
1.16
 
Mobile computing
 
1.60
 
Visual Basic Script
 
1.59
 
Identity management & directory services
 
1.16
 
Novell operating systems
 
1.59
 
IT strategic planning
 
1.58
 
Joint Application Development (JAD)
 
1.16
 
Unisys mainframe
 
1.57
 
Voice over IP
 
1.58
 
Website search administration
 
1.16
 
IT risk assessment & management
 
1.56
 
Linux operating systems
 
1.55
 
Business continuity planning
 
1.16
 
Encryption
 
1.56
 
C
 
1.55
 
Visual Basic
 
1.16
 
Modeling & simulation
 
1.56
 
Mac OS/ OS X operating systems
 
1.53
 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
 
1.15
 
IT strategic planning
 
1.55
 
IT risk assessment & management
 
1.52
 
IT procurement
 
1.15
 
IT procurement
 
1.54
 
Unisys mainframe
 
1.50
 
IT strategic planning
 
1.15
 
IT asset management
 
1.54
 
Web-based graphics & multimedia
 
1.50
 
Firewalls
 
1.15
 
Contract management & vendor relations
 
1.54
 
JavaScript
 
1.50
 
Object-oriented analysis & design principles
 
1.15
 
XML/XSL
 
1.52
 
IT project portfolio management
 
1.49
 
IT risk assessment & management
 
1.14
 
Broadband technologies
 
1.52
 
COBOL
 
1.48
 
Satellite technologies
 
1.14
 
Fortran
 
1.52
 
Java
 
1.48
 
Video imaging
 
1.14
 
Business continuity planning
 
1.47
 
Modeling & simulation
 
1.47
 
IT asset management
 
1.13
 
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
 
1.46
 
Business continuity planning
 
1.45
 
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
 
1.13
 
Decision support systems
 
1.46
 
Computer forensics
 
1.45
 
Content management
 
1.11
 
MYSQL
 
1.44
 
SQL
 
1.44
 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
 
1.11
 
Linux operating systems
 
1.44
 
Satellite technologies
 
1.44
 
Java
 
1.11
 
Capacity management
 
1.42
 
Capacity management
 
1.40
 
SQL
 
1.11
 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
 
1.42
 
Oracle
 
1.39
 
Visual Basic Script
 
1.11
 
Visual Studio .NET
 
1.40
 
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
 
1.39
 
Capacity management
 
1.10
 
Metadata management
 
1.40
 
MYSQL
 
1.37
 
Modeling & simulation
 
1.10
 
Web-based graphics & multimedia
 
1.39
 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
 
1.37
 
Computer forensics
 
1.10
 
Telephone/ PBX
 
1.36
 
Decision support systems
 
1.37
 
Cryptology
 
1.10
 
Firewalls
 
1.36
 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
 
1.37
 
Voice over IP
 
1.10
 
Video imaging
 
1.35
 
Rapid Application Development (RAD)/ Prototyping
 
1.36
 
JavaScript
 
1.10
 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
 
1.35
 
Joint Application Development (JAD)
 
1.35
 
Rapid Application Development (RAD)/ Prototyping
 
1.10
 
Mac OS/ OS X operating systems
 
1.33
 
XML/XSL
 
1.33
 
XML/XSL
 
1.08
 
Computer forensics
 
1.33
 
Cryptology
 
1.32
 
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
 
1.07
 
Cellular technologies
 
1.32
 
Visual Studio .NET
 
1.32
 
Decision support systems
 
1.06
 
PowerBuilder
 
1.31
 
Metadata management
 
1.29
 
Biometrics
 
1.06
 
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
 
1.31
 
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
 
1.26
 
ColdFusion
 
1.05
 
Voice over IP
 
1.31
 
Biometrics
 
1.26
 
IBM WebSphere Studio
 
1.05
 
Perl/CGI
 
1.30
 
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
 
1.25
 
Java Studio
 
1.05
 
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
 
1.29
 
IBM/ DB2
 
1.24
 
Oracle Jdeveloper Studio
 
1.05
 
Cryptology
 
1.25
 
Java Studio
 
1.22
 
Metadata management
 
1.03
 
ColdFusion
 
1.24
 
Perl/CGI
 
1.21
 
MYSQL
 
1.03
 
IBM WebSphere Studio
 
1.23
 
Fortran
 
1.21
 
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
 
1.03
 
Java Studio
 
1.23
 
PHP
 
1.18
 
Eclipse
 
1.03
 
Biometrics
 
1.22
 
IBM WebSphere Studio
 
1.17
 
Perl/CGI
 
1.02
 
Satellite technologies
 
1.21
 
ColdFusion
 
1.15
 
PowerBuilder
 
1.02
 
Oracle Jdeveloper Studio
 
1.18
 
PowerBuilder
 
1.15
 
Borland JBuilder
 
1.02
 
Eclipse
 
1.17
 
Borland JBuilder
 
1.13
 
Visual Studio .NET
 
1.02
 
PHP
 
1.16
 
Eclipse
 
1.11
 
PHP
 
1.00
 
Borland JBuilder
 
1.15
 
Oracle Jdeveloper Studio
 
1.11