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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 9

Business specialists
 		 
Systems specialists
 		 
Skill
 
Mean*
 
Skill
 
Mean*
 
COBOL
 
1.58
 
Oracle
 
1.71
 
Website search administration
 
1.58
 
IT project portfolio management
 
1.71
 
Encryption
 
1.57
 
Content management
 
1.70
 
Joint Application Development (JAD)
 
1.54
 
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
 
1.70
 
Web servers
 
1.52
 
C ++
 
1.70
 
UNIX operating systems
 
1.50
 
IT procurement
 
1.69
 
Collaboration software
 
1.50
 
Novell operating systems
 
1.69
 
Firewalls
 
1.49
 
Java
 
1.68
 
SQL
 
1.47
 
Data warehousing
 
1.67
 
Video imaging
 
1.47
 
IT strategic planning
 
1.67
 
Microsoft SQL
 
1.47
 
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
 
1.66
 
Rapid Application Development (RAD)/ Prototyping
 
1.47
 
Contract management & vendor relations
 
1.66
 
Capacity management
 
1.46
 
Financial management
 
1.65
 
Decision support systems
 
1.46
 
IT asset management
 
1.65
 
Telephone/ PBX
 
1.45
 
Website privacy
 
1.64
 
Modeling & simulation
 
1.45
 
IT risk assessment & management
 
1.63
 
Computer forensics
 
1.45
 
Capacity management
 
1.63
 
IBM mainframe
 
1.45
 
Firewalls
 
1.62
 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
 
1.44
 
Website search administration
 
1.62
 
Web-based graphics & multimedia
 
1.44
 
Microsoft SQL
 
1.62
 
Mainframe operations
 
1.43
 
Joint Application Development (JAD)
 
1.61
 
Oracle
 
1.42
 
Computer forensics
 
1.61
 
Cellular technologies
 
1.41
 
IBM/ DB2
 
1.57
 
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
 
1.40
 
Unisys mainframe
 
1.57
 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
 
1.39
 
Business continuity planning
 
1.56
 
Visual Basic Script
 
1.39
 
Modeling & simulation
 
1.56
 
Voice over IP
 
1.39
 
Broadband technologies
 
1.56
 
Metadata management
 
1.37
 
XML/XSL
 
1.52
 
JavaScript
 
1.37
 
Cellular technologies
 
1.47
 
Linux operating systems
 
1.36
 
Video imaging
 
1.45
 
Biometrics
 
1.36
 
Cryptology
 
1.45
 
MYSQL
 
1.34
 
Voice over IP
 
1.41
 
C
 
1.31
 
Perl/CGI
 
1.40
 
XML/XSL
 
1.30
 
Mac OS/ OS X operating systems
 
1.40
 
C ++
 
1.30
 
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
 
1.39
 
Mac OS/ OS X operating systems
 
1.29
 
Decision support systems
 
1.39
 
Cryptology
 
1.29
 
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
 
1.39
 
Java
 
1.28
 
Metadata management
 
1.38
 
Unisys mainframe
 
1.28
 
Telephone/ PBX
 
1.38
 
Satellite technologies
 
1.28
 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
 
1.38
 
Fortran
 
1.26
 
MYSQL
 
1.36
 
Visual Studio .NET
 
1.23
 
Visual Studio .NET
 
1.33
 
IBM/ DB2
 
1.22
 
Web-based graphics & multimedia
 
1.33
 
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
 
1.21
 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
 
1.31
 
ColdFusion
 
1.20
 
Satellite technologies
 
1.30
 
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
 
1.19
 
IBM WebSphere Studio
 
1.30
 
Perl/CGI
 
1.17
 
Biometrics
 
1.30
 
Java Studio
 
1.13
 
PowerBuilder
 
1.25
 
PowerBuilder
 
1.13
 
PHP
 
1.21
 
IBM WebSphere Studio
 
1.11
 
Eclipse
 
1.20
 
PHP
 
1.10
 
Java Studio
 
1.18
 
Oracle Jdeveloper Studio
 
1.09
 
ColdFusion
 
1.15
 
Borland JBuilder
 
1.07
 
Oracle Jdeveloper Studio
 
1.12
 
Eclipse
 
1.06
 
Borland JBuilder
 
1.09