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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 E6. Skill by skill training demand (listed in alphabetical order), page 2

Note: Row totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.

Skill
 
N
 
None
 
Basic
 
Intermediate
 
Advanced
 
Percent who need training at any level
 
Computer forensics
 
2627
 
1597 (61%)
 
496 (19%)
 
347 (13%)
 
187 (7%)
 
39%
 
Content management
 
2652
 
1711 (65%)
 
423 (16%)
 
344 (13%)
 
174 (7%)
 
35%
 
Contract management & vendor relations
 
2666
 
1690 (63%)
 
406 (15%)
 
383 (14%)
 
187 (7%)
 
37%
 
Cryptography
 
2597
 
1693 (65%)
 
473 (18%)
 
282 (11%)
 
149 (6%)
 
35%
 
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
 
2638
 
1671 (63%)
 
381 (14%)
 
379 (14%)
 
207 (8%)
 
37%
 
Customer service
 
2604
 
1518 (58%)
 
199 (8%)
 
406 (16%)
 
481 (19%)
 
42%
 
Data warehousing
 
2699
 
1694 (63%)
 
390 (14%)
 
408 (15%)
 
207 (8%)
 
37%
 
Database applications development techniques
 
2600
 
1522 (59%)
 
280 (11%)
 
425 (16%)
 
373 (14%)
 
41%
 
Database design & development standards
 
2586
 
1525 (59%)
 
271 (11%)
 
425 (16%)
 
365 (14%)
 
41%
 
Decision support systems
 
2630
 
1811 (69%)
 
433 (17%)
 
268 (10%)
 
118 (5%)
 
31%
 
DHTML/ HTML/ XHTML
 
2503
 
1535 (61%)
 
340 (14%)
 
369 (15%)
 
259 (10%)
 
39%
 
Disaster recovery & planning
 
2681
 
1460 (55%)
 
411 (15%)
 
508 (19%)
 
302 (11%)
 
46%
 
Eclipse
 
2517
 
1903 (76%)
 
387 (15%)
 
142 (6%)
 
85 (3%)
 
24%
 
Encryption
 
2662
 
1506 (57%)
 
494 (19%)
 
428 (16%)
 
234 (9%)
 
43%
 
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
 
2610
 
1833 (70%)
 
402 (15%)
 
256 (10%)
 
119 (5%)
 
30%
 
Financial management
 
2606
 
1536 (59%)
 
368 (14%)
 
428 (16%)
 
274 (11%)
 
41%
 
Firewalls
 
2640
 
1534 (58%)
 
475 (18%)
 
400 (15%)
 
231 (9%)
 
42%
 
Fortran
 
2332
 
2063 (89%)
 
180 (8%)
 
58 (3%)
 
31 (1%)
 
12%
 
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
 
2607
 
1890 (73%)
 
388 (15%)
 
220 (8%)
 
109 (4%)
 
28%
 
Hardware & maintenance support
 
2674
 
1828 (68%)
 
218 (8%)
 
271 (10%)
 
357 (13%)
 
32%
 
Help desk activities
 
2664
 
1893 (71%)
 
198 (7%)
 
268 (10%)
 
305 (11%)
 
29%
 
IBM mainframe
 
2533
 
1896 (75%)
 
271 (11%)
 
225 (9%)
 
141 (6%)
 
25%
 
IBM WebSphere Studio
 
2579
 
1776 (69%)
 
490 (19%)
 
196 (8%)
 
117 (5%)
 
31%
 
IBM/ DB2
 
2491
 
1842 (74%)
 
290 (12%)
 
213 (9%)
 
146 (6%)
 
26%
 
Identity management & directory services
 
2651
 
1490 (56%)
 
448 (17%)
 
448 (17%)
 
265 (10%)
 
44%
 
Internal controls
 
2601
 
1506 (58%)
 
331 (13%)
 
442 (17%)
 
322 (12%)
 
42%
 
Intrusion detection
 
2687
 
1467 (55%)
 
487 (18%)
 
471 (18%)
 
262 (10%)
 
45%
 
IT asset management
 
2655
 
1667 (63%)
 
389 (15%)
 
411 (16%)
 
188 (7%)
 
37%
 
IT procurement
 
2645
 
1665 (63%)
 
399 (15%)
 
378 (14%)
 
203 (8%)
 
37%
 
IT project portfolio management
 
2682
 
1644 (61%)
 
394 (15%)
 
418 (16%)
 
226 (8%)
 
39%