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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 4

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

Skill
 
N
 
None
 
Basic
 
Intermediate
 
Advanced
 
Percent who need training at any level
 
Oral communication
 
2639
 
1443 (55%)
 
150 (6%)
 
481 (18%)
 
565 (21%)
 
45%
 
Organizational awareness & business knowledge
 
2614
 
1442 (55%)
 
261 (10%)
 
482 (18%)
 
429 (16%)
 
45%
 
Perl/CGI
 
2396
 
1794 (75%)
 
331 (14%)
 
176 (7%)
 
95 (4%)
 
25%
 
PHP
 
2354
 
1887 (80%)
 
287(12%)
 
115 (5%)
 
65 (3%)
 
20%
 
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
 
2619
 
1627 (62%)
 
483 (18%)
 
329 (13%)
 
180 (7%)
 
38%
 
Planning & evaluation
 
2636
 
1408 (53%)
 
236 (9%)
 
527 (20%)
 
465 (18%)
 
47%
 
PowerBuilder
 
2366
 
1870 (79%)
 
328 (14%)
 
93 (4%)
 
75 (3%)
 
21%
 
Principles of operating systems
 
2523
 
1673 (66%)
 
135 (5%)
 
340 (14%)
 
375 (15%)
 
34%
 
Principles of programming
 
2336
 
1654 (71%)
 
178 (8%)
 
286 (12%)
 
218 (9%)
 
29%
 
Project management
 
2689
 
1391 (52%)
 
240 (9%)
 
533 (20%)
 
525 (20%)
 
48%
 
Quality assurance
 
2590
 
1601 (62%)
 
334 (13%)
 
377 (15%)
 
278 (11%)
 
38%
 
Rapid Application Development (RAD)/ prototyping
 
2586
 
1718 (66%)
 
386 (15%)
 
279 (11%)
 
203 (8%)
 
34%
 
Records management
 
2659
 
1735 (65%)
 
383 (14%)
 
367 (14%)
 
174 (7%)
 
35%
 
Requirements analysis
 
2614
 
1570 (60%)
 
296 (11%)
 
406 (16%)
 
342 (13%)
 
40%
 
Satellite technologies
 
2566
 
1786 (70%)
 
442 (17%)
 
233 (9%)
 
105 (4%)
 
30%
 
SQL
 
2481
 
1626 (66%)
 
292 (12%)
 
279 (11%)
 
284 (11%)
 
34%
 
Structured system analysis & design principles
 
2614
 
1595 (61%)
 
283 (11%)
 
404 (16%)
 
332 (13%)
 
39%
 
Supervisory skills
 
2661
 
1380 (52%)
 
169 (6%)
 
507 (19%)
 
605 (23%)
 
48%
 
Support for desktop applications
 
2668
 
1848 (69%)
 
197 (7%)
 
282 (11%)
 
341 (13%)
 
31%
 
Systems implementation
 
2612
 
1574 (60%)
 
281 (11%)
 
420 (16%)
 
337 (13%)
 
40%
 
System security applications
 
2696
 
1418 (53%)
 
445 (17%)
 
546 (20%)
 
287 (11%)
 
47%
 
Systems architecture
 
2624
 
1562 (60%)
 
357 (14%)
 
419 (16%)
 
286 (11%)
 
40%
 
Systems integration
 
2620
 
1558 (60%)
 
336 (13%)
 
423 (16%)
 
303 (12%)
 
41%
 
System life cycle planning principles
 
2609
 
1620 (62%)
 
273 (11%)
 
398 (15%)
 
318 (12%)
 
38%
 
Technical documentation
 
2618
 
1588 (61%)
 
278 (11%)
 
425 (16%)
 
327 (13%)
 
39%
 
Technology training activities
 
2668
 
1850 (69%)
 
235 (9%)
 
327 (12%)
 
256 (10%)
 
31%
 
Telephone /PBX
 
2547
 
1807 (71%)
 
375 (15%)
 
234 (9%)
 
131 (5%)
 
29%
 
Testing & evaluation
 
2616
 
1572 (60%)
 
261 (10%)
 
431 (17%)
 
352 (14%)
 
40%
 
Unified messaging services
 
2576
 
1656 (64%)
 
338 (13%)
 
372 (14%)
 
210 (8%)
 
36%
 
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
 
2576
 
1772 (69%)
 
386 (15%)
 
246 (10%)
 
172 (7%)
 
31%