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New York State Information Technology Workforce Skills Assessment Statewide Survey Results

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


Appendix E: Data Tables

Table E8. Top ten skills with in use, but declining forecast over the next three years

Skill (percent of CIOs choosing forecast)
 
Competency Area
 
  • COBOL (39%)
 
  • Legacy technologies
 
  • Microsoft Access (35%)
 
  • Web computing
 
  • Mainframe operations (26%)
 
  • Legacy technologies
 
  • PowerBuilder (22%)
 
  • Legacy technologies
 
  • Visual Basic (22%)
 
  • Web computing
 
  • IBM mainframe (18%)
 
  • Legacy technologies
 
  • Visual Basic Script (17%)
 
  • Web computing
 
  • Novell operating systems (16%)
 
  • Infrastructure
 
  • Unisys mainframe (15%)
 
  • Legacy technologies
 
  • C ++ (14%)
 
  • Web computing