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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 E15. High impact skill investments by job specialty, page 1

Competency Area
 
IT managers
 
Operations specialists
 
Database specialists
 
Systems specialists
 
Management
 		 
  • Project management
 
  • Business continuity planning
  • Change management
  • IT strategic planning
  • IT risk assessment & management
 
  • Business continuity planning
  • Change management
  • IT risk assessment & management
  • IT strategic planning
  • IT asset management
 
Infrastructure
 
  • Encryption
  • Firewalls
  • Intrusion detection
  • Wireless technologies
  • Web/ IP
 
  • Firewalls
  • Encryption
  • Intrusion detection
  • System security applications
  • Disaster recovery & planning
 
  • Identity management & directory services
  • Network architecture & design principles
  • System security applications
  • Firewalls
  • Intrusion detection
  • Encryption
  • Web/ IP
  • Network configuration
 
  • Identity management & directory services
  • Firewalls
  • Wireless technologies
  • Mobile computing
  • Intrusion detection
  • Encryption
  • Unified messaging services
  • Wide Area Networks (WAN)
 
Web computing
 
  • Website design & development
  • Website management
  • Website privacy
  • Web accessibility
  • Website search & administration
 		 
  • Website search & administration
  • XML/XSL
  • JavaScript
  • Java
  • Website accessibility
  • Web servers
  • Website management
  • DHTML/ HTML/ XHTML
  • Website privacy
 
  • XML/XSL
  • Website search & administration
  • Website accessibility
  • Web servers
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Website management
  • Website privacy
 
Systems and databases
 		   
  • Oracle
  • Business process analysis
 
Technical support services
 		    
Management and use of information as an asset
 
  • Content management
 		 
  • Content management
  • Records management
  • Workflow management
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
 
  • Content management
  • Workflow management
  • Data warehousing
 
Legacy technologies