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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 E15. High impact skill investments by job specialty, page 2

Competency Area
 
Datacomm/telecomm specialists
 
Programmers
 
Other technical specialists
 
Program/business specialists
 
Management
 
  • Change management
  • Business continuity Planning
  • IT risk assessment & management
 
  • Business continuity planning
  • Change management
  • IT strategic planning
  • IT risk assessment & management
  • IT asset management
 
  • IT asset management
  • IT risk assessment and mgmt
  • IT strategic planning
 
  • Business continuity planning
  • Change management
  • IT risk assessment & management
  • IT strategic planning
  • IT asset management
 
Infrastructure
 
  • Encryption
  • Firewalls
 
  • Identity management & directory services
  • Disaster recovery planning
  • System security applications
  • Network architecture & design principles
  • Firewalls
  • Encryption
  • Mobile computing
  • Wireless technologies
  • Intrusion detection
  • Web/ IP
  • Wide Area Networks (WAN)
  • Unified messaging services
  • Network configuration
 
  • System security applications
  • Identity management & directory services
  • Disaster recovery & planning
  • Encryption
  • Intrusion detection
  • Firewalls
 
  • Disaster recovery planning
  • Identity management & directory services
  • Network architecture & design principles
  • System security applications
  • Encryption
  • Intrusion detection
  • Mobile computing
  • Web/ IP
  • Wireless technologies
  • Network configuration
  • Wide Area Networks (WAN)
 
Web computing
 
  • Website design & development
 
  • XML/XSL
  • Website search & administration
  • Web servers
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Website accessibility
  • Website management
  • Website privacy
 
  • Website design & development
  • Website management
  • DHTML/ HTML/ XHTML
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Web servers
  • Website accessibility
  • Website search & administration
  • Website privacy
 
  • DHTML/ HTML/ XHTML
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Web servers
  • Website accessibility
  • Website design & development
  • Website management
  • Website search & administration
  • XML/XSL
  • Website privacy
 
Systems and databases
 
 
  • Oracle
 
  • Database design & development standards
  • Systems integration
  • Systems architecture
  • Oracle
  • System life cycle planning principles
  • Object-oriented analysis & design principles
  • Database applications development techniques
  • Business process analysis
  • Systems implementation
  • Requirements analysis
  • Structured system analysis & design principles
  • Quality assurance
 
  • System architecture
  • Systems integration
  • Database applications &development techniques
  • Object-oriented analysis & design principles
  • Quality assurance
  • Structured system analysis & design principles
 
Technical support services
 
    
Management and Use of Information as an Asset
 
 
  • Content management
  • Records management
  • Workflow management
  • Data warehousing
 
  • Records management
  • Workflow management
  • Content management
  • Data warehousing
 
  • Content management
  • Data warehousing
  • Records management