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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 E20. CIO preferences for employee certifications

Rank
 
Skill Item
 
N
 
% of CIOs
 
1
 
Project management
 
39
 
68 %
 
2
 
Information systems security
 
39
 
68 %
 
3
 
Network security
 
38
 
67 %
 
4
 
Database
 
34
 
60 %
 
5
 
Network support
 
28
 
49 %
 
6
 
Operating systems
 
25
 
44 %
 
7
 
Web
 
24
 
42 %
 
8
 
Software development
 
22
 
39 %
 
9
 
Chief information officer (CIO)
 
20
 
35 %
 
10
 
Information systems
 
18
 
32 %
 
11
 
Business applications
 
16
 
28 %
 
12
 
Quality assurance
 
13
 
23 %
 
13
 
Computing
 
12
 
21 %
 
14
 
Training
 
7
 
12 %
 
15
 
Healthcare
 
3
 
5 %
 

* Respondents were allowed to select all that apply