1- Application Developers 2- Security Specialists 3- Data Architects 4- Cloud Computing DevOps
With the unemployment rate in IT hovering in low single digits according to U.S. Department of Labor figures, IT executives say they expect to continue paying a premium for tech talent. It’s a classic supply-and-demand market dynamic. Average pay for IT pros at all levels is up 3%, according to Computerworld’s 2017 IT Salary Survey findings.
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However, salaries aren’t increasing at the same pace across the board. Enterprise demands for specific skills and a shortage of tech workers trained in certain technologies mean that some IT disciplines are seeing higher spikes in compensation than others.
Sunderman ran smack into that trend with his DBA position. Data and analytics expertise is one of four tech specialties that, along with application development, security and cloud computing, are in particularly high demand this year and are therefore among the best paying in IT.
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