1. Project Management Professional (PMP)
2. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
3. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
4. Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
5. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
6. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)
7. Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
8. Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
9. DoD 8570 Certification
10. Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
11. Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
12. ITIL Foundation certification (v3)
13. Certified Scrum Coach
14. IBM Rational Unified Process Certification (RUP)
15. Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)

Various Microsoft certifications appear most often on this list – 4 of the above 15 are Microsoft related. Cisco certifications appear 3 times.  We thought it was interesting that HIPPA certifications made this list. However, when we looked at the ads, the positions are at healthcare companies and involve regulated health tech systems or networks. As health technology grows with things like electronic medical records, IT professionals are being required to build, maintain, and ensure their systems are secure and meet federal guidelines. Do any of the above certifications surprise you?

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Hiring Demand for Jobs that Require Robotics Skills – 4 Year Hiring Trend

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The fields that most commonly required robotics skills in the past 90 days included healthcare, engineering, production workers, repair and maintenance workers, and IT. Healthcare saw the most job ads posted online, with more than 4,700 across all health and medical related occupations. In addition, they also saw incredible year-over-year growth. The number of job ads posted online in the past 90 days that required robotics skills was up 32% compared to last year. We are seeing great growth in the healthcare area due to more surgeries and procedures using robotic devices to improve precision. Architecture and IT occupations actually decreased, down 8% and 3% respectively. Maintenance/repair jobs were up 9% and production occupations, which include occupations like welders and machinists, were up 12% from 2012.

The most commonly advertised job titles that required robotic skills include:

1. Maintenance Technician
2. Controls Engineer
3. Manufacturing Engineer
4. Welder
5. Registered Nurse
6. Welding Engineer
7. Gameroom Technician
8. Robotic Welder
9. Electrical Engineer
10. Mechanical Engineer

The 5 metro areas that currently have the most job ads for robotics-related positions are Boston (MA), San Diego (CA), Phoenix (AZ), Detroit (MI), and New York (NY). In the past 90 days,  hiring demand in San Diego grew more than doubled compared to last year. Detroit also grew about 30%. You might automatically think the motor vehicle industry is driving the growth in Detroit. However, General and Medical Surgical Hospitals in the Detroit metro area had the most ads. Hiring in this industry was up more than 1000% in just Detroit.

Heat Map of Hiring Demand for Robotics in the US

Source: WANTED Analytics

Keep an eye on our blog next week – we'll be sharing the best (and worst) places to recruit this talent!

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In January, there were more than 46,000 jobs posted online for technology positions in the entire New York metro area. New York City specifically saw 22,600 postings at a 4% year-over-year increase. The entire New York metro area saw the highest demand for technical skilled professionals during January, followed by Washington (DC), San Francisco, and Chicago. As a comparison, there were just over 44,000 tech jobs in the entire Silicon Valley, consisting of the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas, growing slightly faster than New York City at 8% year-over-year.

Hiring Demand in the New York Metro Area for Technology Professionals

Source: WANTED Analytics

The technical fields with the most job ads during January were web developers, computer systems analysts, and applications software engineers. The commonly advertised job titles in New York City are:

1. Java Developer
2. Project Manager
3. Senior Java Developer
4. .NET Developer
5. Business Analyst
6. Web Developer
7. Software Engineer
8. Network Engineer
9. Developer
10. Senior Software Engineer

The 5 most commonly required skills for IT job ads in New York are structured query language (SQL), Java, project management, oral and written communication skills, and problem solving.

When we look at our Hiring Scale, conditions in the New York metro area are comparable to national averages. Out of 99, where 99 would represent the most difficult-to-fill conditions, New York City scores a 78. Not surprisingly, this means Recruiters are likely to experience fierce competition to attract candidates. Job ads in New York City remain online for an average of 39 days, or about 5.5 weeks. Recruiters and hiring managers can expect it to take an average of 5.5 weeks to advertise a job, collect applications and resumes, and begin their interviewing process.

Hiring Scale for Technology Jobs in New York City

Source: WANTED Analytics

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Hiring Demand for Professionals not in IT in the Silicon Valley

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The most in-demand occupation within the Silicon Valley area (not in IT) was Marketing Managers. More than 6,100 jobs were available last month, an 11% increase compared to January of 2012. (As a note, Marketing Managers are the 2nd most in-demand job in this area, even when you include IT jobs. Only Software Engineers saw more hiring demand in January.) Other in-demand fields were Registered Nurses, Retail Sales Managers, Administrative Assistants, Retail Salespersons, Sales Managers, Accountants, Management Analysts, Industrial Engineers, and Market Research Analysts. 9 of these 10 jobs saw year-over-year growth. Only Industrial Engineers declined in the Silicon Valley, although it was by less than 1%.

10 In-Demand Occupations in the Silicon Valley (not in IT) – January 2013 vs. January 2012

Source: WANTED Analytics

Of the above 10 jobs, it's likely that Marketing Managers will be the hardest-to-fill. Marketers are in-demand across the US, so it may not be surprising to hear this. Our Hiring Scale scores these jobs as a 93 in the Silicon Valley, out of a possible 99. In addition, they will be harder than average to fill. The average Hiring Scale score for Marketers across the US is an 89. Other jobs likely to be difficult-to-recruit are Industrial Engineers (scoring an 89) and Sales Managers (scoring an 82.)

Hiring Scale for Marketers in the Silicon Valley

Source: WANTED Analytics

The 3 jobs listed above that are likely to be less difficult-to-fill are Retail Salespersons (scoring a 33), Administrative Assistants (scoring a 39), and Registered Nurses (scoring a 50.)

Hiring Scale for Retail Salespersons in the Silicon Valley

Source: WANTED Analytics

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Volume of Available Tech Job Ads in Chicago, IL – 4 Year Metro Area

Source: WANTED Analytics

The most commonly advertised job titles in Chicago:

1. Java Developer
2. Project Manager
3. .NET Developer
4. Senior Java Developer
5. Business Analyst
6. Software Engineer
7. Web Developer
8. Network Engineer
9. Senior Software Engineer
10. Sharepoint Developer

Most commonly required skills in tech job in Chicago:

• Structured query language (SQL)
• Project management
• Oral and written communication skills
• Oracle Java
• Problem solving

Since tech jobs are hard-to-fill across the US, it's probably not too surprising that they are also hard-to-recruit in Chicago. However, our Hiring Scale shows that it is likely to be more difficult than average to source candidates and fill jobs in Chicago than the national average. On our Hiring Scale, the national average score is a 79, out of a possible 99 where 99 would denote the most difficult. Chicago is represented by an 83. It's likely that Recruiters in Chicago will spend longer than average sourcing candidates, will experience more competition from other employers also looking to fill IT jobs, and may ultimately see a higher cost-per-hire.

Hiring Scale for IT jobs in Chicago, IL

Source: WANTED Analytics

If you are struggling to recruit tech talent, here are 5 other metro areas near Chicago that are currently experiencing easier recruiting conditions. Try sourcing potential candidates from these locations – you are likely to see less competition from other employers and may fill jobs even faster!

• Sheboygan, WI
• Fort Wayne, IN
• Wausau, WI
• Springfield, IL
• Kokomo, IN

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Across the US, there are currently more than 1,200 employers hiring for cloud computing skills. These job ads remain online for an average of 44 days, or just over 6 weeks. Our Hiring Scale shows that these jobs will be very hard-to-fill, scoring a 90 (out of a possible 99.) Also, the map below shows that most major metro areas are shaded in orange and red, meaning that those locations will be among the hardest to fill. With only a few cities shown in green, there aren't too many places where better conditions are likely to exist.

Hiring Scales for Cloud Computing Skilled Professionals in the United States

Source: WANTED Analytics

Below are the 10 metro areas that are currently likely to have the best experiencing the most difficult conditions for recruiting cloud computing talent. In these areas, there is likely to be fierce competition from employers and staffing firms to attract enough potential candidates and will likely see longer average posting periods. For example, the average posting period in Baltimore is over 7 weeks, a week longer than the national average.

10 Metro Areas with the Most Difficult Conditions for Recruiting Cloud Computing Skills:

1. Jacksonville, FL
2. Baltimore-Towson, MD
3. Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
6. Richmond, VA
7. Manchester-Nashua, NH
8. Charleston-North Charleston, SC
9. Columbia, MO
10. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC

Below are the 10 locations that are currently likely to have the best conditions for recruiting cloud computing talent. This doesn't necessarily mean that these jobs will be easy-to-fill here, but recruiters are likely to see less competition from other employers. By sourcing candidates from these cities, Recruiters are likely to have larger talent pools to source from and fill job faster than average. For example, the average posting period in Ventura, CA is about 1 week shorter than the national average. Some employers may want to consider sourcing and relocating a new employee if they are able to fill jobs faster and reduce their cost-per-hire. This is a strategy that HR professionals and hiring managers should discuss as plans for finding talent are developed.

10 Metro Areas with the Least Difficult Conditions for Recruiting Cloud Computing Skills:

1. Rocky Mount, NC
2. Hickory-Lenoir-Morgantown, NC
3. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
4. Lynchburg, VA
5. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
6. Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR
7. Johnson City, TN
8. Orlando-Kissimmee, FL
9. Champaign-Urbana, IL
10. Provo-Orem, UT

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Hiring Demand for IT Jobs in Canada – 4 Year Hiring History

Source: WANTED Analytics

Within IT, the most in-demand occupations are computer programmers and interactive media developers, followed by information systems analysts and consultants, web designers and developers, computer network technicians, and user support technicians. The unique job titles that are commonly advertised include:

1. Project Manager
2. Software Developer
3. Web Developer
4. Business Analyst
5. Programmer Analyst
6. Java Developer
7. Senior Project Manager
8. Quality Assurance Analyst
9. Network Administrator
10. Business Systems Analyst

The cities with the most jobs posted online during December were Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, and Ottawa-Hull.

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In the past 90 days, there were just over 100,000 available online job ads that required app development skills. Despite growing demand in the beginning of the year, a slowing demand puts this at a modest 2% increase compared to the same 90-day period in 2011.

Hiring Demand for Application Development – 4 Year Hiring Trend

Source: WANTED Analytics

Below are some of the job titles that most commonly require app development.

• Java Developer
• Software Engineer
• .NET Developer
• Senior Software Engineer
• Senior Java Developer
• Project Manager
• Web Developer
• Programmer
• Application Developer
• Business Analyst

In the article, one company said they are looking for app developers with experience in Java, J2EE, and .NET. We looked at the most in-demand skills in these job ads and saw that this is in line with many other employers. J2EE is the only skill mentioned that didn't appear on the top 10 list below (it didn't appear on our list until #15.)

Most in-demand skills in application development job ads:

1. Structured query language (SQL)
2. Oracle Java
3. Software development
4. JavaScript (JS)
5. Microsoft SQL Server (MS SQL)
6. Extensible markup language (XML)
7. Project management
8. Microsoft .NET Framework (.NET)
9. Hypertext markup language (HTML)
10. Quality Assurance (QA)

Since application development is a niche tech skill, it's probably not too surprising that Recruiters are likely to find candidates hard to find. On average, job ads for app developing skills remain online for 5.5 weeks. Based on the below map of Hiring Scales™ for this talent, you can see that these positions will be hard-to-fill, with most locations appearing as yellow, orange, or red. This depicts harder-to-fill positions. However, there are a few bright green areas, which show locations where this talent will be less difficult to recruit. Recruiters can look for candidates in these regions and target their job ads to attract potential candidates. Some locations where these jobs will be least difficult to source candidates are Eugene (OR), Mobile (AL), Poughkeepsie (NY), Monroe (LA), and Evansville, (IN). Lower demand from employers in these cities is likely to cause less competition, a shorter time-to-fill, and easier overall recruiting conditions.

Hiring Scales for Application Developers in the United States

Source: WANTED Analytics

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Source: WANTED Analytics

IT and Marketing professionals are most commonly required to have these skills. We looked at average salary ranges for these 2 occupations, both with cloud computing skills and the occupation average, in the cities with the highest demand. Although professionals with cloud skills don't necessarily earn higher salaries than the occupation average, the salary ranges for cloud skills fall on the higher end of the range. For both occupations, the average salary ranges in San Francisco and San Jose are the highest.

Average Salary Ranges for IT Professionals vs. Cloud Computing Skills

Average Salary Ranges for Marketing Professionals  vs. Cloud Computing Skills

The last time we reported on cloud computing skills, the talent pool consisted of 10 potential candidates. From the above hiring demand graph, you can see that demand has decreased slightly, whereas the talent pool has stayed relatively even. Now, there are about 14 candidates in the US with cloud skills per job opening. Of the above 5 locations, our Hiring Scale™ shows that Recruiters in Washington, DC are likely to experience the most difficult conditions with 10 potential candidates per advertised job. Recruiters here are likely to spend more time and resources filling open positions.

Locations with the easiest recruiting conditions in the US for cloud computing skills are Tulsa (OK), Kansas City (MO), Cleveland (OH), Worcester (MA), and Manchester (NH), where they average 33 potential candidates per job opening.

Source: WANTED Analytics

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Companies Currently Hiring for Google+ Skills

Source: WANTED Analytics

Not surprisingly, many of the job ads are for Computer Programming and IT or Marketing related occupations.  The 3 most common job titles were:

1. Senior Java Web Consultant with Search
2. Search Analyst
3. Internal Communications Manager

If  you are recruiting for a job that requires Google+ and find conditions difficult, there are companies that have successfully hired for this job in the past.

Prior Hiring for Google+ Skills

Source: WANTED Analytics

If you are looking for a job to use your Google+ skills, it is likely that Recruiters will compete heavily for your talent. Here's the breakdown of occupations that advertised for these skills in August.

Occupations that Include Google+ Skills in their Job Ads

Source: WANTED Analytics

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Top 25 Metro Areas for IT Jobs by Hiring Demand:

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The Washington, DC metro area leads the nation in job ad volume for IT, but Hiring Demand in that location has shown no improvement over the same period last year and is 19 percent lower than its post-recession peak in September 2010. With the exception of the Washington, DC and Baltimore metro areas, all of the Top 25 locations show double-digit growth over February 2010. Eight metro areas show Hiring Demand growth greater than 50 percent: San Jose, Atlanta,  San Diego,  Denver, Detroit, Columbus, Portland, and Cleveland.

Computer Systems Analysts show the greatest Hiring Demand by job ad volume, with nearly 21,000 ads posted by direct employers in February. This is a 22 percent increase over the same period last year.

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The following graphs the number of new online job postings for IT workers in the United States, monthly:

Source: WANTED Analytics - Hiring Demand Dashboard

15 months ago, there were 72,000 paid-for online job postings for IT workers in the United States (we exclude free sites like Craig's List). Online job postings for IT workers grew by about 2.4% a month on average for a full year – the equivalent of an additional 2,350 new job postings a month – before settling at the 102,000 mark in March. Since then, however, hiring for new IT workers has gone flat, and even fell by 1.7% in April.

Overall hiring is still half its pre-recession levels.

Stock markets have taken notice: since hitting a 52-week high of 24.08 in April, the S&P 500 Technology sector SPDR ETF  sits at 22.19 today, a 7.8% drop (NYSE:XLK). This is a better result than a month ago (July 2), when the sector index stood at 20.29,  a 15.7% drop relative to the April high. The pick-up in the sector index over the past month has been matched by a slight increase in June IT Hiring.

The following graph shows the number of online job postings for IT workers in the United States (using the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification system for "Computer Specialists") and the evolution of the S&P Technology index (NYSE:XLK).

Source: WANTED Analytics, Google Finance

More important, however, is the analysis of the yearly returns of the S&P Technology index and the yearly growth in Hiring Demand: equity analysts care about the future returns of an index, and yearly growth rate in Hiring Demand appropriately captures evolving temporal dynamics as well as having the advantage of being free of seasonal variation. Notice how the stock market index picked up about 6 months before hiring did – stock markets are usually forward-looking by about six months. Notice too how the slow-down in the Hiring Demand growth rate in February has caused returns of the S&P Technology sector index to lose steam. In other words, the stock markets may have gotten a little ahead of themselves, and the slow-down in hiring meant that aggressive forward-looking expectations were no longer sustainable.

Source: WANTED Analytics, Google Finance

The following table lists the Top 25 companies in terms of IT job postings over the past three months:

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Source: WANTED Analytics 2.0

The IT occupations with the greatest Hiring Demand in Silicon Valley are 'Computer Software Engineers, Applications', 'Computer Systems Analysts', 'Web Developers', 'Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software', and 'Computer Programmers'. The direct employers with the most available online job ads this month were Apple, Yahoo!Inc., Google Inc., eBay, and Motorola.

Our most recent update to our Hiring Demand Indicator data for the IT sector showed that overall conditions had worsened for IT professionals nationwide, dropping 2.3 percent since mid-July. Compared to last year, Hiring Demand for IT occupations is now down 40.1 percent. The HDI for IT Occupations presents national year-over-year growth broken down by 6-digit SOC codes, and indicates the occupations within IT that  have seen the most severe drop in hiring demand, along with those that are weathering the recession better than average.

WANTED's Supply/Demand Ratios™ for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA for August now show four of the IT occupations with the greatest demand in Silicon Valley as ranking above the national average ('Web Developers' falls under 'Computer Programmers'): 'Computer Software Engineers, Applications', at 121.80, 'Computer Programmers', at 111.26; 'Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software', at 106.14; and 'Computer Systems Analysts' at 103.2.  Supply/Demand Ratios measure Hiring Demand for an occupation in a local market, relative to the labor supply in that market, and controlling for the national average Hiring Demand for that occupation.

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Source: WANTED Analytics 2.0

The IT occupations with the greatest Hiring Demand in Silicon Valley are 'Computer Software Engineers, Applications', 'Computer Systems Analysts', and 'Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software'. The direct employers posting the most online job ads were Apple, Yahoo!Inc., Google Inc., eBay, and Motorola.

Our most recent update to our Hiring Demand Indicator data for the IT sector showed that overall conditions had worsened for IT professionals nationwide, dropping 5.7 percent in July. Compared to last year, Hiring Demand for IT occupations is now down 35.7 percent. The HDI for IT Occupations presents national year-over-year growth broken down by 6-digit SOC codes, and indicates the occupations within IT that  have seen the most severe drop in hiring demand, along with those that are weathering the recession better than average.

WANTED's Supply/Demand Ratios™ for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA show only one of the IT occupations with the greatest demand in Silicon Valley as ranking above the national average: 'Computer Software Engineers, Applications', at 121.26. 'Computer Systems Analysts', and 'Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software' register at 48.54 and 52.28, respectively. The Baltimore-Towson, MD MSA is the nationwide S/D Ratios leader for each those IT occupations. Supply/Demand Ratios measure Hiring Demand for an occupation in a local market, controlling for the national average Hiring Demand for that occupation.

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Compared to last year, Hiring Demand for IT occupations is down 35.7%. It was down only 30% last month. "Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts", which had been relatively spared so far, saw the largest relative drop in Hiring Demand, falling 9% to -18.2% compared to a year ago.

Full-size chart available on Jobs. Trends. Insight.

Only "Computer and Information Research Scientists" have shown growth. However, IT research scientists represent less than 1% of all IT workers. Since this is a small and highly specialized group, Hiring Demand for these workers has usually displayed more variance.

The bright news is that despite this slight setback, Hiring Demand has been steady after completely missing the usual January "rebound in hiring". Even though Hiring Demand is half of what it was in January 2008, it has at least stabilized.

Source: WANTED Analytics 2.0

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