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News from Foote Partners

Foote Partners News Release: Q4 2023 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report

January 29, 2024

Summary of the latest trends in extra cash awarded by employers to talented tech professionals for 1,333 non-certified and certified tech related skills. 39 pages of graphs, tables, and detailed analysis of:

--Winners and losers: Which certified and non-certified tech skills are earning the highest cash pay premiums? Which have gained or lost the most market value, and by how much?
--Which are paying well above average and still gaining in market value?
--4Q 2023 IT Skills VOLATILITY INDEX: 17 years of quarterly markey volatility indexing of tech skills supply and demand
--Discussion of latest tech labor trends and our forecast of what to expect in the next 12-24 months.

Foote Partners News Release: Q3 2023 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report

October 30, 2023

Summary of the latest trends in extra cash awarded by employers to talented tech professionals for 1,313 non-certified and certified tech related skills. 38 pages of graphs, tables, and detailed analysis of:

--Winners and losers: Which certified and non-certified tech skills are earning the highest cash pay premiums? Which have gained or lost the most market value, and by how much?
--Which are paying well above average and still gaining in market value?
--3Q 2023 IT Skills VOLATILITY INDEX: 17 years of quarterly markey volatility indexing of tech skills supply and demand
--Discussion of latest tech labor trends and our forecast of what to expect in the next 12-24 months.

Foote Partners News Release: Q2 2023 IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report

August 17, 2023

Summary of the latest trends in extra cash awarded by employers to talented tech professionals for 1,296 non-certified and certified tech related skills. 38 pages of graphs, tables, and detailed analysis of:
--Winners and losers: Which certified and non-certified tech skills are earning the highest cash pay premiums? Which have gained or lost the most market value, and by how much?
--Which are paying well above average and still gaining in market value?
--2Q 2023 IT Skills VOLATILITY INDEX: 17 years of quarterly markey volatility indexing of tech skills supply and demand
--Discussion of latest tech labor trends and our forecast of what to expect in the next 12-24 months.