PRESS RELEASES

HIGHLIGHTS

195 of 621 non-certified tech skills changed cash market value from July 1st  to October 1st compared to 178 and 220 skills in the prior two calendar quarters. Average cash pay premium for 630 non-certified skills declined slightly last quarter, with pay performance in the 3rd quarter of 2021 higher for only two of eight non-certified tech skills categories reported: Management/Methodology/Process and Web/eCommerce skills.

QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY THIS NEWS RELEASE

 Among cash pay premiums earned by tech workers for 555 IT certifications: 

• Which 48 noncertified IT skills grew in market value in from July to October 2021? Which 73 noncertified IT skills are dragging down pay gains?
• Which 25 noncertified IT skills are earning premiums well above-average and still growing in market value?
• Which noncertified IT skills earned the highest cash pay premiums? 

HIGHLIGHTS

The average cash premium for 555 tech certifications rose nearly one-half a percent from July 1 to October 2021, the first quarterly increase in three years. 117 certifications changed in market value (55 rising) compared to 98 in the prior quarter. Pay performance in the 3rd quarter was higher for three of eight certification categories. 

QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY THIS NEWS RELEASE

 Among cash pay premiums earned by tech workers for 555 IT certifications: 

• Which 60 IT certifications are leading this resurgence in cash pay premiums?
• Which 17 IT certifications are earning premiums well above-average and still growing in market value?
• Which 51 IT certifications are dragging down overall pay gains, and likely to destroy this quarter’s surprising gains
• Which certs earned the highest cash pay premiums? 

HIGHLIGHTS

Average market value for 554 non-certified tech skills remained unchanged from January to April while pay for 472 tech certifications declined for the third consecutive calendar quarter.

Still, 229 tech skills and certifications changed value in the period, with 123 losing cash value against gains for 106.

The struggle to reshape company workforces to capitalize on disruptive technologies continues but progress is being made  

NOTE: This news release is a summary extract of content in the Q2 2018 update edition of Foote Partners’ IT Skills Demand and Pay Trends Report, a market intelligence trend report updated every 3 months from data contributed by 3,188 U.S. and Canadian employers and contains tech jobs and skills compensation and supply/demand benchmark research published in the firm’s IT Professional Salary Survey and IT Skills and Certifications Pay IndexTM.