high demand IT fields currently?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

oracle/sybase SQL DBA
Sharepoint admin/dev
.NET developer (C#)
Storage admin

any to add (or remove) to the list?

 

[Texashiker]

sql developer
mysql developer
php devloper
security consultant

 

[yinan]

VDI or anything VMware related.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I agree with the lists you guys have posted so far. I'm a Sharepoint admin/dev, and there are lots of postings in my market.

 

[DJK Frank 16]

That list pretty much sums up the majority of openings I see on a daily basis.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

SEO?

 

[Cal166]

Exchange Admins

 

[spidey07]

Networking is still super hot, simply can't find good qualified people, it's impossible.

True VMWare architects (and there aren't many of them) make bank as do real data center architects who can merge networking and SAN to merged fabrics/networks.

Overall the entire IT field is exploding for true experts in their area. Demand is really high and supply is extremely low = money.

 

[Texashiker]

Exchange Admins

Until your exchange server is replaced with a Linux/Postfix server (or some other kind of *nix service), and then you will be looking for another job.

Overall the entire IT field is exploding for true experts in their area. Demand is really high and supply is extremely low = money.

Today there are more fields to go into, as compared to 10 year ago. When I was taking my college IT courses back in 1997 - 2000, the only fields the colleges offered were microsoft, novell and cisco.

 

[JD50]

Linux

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Exchange Admins

People with Exchange migration experience (from Notes to Exchange or implementing new versions of Exchange) might be in demand as consultants, but I don't think Exchange is generally a hot area right now. I think it is pretty saturated. 2003 to 2007 was a huge leap and I think that was when there was a ton of demand for Exchange experts. I'm not 100% familiar with Exchange 2010 but my initial impression is that the leap from 2007 to 2010 is much, much smaller than the leap from 2003 to 2007.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

True VMWare architects (and there aren't many of them) make bank as do real data center architects who can merge networking and SAN to merged fabrics/networks.

I've been considering going back to VMWare, even though I am in one of the "hot" areas (Sharepoint) now. I think my immediate goal is going to be knocking out my PMP first.

 

[spidey07]

People with Exchange migration experience (from Notes to Exchange or implementing new versions of Exchange) might be in demand, but I don't think Exchange is a hot area right now. I think it is pretty saturated.

The only thing hot about exchange would be if you had IPTelephony experience as well and can do the unified messaging integration, that's super hot but takes a lot of skill in very different areas.

 

[CVSiN]

Until your exchange server is replaced with a Linux/Postfix server, and then you will be looking for another job.




Today there are more fields to go into, as compared to 10 year ago.

Just came from a company where we went the other way..
the Linux mail solutions just cant stand up to Exchange. (in my experience. My boss was even die hard Linux and wasn't happy with the performance or features as well)

We tried 5 different Linux paid mail servers and all couldn't hold a candle to Exchange/Outlook native.
We finally just bit the cost bullet and did 2007 and the company was much happier.

Linux is great for web servers but still cant hold a candle to M$ in the mail or Domain admin department.

And yes I lost that job being an M$ Engineer as they moved all their web servers to LINUX which I didn't have the knowledge to support.

So now I'm back with a native MS Domain/Mail setup. Supporting ESX VMware, and Server2008 Native Domain, with Exchange 2010, and Windows7 x64 Enterprise clients.
and it really didn't take long at all to find it so yes there are jobs out there if you have the experience.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Until your exchange server is replaced with a Linux/Postfix server, and then you will be looking for another job.

That likely will never happen in large organizations who often have dedicated Exchange engineers. The biggest "threat" to employees in those organizations, IMO, would be the outsourcing of those kinds of mail environments.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

The only thing hot about exchange would be if you had IPTelephony experience as well and can do the unified messaging integration, that's super hot but takes a lot of skill in very different areas.

There's definitely an opportunity there, as most companies are still in the stone age when it comes to integrating VOIP and Exchange. We've done the complete Cisco/Exchange integration here and did the full upgrade (to our Cisco environment AND Exchange environment) last year and it is pretty sweet.

 

[Texashiker]

Just came from a company where we went the other way..

Linux is great for web servers but still cant hold a candle to M$ in the mail

From my experience, its just the opposite.

When I was working for an internet service provider in North Houston back in 2001 - 2003, our exchange server would crash at least once a month. We finally had to go with red hat linux and either postfix or sendmail. We had about 15,000 active cable modem subscribers, and maybe 40,000 - 50,000 email addresses.

My current internet service provider (cable modem) just dropped their exchange server because they were having so many problems. It seemed like email went down several times a month. Their now using some kind of *nix based solution.

My own webserver (Linux Cent OS) uses sendmail, and sends out somewhere around 50,000 - 60,000 emails monthly, and never goes down. I "might" have to restart the email server 2 or 3 times a year.

That likely will never happen in large organizations who often have dedicated Exchange engineers.

Maybe with companies that have dedicated exchange admins / engineers, but I have seen a lot of internet service providers that dropped exchange in favor of a *nix based solution.

 

[spidey07]

Maybe with companies that have dedicated exchange admins / engineers, but I have seen a lot of internet service providers that dropped exchange in favor of a *nix based solution.

The enterprise and service provider models for e-mail are completely different animal. No sound business is going to drop exchange and all it's power for simple e-mail. That would be monumentally stupid and the cost in lost productivity and communication/collaboration would far pay for exchange many times over.

 

[CVSiN]

From my experience, its just the opposite.

When I was working for an internet service provider in North Houston back in 2001 - 2003, our exchange server would crash at least once a month. We finally had to go with red hat linux and either postfix or sendmail. We had about 15,000 active cable modem subscribers, and maybe 40,000 - 50,000 email addresses.

My current internet service provider (cable modem) just dropped their exchange server because they were having so many problems. It seemed like email went down several times a month. Their now using some kind of *nix based solution.

My own webserver (Linux Cent OS) uses sendmail, and sends out somewhere around 50,000 - 60,000 emails monthly, and never goes down. I "might" have to restart the email server 2 or 3 times a year.





Maybe with companies that have dedicated exchange admins / engineers, but I have seen a lot of internet service providers that dropped exchange in favor of a *nix based solution.

Sounds like you need to fire your MS support..
We don't have any of those issues in any place I've ever worked.
Chevron, Exxon, GDF Suez, etc.. yes all huge corp environments with multiple Exchange clusters set up properly for load balancing. Keep those servers and databases healthy and the problems just dont happen much. When they do the other servers/clusters just make the outage non-existent.
I'm in Houston as well.

 

[Kaido]

sql developer
mysql developer
php devloper
security consultant

Yeah software is big right now. My buddies in ASP.NET and C# are making $60K - $70K+ out of school and get job offers weekly from headhunters. That's pretty awesome.

Still not enough to get me into software though :biggrin:

 

[wheresmybacon]

The enterprise and service provider models for e-mail are completely different animal. No sound business is going to drop exchange and all it's power for simple e-mail. That would be monumentally stupid and the cost in lost productivity and communication/collaboration would far pay for exchange many times over.

^ this

True Exchange migration experts are in huge demand right now.

also

Oracle DBAs
SQL DBAs
Security Pros

 

[Jeffg010]

This:
oracle/sybase SQL DBA

From 1999 to now this has been hottest and most lucrative of them all. Sometimes I wish I would have gotten in this field I would have retired by now if i wanted.

 

[Texashiker]

Sounds like you need to fire your MS support..
We don't have any of those issues in any place I've ever worked.
Chevron, Exxon, GDF Suez, etc.. yes all huge corp environments with multiple Exchange clusters set up properly for load balancing.

Your talking about companies that have deep pockets to hire anyone they want and buy all the hardware they need.

While working for an ISP in Houston, I saw a single linux / sendmail server handle traffic that brought an exchange server to its knees. Exchange might have made a lot of improvements over the past few years, but I like the stability of sendmail and see no reason to change.

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Something else that is in demand, is people who can setup simple company websites and blogs. If you can install wordpress and install a custom theme then you can market yourself.

 

[wheresmybacon]

Your talking about companies that have deep pockets to hire anyone they want and buy all the hardware they need.

While working for an ISP in Houston, I saw a single linux / sendmail server handle traffic that brought an exchange server to its knees. Exchange might have made a lot of improvements over the past few years, but I like the stability of sendmail and see no reason to change.

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Something else that is in demand, is people who can setup simple company websites and blogs. If you can install wordpress and install a custom theme then you can market yourself.

I can't think of anyone in their right mind who would use Exchange for something like this. It's not what it's made for. Different tools for different jobs.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Exchange Admins

not sure if it's hot, but the more companies that move to exchange, the hotter sharepoint becomes which is good news for sharepoint devs and admins.