But while the paychecks for workers with hot skills are getting fatter, the Hewitt study found they're doing so at a slower rate than in past years. In all, Hewitt surveyed 216 large companies, compiling data from 38,465 IT employees. The highest-paid specialties, according to Hewitt, are network engineering and data visualization. Tomorrow's hot skills, Hewitt reports, are Web content development and Web design and development. N.J. Rankis says one of the problems with the survey is not describing the types of companies and their size.
Location is also important.
Companies want more bang for their buck. It's a whole new technology game. Also not to be ignored are the jobs in the still-emerging wireless and speech technology industries. The innovators in both sectors can practically name their prices. The message is don't take surveys as gospel.