A new study shows that pay for IT skills fell by 0.5% overall during the first three months of this year, but also that some 46 skills rose in value.
Under noncertified skills, Linux pay grew the fastest, jumping 28.6%, according to the survey by Foote Partners, a Vero Beach, Florida, consulting and research firm that tracks IT skills pay. It was followed by Apache Web server (25%); Sybase Adaptive Server (25%) and Java J2EE/SE/ME (20%).
Meanwhile, pay for PowerBuilder skills saw the biggest decline, falling 50%. AIX, C++, CGI and dBase/XBase pay all dropped 25% in Q1, according to the study.
HP/Certified Systems Engineer topped the list for certified IT skills pay growth, with a 14.3% increase in the past three months. Next strongest were Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform (13.5%), HP/Accredited Integration Specialist (12.5%), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (12.5%) and EC-Council/Certified Hacking Forensics Investigator (12.5%).
Prosoft Master CIW Administrator pay dropped the most of all certified skills in the first quarter, falling 25%, as did Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer+Internet. Microsoft Certified IT professional (-20%), Novell/Certified Internet Professional (-20%) and Novell Certified Instructor (-16.7%) rounded out the top five highest drops.
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