Mar 10, 2013

Top 20 Tech Skills That Will Instantly Get You Big Salary

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With the right tech skills you can command a hefty salary. Every counselor will tell you that the most important thing in the corporate world today is to know the value of your skills in the market. Armed with that knowledge you can walk into any interview and state your worth and watch silently while the interviewer cringes in agony.

Here is a list of 20 High paying skills:


#20 SaaS

Value in the Market - $101,000




Software as a Service, sometimes referred to as “on-demand software” is a delivery system where enterprises do not have to buy the software permanently, instead, the it  can be leased or subscribed to for a sum and users can access it using a browser. Salesforce.com, founded by Marc Benioff, is the classic example of SaaS.

IT experts who are experienced enough to manage SaaS and security issues are in high demand.


#19 Change Management
Value in the Market - $101,000





A Greek philosopher named Heraclitus said “The only constant is change.”

It would appear that the statement holds true not only in philosophy but also in technology. From this theory stems a discipline called ‘Change Management.’

Change managers handle everything from Mission changes, Strategic changes, Operational changes, Technological changes, Changing the attitudes and behaviors of personnel. Change managers assess the current situation and provide an estimate of how change can affect the organization or team.


#18 Windows Azure

Value in the Market - $101,000



Windows Azure is a cloud computing platform used to build, deploy and manage applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters. With windows azure you can build applications using programming languages, tools or frameworks and it is even possible for developers to integrate public cloud applications in their existing IT environment.


Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's Vice President for Windows Azure, has been convincing the company's loyal following of Windows programmers to toss their apps onto its cloud and to his delight, interest in Azure is growing.
If you hold experience in Azure, then $101,000 is your reason not to shy out from mentioning it.

#17 Business Intelligence

Value in the Market - $102,000


This comprises of a whole set of methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information. Intelligence technologies in business provide historical, current and predictive views of business operations. It is the role of a soothsayer in a tech world – the only difference being this is based on proof.
Adding the term Business Intelligence to your name gives you a mystic air and a hefty pay.



#16 Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Value in the Market - $102,000



Undeniably, software is really complicated, not for the developers but for the rest of the teams involved in the whole process. Therefore, the task falls to a specific individual or team to simplify the technical jargon for the technical writer, marketing team, analyst and everyone else attached to the program.

The UML team converts the intricate workings and functions of the software into visual representations in form of charts or diagrams which can be universally understood without any complications.Such a background which integrates programming language with easy to understand representations of said data is highly valued in the market.

#15 SOX

Value in the Market -$102,000


Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 is a law which regulates how a company discloses its financial information.

As a result of SOX, top management must now individually certify the accuracy of financial information. In addition, penalties for fraudulent financial activity are much more severe. Also, SOX increased the independence of the outside auditors who review the accuracy of corporate financial statements, and increased the oversight role of boards of directors. Due to SOX an IT management category was born called, compliance. This division not only takes care of SOX but it also covers healthcare and financial regulations.



#14 Waterfall Model


Value in the Market - $103,000

 


The waterfall model is a way of designing software. This model ensures that every step or process goes according to plan and progress is seen as flowing steadily downwards (like a waterfall) through the phases of conception, initiation, analysis, design, construction, testing, production/implementation, and maintenance.

This is a vintage model and it is also considered as a classic model for development which tracks the time and place of every stage to certify that every step takes the appropriate amount of time and therefore hassles and errors are minimized.


#13 Fortran

Value in the Market - $103,000







Fortran is a programming language designed for scientific and engineering applications. Fortran dominated this area ever since its initiation and has been doing so for over a century. It is one of the most popular programming languages in the area of high-performance computing and is the language used for programs that benchmark and ranks the world's fastest supercomputers.

Wipro and Infosys are reportedly trying to build supercomputers for the scientific community. That bit of information should give you a hint of how much this knowledge is worth.


#12 Lean

Value in the Market - $103,000






Lean manufacturing is the philosophy of eliminating waste. By doing so the costs of manufacturing is dramatically reduced and both the company and the environment benefits from it. Lean Enterprises is on the buzz today. It began as a way to reduce costs in manufacturing but it has since been adapted to everything, including something called lean software development.

Lean software development is nothing but the application of the principles of Lean manufacturing to software development. Its principles can be categorized under seven headers: eliminate waste, amplify learning, decide as late as possible, deliver as fast as possible, empower the team, build integrity, see the whole (picture).


#11 CMMI

Value in the Market - $104,000







Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) is a process improvement approach. CMMI can be used to guide process improvement across a project, division, or an entire organization. Processes are rated according to their maturity levels, which are defined as initial, repeatable, defined, quantitatively managed, optimizing. It helps companies predict costs, create schedules, and ensure quality.








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