2007 Report on U.S. Contract Workforce

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2007 IT Contr act Workorc e Report A review o the IT sk ills currently in highest demand in the US Published March 2007 by HotGigs, Inc.

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2007 IT Contract Workorce ReportA review o the IT skills currently in highest demand in the USPublished March 2007 by HotGigs, Inc.

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How This Report Was Compiled This 2007 IT Contract Workorce Report represents a snapshot in time o demand or IT talent in the

US and Canada. It is based on close to 2 million searches or specic skills conducted via the HotGigs

Stang Exchange. The data was collected in Q4 o 2006.

 The HotGigs Stang Exchange is an online marketplace or buying and selling stang services that

streamlines the oten cumbersome process o nding and hiring consultants and contractors rom the

highly ragmented network o rms and agencies nationally. Companies and stang rms in need

o resources (either contract or perm placement) can conduct searches on the HotGigs Exchange or

needed skill sets. Search results show listings o available consultant proles with matching skills.

Searches can be rened to ocus in on particular skills or geographies.

 The results contained in this report were compiled based on the highest volume searches on the

HotGigs Exchange in 20 categories, including specic IT skills, technologies and sotware packages. In

each category, search results are presented in descending order accompanied by a summary o keytrends highlighted by the ndings.

 This report ocuses exclusively on IT skills, as a signicant segment o the contractors proled on the

HotGigs Exchange are in the IT eld, and the highest volume o searches is presently concentrated in

this area. Future reports will break out contractor searches in categories such as business consulting,

marketing and sales, health care, and administration, as well as specic geographies.

Hiring companies can use this data to inorm their workorce planning and to understand demand

curves or mission-critical skill sets.

Stang and consulting frms can assess present needs by comparing the data and trends in thisreport with the requirements and skill requests they are responding to in their own active markets, as

well as identiying which skills they might specialize in going orward.

Independent consultants can benet rom a review o high-demand skills as a springboard or career

planning and proessional development.

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Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 The 2007 IT Contract Workorce Report shows an improving

economy or IT contractors and consultants.

Based on nearly 2 million searches conducted on the HotGigs

Stang Exchange or IT contract resources during the ourth quarter

o 2006, this report reveals the key IT skills that are being sought

in the marketplace. The ndings and trends presented here can

help companies and stang rms ocus their eorts on recruiting

and retaining key contract resources based on demand in the

marketplace.

Key trends:ERP and packaged sotware systems are in top demand as

companies ocus on implementing and enhancing their ERPsystems. SAP leads the category, ollowed by Oracle and Peoplesot

as highest demand packages, and billable rates can be in the mid

hundreds per hour.

Web development is the second highest demand area as

backlogged projects move into the development phase. ASP.Net,

Javascript, HTML, and PHP skills are in greatest demand with strong

growth or AJAX developers.

Project management ell to third position during 2006. Demand

remains strong or PMs, and larger/longer projects are still the

highest need area.

Database development needs surged in 2006, with searches or SQL

server developers exceeding those or Oracle developers.

Analysis and design skills moved up signicantly in 2006 passing

networking and client server development. Top skills desired were

business requirements gathering, systems design and process

fow mapping.

Client server developers remained in high demand, with .NET and

J2EE in highest demand, ollowed closely by SQL and PL/SQL skills.

Networking needs changed, with top demand going to skilled

Cisco network technicians, along with LAN setup/support, Active

Directory, and a strong need or network architects.

IT management remains strong with highest demand coming rom

smaller to mid-sized companies. Skills in business integration and

application development also topped the list in 2006.

Category Searches

 The above statistics represent searches done on HotGigs.com

within October, November and December o 2006

Highest Contract Talent Demand Areas

ERP and packaged sotware

Developers – web

Project management

Data development

Analysis and design

Developers – client server

Networking

IT management

Hardware/OS/Sys Admin

Data administration

QA and Testing

Developers – PC and desktop

Help desk and support

Architecture

Certications

Developers – mainrame

 Telecommunication

Industries and apps

Security

Developers – mid-range

API’s – standards and methods

 Technical writing

Support

 Tech trainers

Auditing

Development tools

Groupware

Product management

Developers – wireless

Web analytics

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236,389

193,270

177,818

158,745

116,733

108,288

104,448

103,368

92,175

86,282

84,254

83,137

59,234

58,597

55,501

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45,903

38,236

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1. ERP and Packaged Sotware

SAP related searches were double

those or any other ERP system. Skills

in BW, ABAP, and Basis were mostsought.

Top Markets: 

- New Jersey

- San Francisco, CA

- Atlanta, GA

- Philadelphia, PA

Skill Areas Searches

SAP Related Skills

SAP

SAP BW

ABAP

SAP Basis

SAP CRM

SAP R3

SAP ERP

SAP Financials

21,065

10,085

10,018

8,066

6,799

6,648

6,100

5,517

Skill Areas Searches

Oracle Applications Skills

Oracle 11i

Oracle Financials

Oracle HRMS

Oracle CRM

Oracle SQL Plus

Oracle Manuacturing

9,377

5,847

2,553

2,496

1,996

1,883

Skill Areas Searches

PeopleSot Skills

PeopleSot

PeopleSot Financials

PeopleSot HRMS

PeopleSot CRM

12,963

5,424

5,276

3,597

Oracle skills with 11i topped the required

skills list including business analysts and

integration developers.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- Atlanta, GA

- Tampa, FL

- Chicago, IL

- New Jersey

• PeopleSot skills also remain in high

demand in the wake o its acquisition

by Oracle.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- Austin, TX

- Chicago, IL

- Atlanta, GA

- Minneapolis, MN

- Tampa, FL

- New Jersey

2. Web Development

ASP.NET leads the web development category refecting increasing adoption

o the .NET platorm by new companies.

JavaScript and HTML, basic components o nearly all web oriented

development eorts, were highly sought.

PHP is growing in demand with many companies using this or small,

medium, and even large scale development areas.

ASP needs leaped higher in 2006 compared with search volume in 2005.

XML skills remained strong and growing based on searches in 2006.CSS searches also jumped higher in 2006 as companies incorporate

this technology.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- Austin, TX

- Tampa, FL

- New York, NY

- Atlanta, GA

- Chicago, IL

Skill Areas Searches

Web Development

ASP.NET

JavaScript

HTML

PHP

ASP

XML

AJAX

CSS

JSP

Dreamweaver

Flash

ColdFusion

EJB

JavaBeans

25,968

14,205

12,382

11,627

9,750

9,562

8,527

7,998

7,392

6,665

6,580

6,135

5,021

4,742

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3. Project Management

Demand or project managers increased over the previous year.

Program Management leaped ahead in 2006, as more companies

began increasing their ocus on tracking program activity.

Searches or PMs with experience leading large teams were slightly

higher than or those leading medium sized teams. Medium term

projects (3-12 months) beat out longer term projects (12+ months)as development cycles have become more compressed.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- Minneapolis, MN

- Chicago, IL

- Austin, TX

- Tampa, FL

- Boston, MA

- Atlanta, GA

- New York, NY

Skill Areas Searches

Project Management

Project manager

Program management

Lead large teams (15+)

Microsot Project

Lead medium teams (5-15)

Inrastructure project management

PMO

Project management lie cycle

Length-medium term (3-12mos)

Project change management

Length-long term (12+mos)

Project scheduling

Lead small teams (1-5)

Project portolio management

Project risk management

41,747

15,908

12,763

11,683

11,576

11,000

9,998

9,885

6,483

6,355

5,980

5,325

5,048

4,156

3,766

Key trends:

4. Data Development

SQL Server skills leaped ahead o Oracle in 2006 with more

companies doing aster and medium sized development projects.

Oracle data development skills remained in demand and grew

gradually in 2006.

Data modeling and data warehousing consultant demand

continues to grow.

Top Markets: 

- Austin, TX- Atlanta, GA

- Minneapolis, MN

- San Francisco, CA

- New Jersey

- New York, NY

- Chicago, IL

Key trends:

Skill Areas Searches

Data Development

SQL Server

Oracle

Data warehousing

Access

Crystal Reports

Inormatica

Cognos

Data modeling

ETL

 Transact SQL

20,371

16,232

14,570

9,777

9,647

7,066

6,919

6,813

5,180

5,082

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6. Client Server Development

.NET skills grew rapidly in 2006, and is the strongest desired skill

in the client server development category as more companies

continue to adopt the Microsot .NET ramework.

J2EE skills remained in very high demand and will continue to

grow as more Java based applications are being developed.

SQL and PL/SQL skills were highly sought or applications

requiring database interaces.

Development platorms such as Visual Studio.NET and Websphere

are also seeing growing demand.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- New York, NY

- Minneapolis, MN

- New Jersey

- Philadelphia, PA

- Atlanta, GA

- Richmond, VA

- Chicago, IL

Key trends:

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5. Analysis and Design

Business analysts were in highest demand as they are requently

critical to project success. This is a key skill to almost any unction

in the development or project management area.

Business requirements and systems analysis were also highly

sought skills in 2006, and again were typically bundled with a

specic technology or industry application in mind.Process fows, object oriented design and design specications

skills were also in high demand.

Business architecture skills grew sharply in 2006 also, with more

companies trying to tie their technical business requirements into

how their business operates.

Top Markets: 

- Minneapolis, MN

- San Francisco, CA

- New Jersey

- Richmond, VA

- New York, NY- Tampa, FL

Skill Areas Searches

Analysis and Design

Business analyst

Business requirements

Systems analysis

Functional design documents

Process fows

Object Oriented

Visio

Design specications

Business architecture

GUI design

Use case scenarios

Business case

OOAD

 Technical specs

Flowcharting

32,537

13,810

12,780

5,661

5,660

5,419

5,355

4,973

3,749

3,619

3,356

3,315

3,275

3,183

1,940

Key trends:

Skill Areas Searches

Client Server Development

.NET

J2EE

SQL

PL/SQL

Visual Studio.NET

Websphere

PowerBuilder

Perl

J2SE

MQ Series

27,212

20,583

14,229

9,309

7,889

5,748

3,873

3,780

2,441

1,809

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7. Networking

Cisco engineers raced to the top o the needs list in 2006,

as companies continue to invest in WAN, wireless, and VOIP

technologies.

LAN setup/support skills remained in strong demand across

the US.

Active Directory skills also leaped ahead as more companiescontinued to integrate and update their Microsot networks.

Network architects also increased sharply in 2006 as companies

reviewed and updated their overall networking strategies.

Top Markets: 

- New York, NY

- Atlanta, GA

- San Francisco, CA

- Chicago, IL

- Austin, TX

- New Jersey

- Charlotte, NC- Seattle, WA

Skill Areas Searches

Networking

Cisco

LAN setup/support

Active Directory

Network architecture

 TCP/IP

Windows XP

Wireless network 

Network security

Desktop support

Hub/Router setup/support

Exchange Server

Windows 2000

WAN

Firewalls

9,233

6,121

5,680

4,657

4,406

4,314

4,033

3,909

3,590

2,857

2,790

2,691

2,639

2,393

Key trends:

8. IT Management

Manager o IT was the most highly sought skill in this category. This

role is typically needed by medium to mid-market and emerging

growth companies seeking to get a handle on their IT team growth.

IT business integration skills were hot as companies who have

merged or acquired other companies/divisions are seeking managers

to oversee integration projects.

Applications development managers were also in demand as

companies sought leadership to ensure on-time/on-budget delivery

o applications.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- Austin, TX

- Chicago, IL

- New York, NY

- Tampa, FL

- Atlanta, GA

Key trends:Skill Areas Searches

IT Management

Manager o IT

IT business integration

Application development manager

IT strategic planning

Interim CIO/CTO

IT process reengineering

Development manager

 Tech support manager

Enterprise architecture

Enterprise management

Network systems manager

Database systems manager

Enterprise business intelligence

Business continuity planning

14,507

9,893

9,126

8,642

7,588

6,271

5,610

5,280

4,768

4,580

4,336

4,147

3,408

3,342

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10. Data Administration

SQL server DBAs were in higher demand than Oracle DBAs. The

two platorms traded places in 2006 relevant to 2005.

Mainrame DB2 (UDB) DBAs were also suprisingly in strong

demand through 2006.

Perormance tuning was the strongest sot-skill required over

developing stored procedures, data backup, and physical or

logical database design.

Top Markets: 

- New Jersey

- San Francisco, CA

- Richmond, VA

- Baltimore, MD

- Austin, TX

- Cincinnati, OH

- Chicago, IL

- New York, NY

Key trends:

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9. Systems Administration

Windows 2003 Server skills were the top required skills in the

systems administration area.

Unix searches outpaced Linux searches in 2006, a reversal

rom 2005.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- New York, NY

- Tampa, FL

- Atlanta, GA

- Minneapolis, MN

- New Jersey

- Chicago, IL

- Richmond, VA

- Indianapolis, IN

Skill Areas Searches

Systems Administration

Windows 2003 Server

Systems administrator

UNIX

Linux

PC installation

Windows 2000 Server

Disaster recovery

Solaris

AIX

AS400

Citrix

Windows 2003

SAN

Macintosh

7,103

6,749

5,993

4,001

3,958

3,654

3,313

2,529

2,458

2,173

2,133

1,860

1,731

1,441

Key trends:

Skill Areas Searches

Data Administration

SQL Server DBA

Oracle DBA

Perormance tuning

DB2 DBA

Stored procedures

Data backup

Physical database design

Logical database design

DTS

Sybase DBA

Data recovery

Database capacity planning

Replication

Data security

16,870

16,545

5,764

5,346

5,303

3,815

3,452

3,430

2,615

2,599

2,595

2,475

2,345

2,269

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11. Quality Assurance and Testing

LoadRunner tops the list o technology skills required in QA

and testing areas.

Acceptance testing and developing QA concepts and standards

were also in very high demand.

Integration testing skills were sought ater as company mergers

required systems to talk to each other.

Mercury Quality Center and WinRunner were also highly desired

technologies in the QA area.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- Atlanta, GA

- Chicago, IL

- Baltimore, MD

- New Jersey

- New York, NY- Richmond, VA

- Detroit, MI

Skill Areas Searches

Quality Assurance and Testing

LoadRunner

Acceptance testing

QA concepts and standards

Integration testing

Mercury Quality Center

WinRunner

 Test director

Quick Test Pro

Regression testing

 Test case design

Bug tracking and reporting

 Test scripts

 Test planning

System and unit testing

5,842

5,043

4,938

4,603

4,304

4,131

4,108

4,105

3,518

3,378

3,372

3,284

3,254

2,862

Key trends:

12. PC and Desktop Development

Java held its position as the highest mainstream development skill

in the market.

C# skills were also in very high demand in 2006 and have quickly

become a mainstream skill or developers.

C++ developer skills remain strongly desired.

VB.NET, Visual Basic and VBA were also highly desired contract skills.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- New Jersey

- Austin, TX

- Minneapolis, MN

- New York, NY

- Charlotte, NC

- Cincinnati, OH

- Boston, MA

- Chicago, IL

Key trends:Skill Areas Searches

PC and Desktop Development

Java

C#

C++

VB.NET

Visual Basic

VBA

C Language

Visual C++

Delphi

OOP

MFC

Swing

ActiveX

PocketPC

17,262

15,170

9,709

9,253

8,716

3,301

3,216

3,080

1,876

1,688

1,642

1,123

1,035

735

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14. Architecture

Application architecture was the highest demand skill in the

architecture category.

Database architects were also in high demand to ensure the

database systems support both application and business

intelligence needs.

Systems architects, and SOAP skills are growing areas in the

architecture category.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- Chicago, IL

- Minneapolis, MN

- New Jersey

- Boston, MA

- New York, NY

- Philadelphia, PA

- Charlotte, NC

- Atlanta, GA

Key trends:

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13. Help Desk and Support

Desktop support was the most searched skill in the help

desk category.

 Technical support, and help desk representatives were also in very

strong demand, along with troubleshooting and applicant support.

Help desk managers were highly sought as consultants

and contractors.

Top Markets: 

- New York, NY

- San Francisco, CA

- Chicago, IL

- Austin, TX

- Detroit, MI

- Minneapolis, MN

- Atlanta, GA

- Richmond, VA

- Charlotte, NC

Key trends:

Skill Areas Searches

Architecture

Application architecture

Database architect

Systems architect

Service oriented architecture

Inormation architect

Enterprise data architecture

UML

Rational Rose

15,497

10,199

8,338

6,426

6,411

6,277

2,790

1,398

Skill Areas Searches

Help Desk and Support

Desktop support

 Technical support

Help desk 

Customer support

 Troubleshooting

Application support

Help desk management

Problem tracking and resolution

Problem analysis

Internal support

External support

Handheld/PDA-support

Website monitoring

10,094

9,728

7,031

6,258

5,609

5,483

3,589

3,394

2,307

1,628

864

798

705

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15. Certifcations

PMP certied proessionals (project managers) leaped to the top o 

the list or certied proessionals in 2006.

CCNA (Cisco) certied proessionals were second highest in

demand. Cisco’s CCNP and CCIE certications were among the top

ten searches in this category.

A+ certication was consistently sought.

MCSE (Microsot networking) was also a steadily growing skill

requirement.

Top Markets: 

- Chicago, IL

- Austin, TX

- Denver, CO

- San Francisco, CA

- New York, NY

- Atlanta, GA- Richmond, VA

- Cincinnati, OH

- Philadelphia, PA

Skill Areas Searches

Certifcations

PMP

CCNA

A+ Certied

MCSE

CISSP

MCP

CCNP

Network+

CCIE

MCSE 2003

5,915

4,854

4,422

3,286

2,997

2,416

2,353

2,313

1,793

1,560

Key trends:

16. Mainrame Development

COBOL continued to be a highly sought contract skill in the Mainframecategory, with surprisingly high demand in 2006.

CL (operators) skills were also in demand in 2006.

CICS skills were also strong in combination with COBOL skills.

SAS skills remained very much in demand in 2006.

Top Markets: - San Francisco, CA - Minneapolis, MN- New Jersey- Boston, MA - Atlanta, GA - Tampa, FL- New York, NY 

Key trends:

Skill Areas Searches

Mainrame Development

COBOL

Mainrame

JCL

CICS

SAS

Easytrieve

Microocus COBOL

Basic assembly language

PL/1

Focus 4GL

11,275

8,826

6,996

5,846

3,943

2,390

2,191

1,219

1,215

618

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18. Industries and Applications

CRM skills were the highest demand application

development area.

ERP skills were close behind as companies continue to implement

their ERP systems.

 Telecommunications industry background was the most prevalent

industry experience sought, ollowed closely by healthcare.

Business intelligence and supply chain skills were also

very strong.

Top Markets: 

- Varied by skill areas

Key trends:

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17. Telecommunications

VOIP skills tops the list o searches with many companies pursuing

this platorm or their primary phone applications, call centers, and

enterprise telecom strategies.

 Telephony development skills were also very strong and in demand

as companies brought more applications and intelligence into their

VOIP systems.

Avaya and Nortel phone systems were the phone systems most

oten searched.

Top Markets: 

- New Jersey

- Tampa, FL

- Austin, TX

- Atlanta, GA

- Richmond, VA

- Chicago, IL

- Philadelphia, PA- Toronto, Ontario

- San Francisco, CA

Key trends:

Skill Areas Searches

Telecomminications

VOIP

 Telephony

Avaya

Nortel

PBX

Fiber Optic

 Telephone switching

Cisco ICM

IVR

Genesys

 T1/T3

CDMA

ACD

SONET

5,638

4,455

2,932

2,338

2,305

2,275

1,807

1,746

1,729

1,504

1,417

1,218

1,162

1,118

Skill Areas Searches

Industries and Applications

CRM

ERP

 Telecommunications

Healthcare

Business intelligence

Supply chain

Manuacturing

Financial services

Content management

Government

Ecommerce

Accounting systems

SCM

Banking systems

2,732

2,535

2,430

2,357

2,049

1,660

1,549

1,291

1,028

1,022

955

895

895

891

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19. Security

Enterprise security skills were among the highest desired skills

in 2006. Consultants capable o perorming a comprehensive

vulnerability assessment and audit or companies were in demand.

Security policy and procedures development skills also grew

strongly in 2006.

Security architecture and vulnerability assessment skills were on a

growth curve along with system security and security auditing.

Top Markets: 

- San Francisco, CA

- Austin, TX

- Chicago, IL

- Atlanta, GA

- Richmond, VA

- Philadelphia, PA

- New York, NY

- Tampa, FL- Charlotte, NC

Key trends:

20. Midrange Developers

RPG and RPG ILE were the top mid-range programming languages

sought.

 The iSeries platorm was in greatest demand rom a

hardware perspective.

Top Markets: 

- Philadelphia, PA

- New Jersey

- Chicago, IL

- Minneapolis, MN

- Tampa, FL

- South Carolina

- Richmond, VA

- Charlotte, NC

- Cincinnati, OH

Key trends:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Skill Areas Searches

Security

Enterprise security

Security policy and procedures

Security architecture

Vulnerability assessment

System security

Security auditing

Security inrastructure

Application security

Intrusion detection

Identity management

Data security

Firewall strategy

Security testing

Access control

2,315

1,962

1,944

1,806

1,765

1,690

1,664

1,626

1,403

1,385

1,203

1,142

1,090

1,002

Skill Areas Searches

Midrange Developers

RPG

RPG ILE

iSeries

RPG 400

RPGLE

DB2 400

Query/400

CL

RPG III

Synon

Cobol 400

CLP

DDS

SDA

2,893

2,478

2,347

1,864

1,683

1,540

1,402

1,311

1,208

1,203

950

876

870

866

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