I’ve tuned into a System Center Influencers webcast (I’ll only see the first 15 minutes). One of the slides says that demand for IT Pro specialists will plummet by 40% in 2010. Wow! IT Pro’s will need to have more varied skills in the future – according to the MS presenter, Bill Anderson. So if you are “just” an AD pro, or “just” a software packing person, you need to start varying your skills now.
Yep I am seeing it now in my interviews. They want AD, GP, Cisco, SCCM, WDS, PMP and a lot of them also require UNIX and Linux. I thought it was the standard HR laundry list type of request but upon interviewing I am finding that they are serious… The pay for these positions does NOT reflect the skill set either.