2017 IT Salary Survey results

2017 IT Salary Survey results

Application development, security, data and analytics, and cloud computing skills are in particularly high demand this year and are among the best paying specialties in IT. Fortunately, those four areas represent a broad array of opportunities for IT professionals looking to advance their careers and boost their paychecks. We explore how each field is shaping up in the job market, looking at the hottest skills and emerging subspecialties, as well as some interesting crossover roles that require expertise in more than one of the four main disciplines.

Information technology field are required to maintain the computers, network servers and phone technology in business settings. They often work daily with the hardware, repairing or replacing defective equipment. They may be required to install new or upgraded software and conduct testing on new or current software. IT support technicians may be responsible for diagnosing problems in computer hardware and may be called upon to troubleshoot problems for users, and may work in a help desk or on-call position. IT support technicians often must verify that needed upgrades are installed on systems and may need to conduct periodic inventory of the computers used in a business. They may collect outdated equipment for recycling or disposal and will usually be the people responsible for installing new computers and attaching peripheral equipment such as printers. Occasionally, IT support technicians may be required to instruct new users on software or hardware, especially when major upgrades are made.