A recent study by a leading technology recruiter has found IT directors to believe that cloud computing courses are the best route to career advancement.
As a sign of the rapidly evolving role of technology in businesses across the UK, cloud computing courses have now surpassed in demand IT skills such as project management and security as the most rapid route to career advancement for IT professionals.
The research, conducted by a specialist IT recruiter, has found that 39 per cent of IT directors and chief information officers rate cloud knowledge as the most valuable skill in terms of career development. This was followed by information security (37 per cent), project management (33 per cent), virtualisation (29 per cent), network administration and engineering (27 per cent) and database management (24 per cent).
Much of the reason for this increase is the widespread adoption of cloud computing solutions by businesses across the UK. With this has come an increase in demand for cloud computing experts, with 41 per cent of the IT directors canvassed currently looking to employ additional staff with cloud skills.
There is no sign of an abatement in this trend, with forecasts predicting an annual increase of 26 per cent in the demand for cloud savvy professionals to fill an estimated seven million cloud vacancies worldwide by 2015. With such growth predicted, IT professionals and students are being urged to stay ahead of the curve by enrolling on cloud computing courses sooner rather than later.
According to the latest figures, 41 per cent of IT directors have cloud computing initiatives which are fully staffed, whilst 18 per cent admitted to having no initiative in place, yet. The implication being, that 82 percent of companies will at some point introduce a cloud working project.
With so many companies clearly planning to hire staff with cloud computing expertise in the future, now is a great time to focus on the development of cloud skills by enrolling on cloud computing courses.
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