25 Hottest Tech Skills of 2014 (That Got People Hired)

[BiG StroOnZ]

So you are looking to get a job in the industry, hopefully this list will help you get your foot in the door:

 

 

 

We analyzed the skills and experience data in over 330 million LinkedIn member profiles. If your skills fit one of the categories above, there’s a good chance you either started a new job or garnered the interest of a recruiter in the past year.

 

Source: http://blog.linkedin.com/2014/12/17/the-25-hottest-skills-that-got-people-hired-in-2014/

 

Sure this list will benefit many of you, since I'm certain most of you are trying to make a career in this industry. Also, there's a separate slideshare that lists the top tech jobs by Country.

[Akolyte]

3 and 4 are my dream jobs.  Network Administrator/manager.  Or a Cyber-security researcher (makes me so exited just typing it!)

[SparkySamZa]

3 and 4 are my dream jobs.  Network Administrator/manager.  Or a Cyber-security researcher (makes me so exited just typing it!)

3 sounds good, cause it's hardware mostly

[syntaxgeek]

As someone who does primarily number one in the IT security space, after years of application development, I will say it's crazy to see the trends change - the "big data" marketing guys are really going crazy with their CSI like screens and getting all the management fired up to spend big bucks getting analytical power in house to number crunch real-time... it'll be a fun roller coaster.

[Altecice]

3 and 4 are my dream jobs.  Network Administrator/manager.  Or a Cyber-security researcher (makes me so exited just typing it!)

 

Cyber-Security Researcher... ohh god I hope you enjoy spending weeks and weeks over code hoping to spot somebody's mistake! (I was trained as a pen tester and by god it was boring)

[RH00D]

I was expecting virtualization to be a lot higher. Virtualization is all the rage and has been really blowing up over the past few years. Microsoft Azure and Amazon EC2 being the most prominent services, and even companies internally are doing a lot of virtualization in-house with Hyper-V, VMware, etc. You'd be dumb not to utilize virtualization to some degree at this point.

 

My skills are primarily in number 4.

[Tonylu1595]

So no Aerospace engineering? Awww...

[Rodneyg87]

Im currently in college for game design and development with a minor in computer programming so i think i cover a good portion of this list with what im learning.

[Beskamir]

My skills are mainly in 17 and 24 although I guess I could do 3 as well.

[Trik'Stari]

Hell yeah, my degree program is number 4

[ionbasa]

3,11,13,22, and 25 are my forte. Luckily I'm getting a minor in Comp Sci with my major in Mechanical Engineering.

 

Honestly, I am not too surprised by the list. 95% of what was on that list is what I expected. The only things that stood out were: Economics and Shell Scripting Languages.

[felixbearpig]

So no Aerospace engineering? Awww...

that really hasn't been big in about 2 decades. I study that for 2 years at ERAU but i changed to mech engineering 

[Toddwjp]

that really hasn't been big in about 2 decades. I study that for 2 years at ERAU but i changed to mech engineering

Aerospace is still massive, and alot of the theory is transferable to other areas, especially since a large part of aerospace is now about different systems. Eg the avionics on a plane is pretty much data analysis and computer systems. Also knowing matlab makes you popular. Also all those skills in the top 25 means alot of places want them but it doesn't say anything about turn over rate af these jobs.

[ionbasa]

that really hasn't been big in about 2 decades. I study that for 2 years at ERAU but i changed to mech engineering 

Pretty much this^. Aerospace companies have been hiring more and more mechanical engineers as they diversify and need broader work done.

Mechanical engineering does have the advantage in being such a broad subject. You can find a job at a power plant, manufacturing company, modeling, petrol companies, car companies, aerospace and beyond.

 

Also, a computer science degree to tack on also helps. I have a close friend who got an internship at aerospace company that involves design and computer simulation, and he does some programming, but mostly focuses on the engineering aspect of simulation.

[felixbearpig]

Pretty much this^. Aerospace companies have been hiring more and more mechanical engineers as they diversify and need broader work done.

Mechanical engineering does have the advantage in being such a broad subject. You can find a job at a power plant, manufacturing company, modeling, petrol companies, car companies, aerospace and beyond.

 

Also, a computer science degree to tack on also helps. I have a close friend who got an internship at aerospace company that involves design and computer simulation, and he does some programming, but mostly focuses on the engineering aspect of simulation.

yes, right now my major is engineering tech, which is 75% mech engineering and 25% helo operation and security

 

diversity is the key to be seen as a good asset to the company

 

 

[ShadowCaptain]

I have none of those skills

 

or .. 

 

well any skills really

[mr moose]

No Surprise to see statistical analysis in there.  Is this list in any order?

[razor767]

17 is my dream job.

[zanduh]

Can confirm. When I updated my resume with data analysis/data intelligence experience I had a ton of emails and calls from placement firms.

[Extingquish]

I really like the sound of 9, 17 and 22

[Notional]

Useless list. Pretty much all of those are individual educations.

[Wauthar]

Here I am, waiting for a response for my internship application at an online marketing firm

Good to see this list exists.

[Umair]

Combination of 1, 11, 18.

[Ishenferi]

I went to college for anthropology...

I can't even guess what most of this is.