The Daily Beast's Clark Merrefield highlights the top 10 information technology jobs that will be the most in-demand through 2016. Despite the grim outlook for jobs in the recovering economy, Merrefield notes, IT jobs remain the silver lining, with the number of openings and wages up for cutting-edge jobs like network architects, system software designers and data engineers.
Finishing out the top 10 list are network administrators, database managers, apps designers, avionics specialists, tech support specialists, technology theorists and computer programmers. The majority of the top 10 IT jobs are located in eastern states, particularly Virginia, and carry median annual salaries ranging from $45,000 to more than $100,000.
How do your skills and salary stack up?
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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