Top Tech Skills (Even in a Recession)

(From PC World) Pay for noncertified and certified skills continues to dip slightly as the recession wears on, but second quarter research from Foote Partners shows certain high-tech know-how yielded compensation increases.

Foote Partners, which tracks pay premiums for hundreds of IT skills,

this week released its most recent findings that show pay for

noncertified and certified skills at nearly 2,000 U.S. and Canadian

employers declined an average of 0.6% and 1.5%, respectively. The firm

attributes the decline in pay for some 46 IT skills to the continued economic pressure.

"There

is no sugar-coating this dreary economy and its impact on commerce,"

said David Foote, co-founder, CEO and chief research officer at Foote Partners, in the firm's recently released research.

Yet the research also revealed some skills that continue to see pay increases despite the downturn. Foote says that 28 IT skills and certifications saw increases in value over the time period. (See "How to Map Where IT Jobs Are -- Literally")

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