Most Popular & Highest Paying Skills
March 6, 2003
Below is a chart of the Most Popular and Highest paying skills. Statsitics were compiled and provided by Computerjobs.com.
As you think about your skills, it is nice to have a point of reference. It is also good information if you are considering taking courses to upgrade your skills.
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Most Popular and Highest Paying Skills Report:
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Most popular skills with annual pay rate
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Skill Category
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Skill
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#ofviews
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Annual Pay
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Database Systems
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SQL
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234,729
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$80,524.73
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Networking
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Security
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166,115
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$88,193.40
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Windows Development
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C/C++
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165,446
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$94,174.71
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Networking
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WindowsNT/2000
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165,255
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$75,601.51
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Windows Development
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VisualBasic
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159,758
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$77,264.88
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Most popular skills with contract pay rate
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Skill Category
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Skill
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#ofviews
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Contract Pay
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Database Systems
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SQL
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61,403
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$46.92
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Networking
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WindowsNT/2000
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56,459
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$33.56
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Database Systems
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Oracle
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43,833
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$49.84
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E-Commerce/Internet
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Java
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39,762
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$50.32
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Networking
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Engineer
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38,063
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$37.48
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Highest paying skills based on annual pay rate
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Skill Category
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Skill
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Annual Pay
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Executive Level
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Marketing/Sales
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$156,944.44
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Executive Level
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Senior Executive
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$144,431.25
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Executive Level
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Technology
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$135,614.71
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Unix
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Embedded
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$124,184.21
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Technical Sales
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Marketing Representative
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$118,672.13
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Highest paying skills based on contract pay rate
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Skill Category
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Skill
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Contract Pay
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Project Management
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Scope Management
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$75.00
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Networking
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Motorola
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$70.00
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AS/400
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Synon
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$67.50
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Technical Sales
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Marketing Representative
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$65.00
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Unix
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Tuxedo
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$65.00
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- Carrie Baggs
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