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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.

Most Popular and Highest Paying Skills Report:

Most popular skills with annual pay rate

Skill Category

Skill

#ofviews

Annual Pay

Database Systems

SQL

234,729

$80,524.73

Networking

Security

166,115

$88,193.40

Windows Development

C/C++

165,446

$94,174.71

Networking

WindowsNT/2000

165,255

$75,601.51

Windows Development

VisualBasic

159,758

$77,264.88

Most popular skills with contract pay rate

Skill Category

Skill

#ofviews

Contract Pay

Database Systems

SQL

61,403

$46.92

Networking

WindowsNT/2000

56,459

$33.56

Database Systems

Oracle

43,833

$49.84

E-Commerce/Internet

Java

39,762

$50.32

Networking

Engineer

38,063

$37.48

Highest paying skills based on annual pay rate

Skill Category

Skill

Annual Pay

Executive Level

Marketing/Sales

$156,944.44

Executive Level

Senior Executive

$144,431.25

Executive Level

Technology

$135,614.71

Unix

Embedded

$124,184.21

Technical Sales

Marketing Representative

$118,672.13

Highest paying skills based on contract pay rate

Skill Category

Skill

Contract Pay

Project Management

Scope Management

$75.00

Networking

Motorola

$70.00

AS/400

Synon

$67.50

Technical Sales

Marketing Representative

$65.00

Unix

Tuxedo

$65.00

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