Strike while it’s hot: Create your own cloud career opportunities

December 19, 2014 Off By David

Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: David Linthicum.

According to Wanted Analytics, there are 3.9 million jobs in the United States affiliated with cloud computing today, with 384,478 in IT alone. The median salary for IT professionals with cloud computing experience is $90,950. Globally, there are 18,239,258 cloud computing jobs, says Wanted Analytics, with the plurality in China (40.8 percent).

The growth in the United States has been fueled largely by enterprises seeking cloud talent to get their migration projects on track. Both cloud architects and developers seem to be in high demand. How do you cash in? First, always look at new and emerging trends, such as cloud, big data, and the Internet of things…

These surges create new demand for skills. In the case of cloud, the technology is cloudy (sorry, I could not resist). "Cloud" means so many things to so many people, and it’s becoming systemic to most technologies. Thus, it has both legitimate and illegitimate meanings…

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