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As a technology leader , you oversee the driving force for business success . No matter the industry , size or geography , companies separate from the pack by the strength of their technology . According to a 2020 Brandon Hall Group survey titled , L & D and the Impact of COVID-19 , commissioned by Skillsoft , 45 % of organizations are planning to increase tech investment to prepare for the future .
The problem is that technology is constantly changing . Keeping up is hard enough but staying ahead can be impossible – particularly in areas of technology your organization has not yet deployed . As a result of this rapid pace of change , skills are in high demand , but supply is low – exacerbating an already widening skills gap . This is particularly true for the tech capabilities that your company will need to grow and compete in the future .
• Programming languages like Python
• Data analytics
• Data security fundamentals
• Agile methodologies
• DevOps and SecOps
• Cloud fundamentals
More than 50 % of the data courses hours consumed in APAC are focused on data literacy concepts . Course completions :
Rosie Cairnes , VP for APAC at Skillsoft
As hiring new talent becomes increasingly impractical , organizations need to make the shift to upskilling and developing talent from within .
Following a year that brought a global pandemic , economic disaster for many and a rapidly shifting technology landscape , what are the critical capabilities needed to weather the storm and the skills needed to put organizations ahead in 2021 and beyond ?
Skills in demand
Skillsoft ’ s report has captured the collective technology learning needs of five million learners from the technology and developer industry . Using consumption and search patterns from these users across five areas – software craft , programming , data , security and cloud – the report highlights resulting trends and recommends corresponding skills to develop . 2021 ’ s most in-demand tech skills include :
• Software Craft ( fundamentally DevOps ) 24.50 %
• Data 22.72 %
• Infrastructure 18.60 %
• Cloud 13.73 %
• Security 13.25 %
• Programming 7.20 %
Developing internal skills
According to new research from Elmo Software , it takes 33 days and costs on average AU $ 10,500 – and more than twice as much for a C-level executive – to fill a vacant position . As hiring new talent becomes increasingly impractical , organizations need to make the shift to upskilling and developing talent from within . As workforces transitioned to operating remotely ,
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