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A visitor tries out a tablet computer next to a cloud computing and technology symbol at the Deutsche Telekom stand at the 2013 CeBIT technology trade fair on March 5, 2013 in Hanover, Germany.
Cloud services are swiftly taking over the enterprise computing market, with everyone from Netflix to American Airlines signing up in the hopes that the cloud will keep things from crumbling to pieces.While enterprises are eager to make the switch, many companies are running into a big, big problem: There aren't enough people who know how to work with cloud services for the amount of work that needs to be done. Jobs are going unfilled and salaries for trained workers are jumping.
"The demand for people way outweighs the supply," said David Linthicum, the SVP of Cloud Technology Partners, who consults on such matters. "It's very similar to when the internet exploded in the late nineties. We're seeing the same patterns in the cloud."
With so many job openings, Linthicum said, the time is now for IT workers to retool their skills. The hype around cloud computing will likely only last another three years, after which the job market will be saturated with qualified candidates, and salaries will drop.
"People who are doing the training are raking it in right now," Linthicum said. "But part of being in IT is reinventing yourself every two to three years."
For now, the bubble remains inflated. Here are the hottest, most in-demand skills in cloud computing:
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