Bay Area Technical Professionals Lead the Nation in Compensation, Reports techies.com.Business, Technology Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 Company reports supply and demand of tech skills, other area tech facts, in its "Bay Area TECHFORCE 2000 Report" Move over, Seattle Seattle (sēăt`əl), city (1990 pop. 516,259), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven hills, between Elliott Bay of Puget Sound and Lake Washington; inc. 1869. , Boston, Austin, and other tech-heavy cities. Technical professionals living in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay lead the nation in average salary, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report released today by techies.com inc., a national network of local online career resources for technology professionals. And when it comes to skills, Bay experts in C++, Java, and Oracle 8/8i are among the most in-demand. In its "Bay Area TECHFORCE 2000 Report," a sampling of the supply and demand of the area's technology workforce, techies.com reports tech salaries in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden are 15 percent higher than tech-focused markets such as Seattle, Portland, and Austin, and 9 percent higher than Boston. According to the study, cities ranking second through tenth in compensation are: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Denver, the Twin Cities, D.C./Baltimore, Austin, and Atlanta, respectively. techies.com releases the "Bay Area TECHFORCE 2000 Report" during a time of unprecedented growth in the technology sector that has resulted in 400,000 unfilled technical jobs in the nation today. The company developed the report using data collected from its more than 480,000 members nationwide (including 32,000 on bayarea.techies.com), as well as 1,600 client companies nationwide who post jobs on the site. "The technical professional represents the most in-demand professional workforce in the nation," explained Don Krueger, techies.com's Director of Data and Research Solutions. "That makes it even more important to have a clear understanding of the supply and demand of these professionals, from a fiscal, skill and regional perspective. As a result, techies.com developed this report to help give hiring companies a sampling of the dynamics of the technology marketplace." Other findings about the Bay Area in the Techforce 2000 Report: - An analysis of some of the most in-demand job skills. As noted, C++, Java, and Oracle 8/8i are among the most in-demand skills, followed by Sun Solaris and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. . Conversely con·verse 1 intr.v. con·versed, con·vers·ing, con·vers·es 1. To engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas, or feelings; talk. See Synonyms at speak. 2. , the skill in greatest supply is Visual Basic. - An analysis of some of the most in-demand types of jobs. Companies planning to hire software developers, engineers, and new media/interactive experts must be willing to pay a premium, because they rank among the area's most in-demand types of jobs. Job types in greatest supply include help desk experts and network managers. - Details on the types of technology positions. Fifty-five percent of Bay Area techies are regular, full-time employees. Fifteen percent are working for a consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a or as an independent consultant, 9 percent are in an internship internship /in·tern·ship/ (in´tern-ship) the position or term of service of an intern in a hospital. internship, n the course work or practicum conducted in a professional dental clinic. or entry-level position, and 3 percent work part-time or telecommute See telecommuting. . - The vast majority of technical professionals live in the Southeast portion of the Bay Area. A snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure. (2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated. of the Bay Area reveals that the highest density of technical professionals reside southeast of downtown San Francisco, an important fact for existing or start-up companies start-up company A new business. determining where to locate their next office site. About techies.com techies.com is an exchange for technology professionals, and for businesses that want to recruit, market to, and interact with these professionals, and was recently ranked as the No. 1 technology career Web site by PCWEEK. The company allows technology professionals who become its members to maximize their career options, develop productive relationships with potential employers, and obtain relevant content on technology-related issues. techies.com also offers large and small companies the ability to plan for, acquire, and retain technology professionals. The company currently generates most of its revenues from the sale of technology workforce solutions to more than 1,600 client companies. techies.com is also a co-founder of TechiesDay, a nationwide initiative to address our nation's increasing demand for a qualified technology workforce. For more information about TechiesDay, go to www.techiesday.org. |
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