Ray Panko, professor of IT management at the University of Hawaii, Shidler College of Business. Their current report, covering 2006-2016, is especially interesting because it's the first BLS study which "fully reflects the dot-com bust and recovery, and takes IT offshoring into account," Panko says. Even after accounting for those factors, "the BLS again predicts robust job growth for IT occupations." Conclusions

IT occupations will remain at the leading edge of job growth - in terms of both demand for specific occupations, as well as sheer job volume - for at least a decade. But total employment is not growing as in the boom times. The good news: those IT staffers with the right skills will be partying like it's 1999. In particular: boutique SMB consulting firms in hot segments such as security will be in demand (partially due to being lower priced than their big firm competitors), analysts predict. Other hot skills: ERP, open source,...