6 Hot jobs for IT pros in 2010

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Indian IT has been known for its talent. It is the country's vast technical manpower that attracts global MNCs to the Indian shores. However, with recession setting in, hiring went off the agenda of most companies.

With economy now crawling back to normalcy, companies have once again hit the hiring ****on. So, which are the technologies that will be in hot demand in the job market in 2010? The technologies that will help you give your career a boost. In a news report, PCQuest magazine recently listed the jobs for software pros that will be in demand in 2010.

Read on to know the hot jobs of 2010.

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Topping the list is what the news article calls evergreen fields Java and .Net. There are primarily two career paths that these pros can take: one towards Web development and the other to enterprise-class applications. With application development on both fronts, Web and enterprise level, buzzing with opportunities, the IT pros with core expertise in these areas can expect to remain in demand.

With a natural progression towards Web-based applications, it is essential for a developer to add s****sets for Web technologies to his core expertise. With Web 2.0 front brewing with activity, a developer can also build s****s on technologies like Sliverlight, AJAX, WPF etc.

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Cloud computing is one of the hottest buzzwords for 2010. With technology companies betting big on cloud computing, a career based around it is surely a good bet.

Google AppEngine, Microsoft Azure, Amazon are some of the cloud platforms for which developers can build and deploy applications, says the news article.

Several popular enterprise applications like CRM, ERP too are being hosted on Cloud platform. Also, companies setting up their private clouds would need to shift their existing applications to the new platform. The transition process would need both developers and testers.

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With Web 2.0 becoming `the' word in Internet space, there's an increased emphasis on adding interactivity and improving user experience. This has resulted in the evolution of Rich Internet Applications or RIAs. The Web standards are also said to be incorporating RIAs.

Companies today look at adding more disparate functionalities to their applications, also user experience is rated as one of the top parameter on any software development project. With so much happening on the technology front, having an RIA experience can be the key resume differentiator for the coming year, says the PCQuest story.

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Today mobile phones are not just hardware! There's a lot of software that goes inside them. The software that also goes a long way in making them a huge success or a big dud. The software that packs the Apples, Nokias Blackberries have also created a new career avenue. With enterprises too going mobile, the career has got a further boost.

As smartphones gain in popularity and replace laptops, companies want applications like CRM, BI to be made available to their employees on these handheld devices.

Mobile platforms are based on disparate frameworks like Java, Windows or Symbian. To carve a career in the mobile development domain, a developer is required to gain core expertise in one of the frameworks.