Red Hat Survey Reveals Enterprise Mobility Hiring Priorities
July 28 2015 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Front-end development and back-end integration
experience among top mobile skills; Internet of Things skillset
more desirable than wearables expertise
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open
source solutions, today released findings from its recent mobile
survey revealing trends in enterprise mobility hiring priorities
for 2015. According to the survey, 50 percent of organizations plan
to hire for mobile positions this year. Of those organizations, 32
percent are focused on skills related to front-end development,
with 27 percent looking for back-end integration skills and 15
percent seeking DevOps for mobile.
According to Gartner, “By the end of 2017, market demand for
mobile app development services will grow at least five times
faster than internal IT organizations' capacity to deliver them.”1
Based on the survey results, Red Hat expects that organizations
will continue to prioritize hiring for these skills while also
strengthening internal expertise in areas such as the Internet of
Things (IoT), mobile project management, and wearables.
Red Hat polled a sample of global customers to better understand
how businesses are organizing themselves for success in the
mobile-first economy, and to identify the most desired skills
across enterprise mobility. Key insights from the survey
include:
- The mobile résumé extends beyond the
front end. Emphasis on front-end and back-end skills remains
high, with 32 percent seeking front-end development expertise, and
27 percent looking for back-end integration experience. As
enterprises look to fill their hiring needs for front-end coding,
some analysts are recommending a team-based approach and a
two-track IT approach to balance agility with traditional core IT
stability, which can help organizations increase development
efficiency.
- More than one in seven businesses
are on the hunt for DevOps skills, including agile project
management. Fifteen percent of organizations are hiring for
DevOps proficiency to help mobile teams break down communication
and collaboration barriers between development and operations. As
DevOps are essential to move mobile projects move from conception
to full development and deployment at agile speed, they are
expected to be crucial in the year ahead in order to manage,
organize and accelerate development across the enterprise.
Additionally, nine percent of organizations are hiring specifically
for mobile project management skills.
- Demand for IoT skills outpaces
wearables experience. Organizations are beginning to take a
more strategic approach to IoT as part of an enterprise mobility
strategy, with 13 percent expecting to hire for experience in IoT
in 2015 and 70 percent planning to incorporate IoT projects into
their business within the next five years. This contrasts with
demand for wearables expertise, with just three percent of
organizations planning to hire related skills this year.
Supporting Quotes
Cathal McGloin, vice president, Mobile Platforms, Red Hat
“As organizations move to become more mobile-centric, many are
expected to continue expanding their mobile development teams and
explore how those teams can work more collaboratively to bring apps
to market faster. At the same time organizations are looking ahead
and seeking to understand the impact that emerging technologies
such as IoT and wearables may have on their business.”
Methodology and Demographics
TechValidate, an independent research company that directly
interfaces with business and technology end users to collect and
validate information about their deployments, conducted an online
survey on behalf of Red Hat in March and April 2015. The survey
polled more than 112 enterprise IT decision makers and
professionals from global organizations across industries and of
all sizes, spanning small businesses to Fortune 500
organizations.
Additional Resources
- Read the eBook, “The Enterprise Mobile
Landscape”
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1 Source: Gartner Press Release, “Gartner Says Demand for
Enterprise Mobile Apps Will Outstrip Available Development Capacity
Five to One,” June 16, 2015.
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3076817
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