10 in-demand IT skills to help you succeed in the workplace

In this article, we will point out the top IT skills that will help you find your dream job. These information and statistical results will change with changes in the market and demand. Whenever there are any major changes, we'll try to update the list whenever possible. All statistics are based on recent recruitment information and demand from some IT companies around the world.

　1. VMware

　The virtualization and cloud computing software designed by VMware tops the list. VMware announced commercial support for x86 architecture virtualization for the first time. VMware's hiring demand has grown to 16% in the last quarter.

　Latest stable release: 11.0

　2. MySQL

　This open source relational database management system ranks second. Until 2013, MySQL was still the second most widely used RDBMS (Note: Relational Database Management System). MySQL's recruitment demand reached 11% last quarter. The very famous MarialDB is a branch of MySQL after being acquired by Oracle. Worth mastering.

　Latest stable release: 5.6.23

　3. Apache

　This cross-platform open source web (HTTP) server ranks third. As of last quarter, Apache's hiring needs exceeded 13%.

　Latest stable release: 2.4.12

　4. AWS

　 AWS is a collection of all remote computing services provided by Amazon.com, and AWS ranks fourth. Last quarter, AWS recruitment demand has shown nearly 14% growth.

　5. Puppet

　Puppet is used as a configuration management system to set up IT infrastructure, and it ranks fifth. It is written in Ruby language and has a client-server structure. Recruitment demand for puppets has grown by more than 9% in the last quarter.

　Latest stable release: 3.7.3

　6. Hadoop

　Hadoop is an open source software framework written in Java and used to process big data. Hadoop ranks sixth on the list. Hiring demand for Hadoop has fallen by 0.2 percentage points in the last quarter.

　Latest stable release: 2.6.0

　7. Git

　Linux Git, the famous version control system originally written by Torvalds, ranks seventh. Git hiring demand exceeded 7% last quarter.

　Latest stable release: 2.3.4

　8. Oracle PL/SQL

　SQL extended version developed by Oracle Corporation, occupying the eighth position. PL/SQL has been included in Oracle Database since Oracle 7. It already showed a decline of nearly 8% last quarter.

　9. Tomcat

　This open source web server and service program container appears in the ninth position. In the last quarter, it has shown demand growth of almost 15%.

Latest stable release: 8.0.15

　10. SAP

　This most famous enterprise resource planning software ranks tenth. SAP showed nearly 3.5% growth in the demand market last quarter.