While it’s not surprising that being tech savvy is a great asset for any job seeker, it does come as a bit of a surprise to find that the demand for technology workers has officially surpassed the demand for trade workers and vocational careers.

The latest report from Dice reveals that tech skills are becoming increasingly in demand, as evidenced by this new report of various job postings around the nation.  The numbers reveal the quantity of times various skills were desired from the employer.  The sample is supposedly representative of job postings in America, and shows us that various technological skill sets are now what most companies are looking for most often:

Operating Systems
1. Windows — 8,445
2. Unix — 6,997

Databases
1. Oracle — 9,119
2. SQL — 7,389

Programming Languages
1. C, C++, C# — 9,354
2. J2EE/Java — 8,676

Colleges who specialize in technological training, such as Potomac College and the surrounding cluster of tech schools of Virginia are likely to see increased enrollment over the next few years as an effect of this industry shift.  With many first time college students getting enrolled in this fields, there is also a significant amount of professionals returning to school to obtain more up-to-date credentials for their résumé.

Still, the largest single factor used in deciding out what one should do with their working life comes from passion – and this is still, by and large – the most determinant factor students employ when enrolling for their college programs.

It’s like Confucius says – “Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.