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From CIO Magazine this August:

A survey of 48,000 IT workers on compensation, published in June by IT consultancy Foote Partners, finds that pay is rising for employees with application development, networking, messaging, database and systems administration know-how, and falling for those with skills in HTTP and HTML, among others.

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• Sun Certified Systems Administrator for Solaris

NOT

• Powerbuilder
• Perl
• HTTP
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• Webmaster and Internet certifications
• HTML
• Beginner certifications (for instance, Microsoft Certified Professional)
• Siebel Certified Consultant/Customer Certified Consultant
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