LinkedIn reveals the 25 top skills that get Irish professionals employed

LinkedIn, the business-oriented social network, has revealed the 25 top skills that got Irish professionals hired last year.

It is the first year that LinkedIn has conducted the research in Ireland, which revealed cloud and distributed computing as the most desirable skill for Irish employers.

Technology dominated the top skills with statistical analysis, search engine optimisation, middleware, and network security making up the remainder of the top five.

LinkedIn generated the list by analysing all of the recruiting and hiring activity that occurred on the site.

The list is as follows:

1	Cloud and Distributed Computing
2	Statistical Analysis and Data Mining
3	SEO/SEM Marketing
4	Middleware and Integration Software
5	Network and Information Security
6	Web Architecture and Development Frameworks
7	Data Engineering and Data Warehousing
8	Mobile Development
9	IBM Mainframes and Systems
10	Software Revision Control Systems
11	Software Modeling and Process Design
12	Data Presentation
13	Algorithm Design
14	Microsoft Application Development
15	SAP ERP Systems
16	Recruiting
17	Perl/Python/Ruby
18	User Interface Design
19	Mac, Linux and Unix Systems
20	Electronic and Electrical Engineering
21	Economics
22	HR Benefits and Compensation
23	Database Management and Software
24	Business Intelligence
25	Shell Scripting Languages

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