The overall median age of the software professionals is about 27.5 years
81 percent of all software professionals have a graduate degree or above
13 percent are M.Tech, MBA, CA, ICWAs
67 percent are B.Tech, BE or MCAs
20 percent are diploma-holders or graduates
In-demand software professionals are software analysts, domain specialists, information security experts, integration specialists, database administrators, network specialists and communication engineers, software programmers, designing and architecture experts and data warehousing and semiconductor design specialists.
Emerging growth segments that require relevantly skilled professionals include Product Data Management, Content Management, Enterprise Application Integration, Data Warehousing, Contingency Planning and Disaster Recovery, e-Supply Chain Management (eSCM), Wireless Applications, Straight Through Processing (STP), Knowledge Management, Business Intelligence, Sales Force Automation (SFA), e-Learning, ePharma, Bioinformatics and Nanotechnology.

Source: NASSCOM
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