Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Information Technology field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Information Technology majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Information Technology majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Equipment Maintenance, Programming, Repairing, Equipment Selection, Technology Design, Troubleshooting, Mathematics, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Active Learning, Management of Financial Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Critical Thinking, Management of Material Resources, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening, Operation Monitoring, Persuasion, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Negotiation, Instructing, Service Orientation, Coordination, Time Management, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Operations Analysis, Management of Personnel Resources, Operation and Control, and Science.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Information Technology majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Active Learning, Writing, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Systems Evaluation, Monitoring, Coordination, Time Management, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Service Orientation, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Technology Design, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Repairing, Science, and Installation are the three most important skills for people in the field.