Computer Science News

2009-10-15 11:06:38

CNN Money & PayScale.com Rank CS High on Top Careers

This year, CNN Money.com and PayScale.com ranked the top 50 careers with great pay and growth prospects. Coming in at the top was Systems Engineer, which expects a 10-year job growth of 45%. Also making the top 50 from Computer Science are information technology project manager (#5), Computer/Network Security Consultant (#8), Software Developer (#12), Software Project Manager (#16), Telecommunications Network Engineer (#30, but growing at 53% over 10 years!), and Computer Software Program Manager (#39).

Each of these positions is expected to grow much faster than average until at least 2016. Data were provided by PayScale.com, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Conference Board Help Wanted Online Data Series, and MONEY Research. The full article is at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/full_list/.