TECHNOLOGY AND THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT

The Labor Department has released a list of the top 50 in-demand occupations, and it's no surprise that several IT-specific fields made the list. The list includes the projected need for employees in each of the 50 categories from 2006 to 2016.

The most in-demand IT jobs included: computer software engineers, computer systems analyst, network systems and data communications analysts, computer support specialists and network and computer systems administrators. IT-specific jobs also held some of the highest projected growth, with most fields forecasted to grow more than 27 percent.