almost 2 million openings he expects over the next three years in the U.S. alone (4 million worldwide), Sondergaard predicts that only about one-third will be filled, making analytics software whizzes a scarce, valuable commodity that employers will have to fight to hire and retain. Not all analytics talent is on the tech side. People who can translate mathematical models into English are needed, too. Among IT mavens, though, its clear which skills are shaping up to be the hottest in Big Data, says a new report from job site Dice. Far and away the leader on the list is Hadoop. Originally developed in 2005, Hadoop is a Java-based open-source platform that was named after one of its inventors small sons stuffed toy elephant. Hadoop powers Yahoo (YHOO) web searches, and Amazon (AMZN), eBay (EBAY), Google (GOOG), LinkedIn (LNKD), Twitter, and lots of other companies use it too. Dices ranking of the top 10 tech skills Big Data needs now: 1. Hadoop plus Java — the Number One combination by a large margin, notes the report, adding thats not surprising given that [Hadoop] is a Java-based framework. 2. Developer 3. NoSQL 4. Map Reduce 5. Big Data 6. Pig 7. Linux 8. Python 9. Hive 10. Scala The shortage of professionals with experience in Hadoop and NoSQL has already given rise to higher pay for qualified hires, topping $100,000 on average, the report says. But the real winner could be the U.S. economy as a whole. Anticipating a multiplier effect like that of the pre-recession auto industry, Peter Sondergaard predicts that every Big Data-related role in the U.S. will create employment for three people outside of IT. So over the next three years,
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