Whether we are in a down economy, seeing jobs go offshore, or witnessing jobs being cut altogether, there are certain IT skills that will never go out of style. With spending on cost-saving technologies such as virtualization rising, and the maintenance of networking and enterprise Microsoft software keeping IT professionals constantly in demand, this paper offers a top-ten list of skills needed to take IT professionals into the future.

Check out this brief paper to learn more about these and other enduring IT skills: business skills, programming languages, telecommunications, IT security, ITIL, Web 2.0, and virtualization.