10 Hot IT Jobs for Managers and Executives in 2012

As reported in CIO Magazine, the overall market for management and executive-level IT jobs in 2012 may not be much better than it was in 2011, but certain IT leadership jobs are expected to be in high demand. Here's a list of the 10 hottest IT leadership jobs for 2012.

If you had to pick two words to describe how the market for management- and executive- level IT jobs is shaping up for 2012, you might channel Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David and say "pretty good. Pri-tay, pri-tay, pri-tay, pri-tay good."

In other words, the job market for CIOs, managers, directors and VPs in charge of various IT functions is neither going to be brimming with or bereft of opportunity. The consensus among executive recruiters who hire IT executives and their direct reports is that the job market for these folks in 2012 is going to be marginally better than 2011.

10 Hot IT Leadership Jobs

1. Head of Technology Infrastructure.
2. Director of Outsourced Services or Vendor Management.
3. Manager/Head of Unified Communications.
4. Manager of Master Data Management/Director of Data Architecture.
5. Managers/Directors in Charge of Mobility.
6. Business Relationship Managers.
7. CTO/SVP of Engineering.
8. CIO.
9. CISO/IT Security Consultant.
10. IT Consulting Firm Partners.

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