Almost 1.7 Million Cloud-Related Jobs Went Unfilled in 2012: Estimate

Demand for “cloud-ready” IT workers will grow by 26% annually through 2015, with as many as 7 million new cloud-related jobs to be available worldwide by that time, says a new IDC report sponsored by Microsoft. However, IT hiring managers report that there were 1.7 million open cloud-related positions that opened up over the past year that went unfilled. The problem was a lack the training and certification among jobseekers, they say.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2012/12/21/almost-1-7-million-cloud-related-jobs-went-unfilled-in-2012-estimate/