"I'm not suggesting that everyone suddenly wants Citrix, but there is a reasonable demand for it and very few people are skilled in it, probably because a few years ago everyone was doing Microsoft certifications," Noblet said.

On the development side, even though most projects are still being written in .Net and J2EE, companies are increasingly investing in Linux, so there will be room for a wider variety of open source coders, Noblet said.

"Overall there are a lot of senior people that are very capable and there are also a lot of people entering the market again. The nature of projects though is that you can't have five project leaders - you need some people the next level down, that's where we are finding it most difficult to fill places," he said.

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