According to Foote Partners data, while cloud technology demand continues to be strong, the supply of cloud skills and jobs are catching up to demand, which is a good thing. "Employer have responded to cloud skills gaps with training and development to produce the skill levels they need. It took too long to accomplish this but now it's getting on track," says Foote.
Cloud certifications market pay is up 2 percent in the 4th quarter of 2014 and up 1.1 percent over the year as whole. Noncertified cloud skills are up 1.0 percent for the entire year but down 4.7 percent in market value in the last six months of 2014.