Can job security truly exist anywhere now? In a marketplace like the UK, where business constantly changes its mind on a whim, it seems increasingly unlikely. When we come across escalating skills deficits and rising demand though, we generally hit upon a new kind of security in the marketplace; driven by a continual growth, employers just can't get enough staff.

Offering the computing business for example, the 2006 e-Skills investigation showed massive skills shortages across the country around the 26 percent mark. That means for every four jobs in existence around the computer industry, we've only got three properly trained pro's to fulfil that role. This fundamental fact reveals the validity and need for more properly certified computing professionals in the country. In reality, retraining in Information Technology throughout the coming years is probably the greatest career choice you could ever make.

If you're keen on the development side of things, Microsoft offer the 'MCITP' DB Developer certification. This will cover more of the initial design, rationalisation and set-up of Databases, although doesn't seriously stretch to full Database programming. You need to take a look at the programming section of this site if you're interested in this area of databases. To be honest, there tends to be a greater involvement in the DBA side from students & employers alike. Should you be looking at the DB Developer route, it would make far more sense to include that qualification as part of a full programming career-track. It will additionally become more useful to you in the years to come to do an additional 'MCTS' in the SQL-Server 2008 edition.

Starting with the understanding that it's good to home-in on the employment that excites us first and foremost, before we can weigh up which training program ticks the right boxes, how can we choose the right direction? How can we possibly grasp the tasks faced daily in an IT career when we haven't done that before? Most likely we don't even know anybody who performs the role either. Getting to any kind of right choice will only come via a careful examination across many varying criteria:

- The type of personality you have plus what interests you - what work-oriented areas please or frustrate you.

- Are you aiming to pull off a key aspiration - like becoming self-employed sometime soon?

- How highly do you rate salary - is it of prime importance, or is day-to-day enjoyment higher up on your priority-list?

- Some students don't fully understand the level of commitment demanded to attain their desired level.

- You need to understand the differences across all the training areas.

For the majority of us, getting to the bottom of so much data will require meeting with an advisor who can investigate each area with you. Not only the accreditations - but the commercial needs and expectations of industry too.

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