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title: "Digital Skills That a Mainframe Developer Can Learn Easily"
description: "This is the time for Mainframe programmers to learn digital skills . The main reason is opportunities are very few in the market for Mainframe Skills. https://srinimf.com/2015/03/08/am-i-too-old-to-be..."
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date: 2016-01-28
modified: 2026-10-10
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tags: ["4 Career Switching Ideas for Mainframe Programmers", "Alternative Career For Mainframe Programmers"]
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# Digital Skills That a Mainframe Developer Can Learn Easily

This is the time for Mainframe programmers to learn [digital skills](https://srinimf.com/2016/01/02/hot-it-skills-you-need-for-digital-business/). The main reason is opportunities are very few in the market for Mainframe Skills.

Related[Am I Too Old To Become A Computer Programmer](https://srinimf.com/2015/03/08/am-i-too-old-to-become-a-computer-programmer/)

[![Hot IT Skills](https://i0.wp.com/srinimf.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hot-it-skills.png?resize=511%2C336&ssl=1)](http://srinimf.com/2015/12/13/the-10-best-it-skills-in-2016/)

## **Why mainframe skills not only enough?**

The reason is Mainframe works still on legacy skills. But IBM is doing a lot of research to bring the mainframe to the next level (let us see what happens next!).

Related[These 3 IT Skills Useful for Digital Transformation Career](https://srinimf.com/2016/02/12/3-it-skills-make-you-king-maker-in-digital-career-age/)

## **What you need to learn next?**

You are now an experienced programmer in the mainframe environment.

Related[Mainframe With COBOL Avg Salary](https://srinimf.com/2017/04/21/cobol-mainframe-avg-salary/)

Switching to most modern technical skills demands some effort from you. Since you need to work at a low level.

This is just a temporary situation (if you work a few years on modern skills, then you will [become a](https://srinimf.com/2010/11/03/advancing-in-it-career/) double side edge resource).

Once you get hands-on, [you can](https://srinimf.com/2015/01/26/alternative-career-for-mainframe-programmers-part-2/) move into the most modern skills area.

## **What skills are most suitable?**

- Complete skills of Web development ([HTML5](http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=web+developer&l=United+States&indpubnum=6634974704162507), PHP, CSS, JAVA, .net etc)
- ETL development skills( Informatica, DB2, Oracle, Teradata, SQL, PLSQL with Hadoop skills, [Netteza for IBM](http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=etl&indpubnum=6634974704162507), Core JAVA)
- Analytics skills (VBScript, Excel, [SAS](http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=sas&indpubnum=6634974704162507), R)
- Data related skills ([SQL](http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=sql&indpubnum=6634974704162507), NoSQL, Digital Skills, Qlikview, Tableau )

**Related:**

- [5 Best Alternative Careers for mainframe programmers](http://srinimf.com/2013/03/28/alternative-careers-for-mainframe-developers/)

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