10 Hot, High-Paying IT Jobs to Look Forward In 2014

8. Application Architect

These are tech professionals who are responsible for the design, development and implementation of applications for computer systems in an organization. They direct the design and development of new applications, starting from conception stage to completion and supervise the technical staff associated with the development of the project at every possible level. In addition, these professionals also play a major role in the reduction of costs and shortening of development time. 

As per Michael Kirven, application architects are vital to a business organization since they are responsible for laying down the vision for future Web applications, as well as express this vision with proof-of-concept applications.

As per Glassdoor, the average pay package for these professionals is roughly around 3.30 lakh to 17.8 lakh per annum.

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