Hot jobs this year don't necessarily offer high salaries and great perks. Instead, they're the ones most likely to be offshore-resistant, according to Foote Partners. These are the jobs that companies will keep in-house because they require business knowledge that takes time to acquire or expertise that isn't easily provided or managed from offshore.

Customer Facing

App developers

Web-apps programmers

Data-warehouse and business-intelligence specialists

ERP and CRM pros

Database developers and analysts

Help-desk specialists

Enablers

IT or business architects

Business analysts

Business technologists

Business-process modelers

Project managers

Infrastructure Jobs

Security

Data modelers

Network managers and engineers

Wireless engineers and administrators

Software engineers

Disaster-recovery specialists

System auditors and integrators

Storage administrators