This document provides vendor strategists with an overview and analysis of key IT skills trends in Asia Pacific with particular focus on Australia, China, India, Malaysia, and the Philippines. It also highlights specific software skill segments, dynamics, and skill demand drivers, as well as reasons for skill shortages in the region. The research is based on interviews on both supply and demand side, including respondents from software development companies, IT training providers, IT user organizations, and IT companies from different verticals. The document also provides vendor-specific IT skills in various IT segments with companies like Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, SAP, HP, Sun, Cisco, and many others being overviewed.