Time + Skills (should) = Pay Package

I always say to my clients, if all things are equal this equation is right. Now we all have issues with the credit crunch, the oil price and the economic situation. Lots of jobs in IT are continuing to be outsourced to India, at 20% of the salaries paid in the UK. However in today's Sunday Times there is an article about these Indian graduates setting up their own unofficial trade union and coming to negotiate with the UK employers direct. In a global economy things will balance out in the end.

What skills are you learning now to take into effect the opportunities that will come to you with the recession?