Virtualisation is a big thing the moment for sure (mainly VMware), but a lot of larger companies have already made the jump. Skills in SANs/storage platforms will link into this well. Most companies will not have the amount of in-house skills (and confidence) to manage a large-scale VMware migration, so will look for a partner to work with on this. Plenty of cash in consultancy in this area at the moment if you are at the top of your game, but shedloads of travelling to client sites too....
Tyler - from your background i would have thought it makes more sense to try and stay in the applications field - the jump to systems/infrastructure side is a pretty big one. Maybe there's more DBA skills (SQL?) or something like that to learn?
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