What are the most important skills and abilities required to get IT job?

Ideally you should be doing your 12th in Science ( PCM/E/C, You Can Pursue your further studies in Computers like in BCA/BE/MCA,
do certification courses in MCSE, CCNA
do internship and you should be able to build good career in IT/Networking

VERBAL COMMUNICATION

1 Able to express your ideas clearly and confidently in speech

TEAMWORK
2 Work confidently within a group

COMMERCIAL AWARENESS 3
Understand the commercial realities affecting the organisation.

ANALYSING & INVESTIGATING
4
Gather information systematically to establish facts & principles. Problem solving.

INITIATIVE/SELF MOTIVATION 5 Able to act on initiative, identify opportunities & proactive in putting forward ideas & solutions
DRIVE 6 Determination to get things done. Make things happen & constantly looking for better ways of doing things.

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

7
Able to express yourself clearly in writing

PLANNING & ORGANISING 8
Able to plan activities & carry them through effectively

FLEXIBILITY
9
Adapt successfully to changing situations & environments

TIME MANAGEMENT 10 Manage time effectively, prioritising tasks and able to work to deadlines.

Other skills that were also seen as important

GLOBAL SKILLS Able to speak and understand other languages. Appreciation of other cultures. See ◾Study and work placements outside the UK
◾Working Abroad

NEGOTIATING & PERSUADING
Able to influence and convince others, to discuss and reach agreement.

LEADERSHIP

Able to motivate and direct others

NUMERACY

Multiply & divide accurately, calculate percentages, use statistics & a calculator, interpret graphs & tables.

COMPUTING SKILLS
Word-processing, using databases, spreadsheets, the Internet & email, designing web pages etc.
SELF AWARENESS Awareness of achievements, abilities, values & weaknesses & what you want out of life.

PERSONAL IMPACT/CONFIDENCE

Presents a strong, professional, positive image to others which inspires confidence & commands respect.

LIFELONG LEARNING Continues to learn throughout life. Develops the competencies needed for current & future roles
STRESS TOLERANCE Maintains effective performance under pressure
INTEGRITY Adheres to standards & procedures, maintains confidentiality and questions inappropriate behaviour.
INDEPENDENCE Accepts responsibility for views & actions and able to work under their own direction & initiative.

DEVELOPING PROFESSIONALISM

Pays care & attention to quality in all their work. Supports & empowers others.
ACTION PLANNING Able to decide what steps are needed to achieve particular goals and then implement these.
DECISION-MAKING Determines the best course of action. Evaluates options based on logic & fact & presents solutions

Ideally you should be doing your 12th in Science ( PCM/E/C, You Can Pursue your further studies in Computers like in BCA/BE/MCA in college,But IT is a big space like it has IT-infrastructure,IT-hardware and networking,IT-Application/programmimg.
So select in which IT sector you want to get in and do course accordingly, Most of the people do programming course like .net,java,SAP etc so you can do that.

ALL THE BEST for your 12th exam and for your future.