The majority of UK IT professionals would consider migrating abroad to pursue higher quality work and salaries, a recruitment firm warns. A survey of 228 individuals by The IT Job Board finds 67% of IT professionals are thinking about, or have already applied for, positions overseas. A total of 71% said their move was due [...] Read more »
37,000 jobs up for grabs in IT right now
MORE than 37,000 IT jobs are up for grabs today and there are more and more positions becoming available all the time. As many firms say they are having difficulties in finding all the staff they need, now is the time to get on board. “With latest figures showing that there are more IT vacancies [...] Read more »
IT salaries for permanent staff on the rise in the UK
Increased competition for strong candidates in sectors such as IT has helped boost the starting salaries for permanent staff, a new report has found. The report comes as a study from IT recruitment agency CV Screen finds that permanent IT salaries have risen by five percent over the last 12 months, with the average salary for [...] Read more »
Immigration cap will not stem flow of IT workers to UK on ICT visas
The immigration cap, which comes into force on 6 April 2011, will have little effect on the number of economic migrants entering the UK because businesses can continue to use the uncapped Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme to access skills, according to Migration Watch. The government’s immigration cap is unlikely to appease unhappy IT professionals [...] Read more »
Demand for IT skills in the UK has exceeded supply
Demand for IT skills has exceeded supply for the first time since the end of 2008, according to e-skills UK’s latest jobs report. The sector skills council’s e-skills Bulletin showed that in the third quarter of 2010, there were more positions being advertised than there were ‘ready candidates’ in the labour market. The growth was [...] Read more »
Olympics to create 5,000 UK IT jobs
The 2012 London Olympics is expected to create more than 5,000 IT and telecoms jobs in Britain, generating more than £250m for the UK IT sector, according to IT recruitment firm Greythorn. A vast high-tech infrastructure will be needed over the course of the Games, as there will be a heavy reliance on technology IT and telecoms [...] Read more »
IT and Engineering sectors bright in the UK.
People looking for work in the IT or engineering sectors are in luck, as these two industries have been named as the strongest in the UK jobs market. A spokeswoman for Jobsite explained that the recruitment website has seen a significant rise in the number of positions in both areas over the past 12 months. [...] Read more »
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