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IT staff still in demand

Friday 11th June 2010

Demand and supply for ICT labour and skills has increased for another quarter according to the latest Technology Demand and Supply report, published by the Recruitment and Employment Confederarion (REC's) Technology Sector Group.

Demand for ICT labour has risen 4% and for skills by 10% while supply of staff increased, the ratio between demand and supply now standing at 1.5 potential applications per job.

The report states that there are now 60,000 unemployed IT professionals and 68,000 employed jobseekers competing for 86,000 job vacancies. This however is not replicated across all skills with some areas being highlighted as difficult to recruit for including Systems Developers, Architects, .NET and SQL SVR.

REC Technology Chair Jeff Brooks said: "These results show that the demand within the sector continues to grow and return to good health. At ground level, members say that things have improved markedly from the low points of late 2008 and early 2009. IT systems are clearly seen as tools that can help drive growth and help reduce cost across the enterprise and we expect to see this growth maintained.

"I would also re-iterate our message to the Coalition Government that IT can help reduce costs within the public sector and continued investment in technology is vital if Government is to both improve services and reduce budgets."

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