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Open University revamps degrees with employers in mind - and its own box of tricks

...and technology, professor Anne De Roeck, said the UK faces an IT skills shortage "operating at all levels". Research by sector skills body e-skills... Read more

13 June, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

IT jobs: UK's tech talent looks to jump ship

...in." Farrell added: "At a time when we are suffering an IT skills shortage, we cannot afford to lose key talent." In March, it emerged... Read more

21 April, 2011 by Shelley Portet

IT jobs: Public sector vacancies edge up

IT applicants also receiving counter-offers as demand for skills increases... Read more

23 May, 2011 by Shelley Portet

UK plc is failing to encourage budding techies

Poor teaching also contributes to UK's IT skills shortage... Businesses have been criticised for restricting the technologies and tools young... Read more

10 February, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Immigration cap won't hit foreign IT worker numbers

...with web services, ERP and IT management. Even without taking the IT skills shortage into account, Jean-Christophe Bodhuin, UK managing director for analysts Pierre... Read more

26 November, 2010 by Nick Heath

Quotes of the year: From Steve Jobs' impact to why architects are the Britneys of IT

...UK software giant Autonomy, with a practical solution to the UK IT skills shortage "I asked the school what they do in ICT and they... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Is your IT job set to survive?

Is your IT job set to survive?

...years contrasts starkly with the mood just over a decade ago. A skills shortage at the end of the 1990s enabled IT pros to command... Read more

31 July, 2011 by Jason Hiner

Financial sector suffering IT skills shortfall

The financial-services industry remains the most hampered by an IT skills shortage, according to the 2008 Skills Survey from ZDNet UK's sister... Read more

16 December, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

Offshoring trend sparks rise in IT wages

...staff are seeing their wages take an upward tangent, thanks to a skills shortage spawned by offshoring and a lack of students opting for IT... Read more

27 August, 2008 by Jo Best

Australian expo aims to entice UK techies

...to Java programmers and Oracle specialists are needed to address Australia's skills shortage. "These expos link Australian employment specialists including state and territory governments... Read more

18 March, 2008 by Marcus Browne

UK sees worst IT skills shortage for a decade

...to budget for increased training of existing staff to cope with the skills shortage Read more

12 February, 2008 by Nick Heath

Fall in applicants to be IT teachers

The skills shortage could take a turn for the worse if an early-year... Read more

8 February, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

IT skills shortage costing Europe 'billions

...that 40 percent of European citizens suffer from "digital illiteracy" and the skills shortage is slowing down the implementation of new projects. European commissioner for... Read more

12 September, 2007 by Bupesh Jain

Asia entices talent with top pay

A skills shortage continues to plague Asian businesses, prompting many employers to use higher... Read more

30 July, 2007 by Farihan Bahrin

Immigration can cure skills shortage, says SAS chief

...students to achieve skills in science and maths to address the growing skills shortage. "The US is 16th in the world now in terms of... Read more

3 July, 2006 by Will Sturgeon

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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