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News Burst: IT Skills Shortage Getting Worse
News As today's businesses increasingly depend upon IT for communications, the Internet, e-commerce and electronic business, the demand for skilled labor will continue to grow year on year," said Andrew Milroy, a manager at IDC's European Training and...
[October 19, 1999, 10:11]
IT Skills Set For Pay Boost In 2005
News Pay for a wide range of IT skills has dropped in 2004 but pockets of growth still remain, and hiring by IT services firms has driven up demand and wages for IT consulting talent, according to a comprehensive skills survey across the US and Europe.
[December 3, 2004, 13:15]
IT Skills Shortfall Improves
News The market for IT jobs in the UK is continuing to stabilise, with supply matching demand more closely in the last quarter than in the last two years, according to the latest statistics from the government's ICT sector skills council, e-skills.
[April 27, 2007, 16:53]
IT Employers Look For Business Skills
News Employers are rejecting applications from computer science graduates in favour of candidates with more business and interpersonal skills according to new research. A feature of the recession is that employers are looking for people with...
[November 26, 2002, 11:17]
IT Skills Shortage Costing Europe 'billions'
News The European Commission is warning that 40 percent of European citizens suffer from "digital illiteracy" and the skills shortage is slowing down the implementation of new projects. The Commission has called upon member states to tackle the...
[September 12, 2007, 8:32]
IT Skills Gap Costs Britain Billions
Talkback All those I've come across in the past 4 or more years can't even spell properly, they just didn't bother to learn when at school and picked up the minimum of skills by being sent/whatever on Employment Agency courses just because they got paid an...
[July 8, 2004, 21:23]
IT Skills Gap Costs Britain Billions
Talkback Also technical skills are badly judged and Team leaders either don't know the technology or are great techs but couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery. Just in time delivery in the IT sector is a myth.
[May 20, 2004, 22:30]
IT Skills Gap Costs Britain Billions
Talkback They are also generally unable to recruit efficiently since they can't judge technical skills. IT is probably the only skill intensive sector largely managed by people with little to no IT knowledge or interest, in IT or non IT companies.
[April 22, 2004, 17:13]
IT Skills Gap Costs Britain Billions
News Other problems cited are a lack of project-management skills among senior managers, and a failure to implement best practice in software engineering and IT projects. A report published by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the British Computer...
[April 22, 2004, 9:50]
TUPE Helps BAA Retain Critical IT Skills
White Papers BAA was keen not only to retain the skills of the staff involved in providing the services to ensure business continuity but also to protect their future employment as part of the agreement with Computacenter.
[August 10, 2006, 0:00]
BT Attacked Over UK IT Skills Claims
News Industry experts have hit back at BT after the telecoms giant said lack of UK IT skills was forcing it into offshoring. All the skills we need over there we can get over here, but it is whether we can get them at the right scale," she said
[October 18, 2005, 17:55]
UK Sees Worst IT Skills Shortage For A Decade
News The UK's IT sector is suffering its worst shortage of skills for a decade, according to new figures. The report warns employers to budget for increased training, with 73 percent of those who said there was a need for new skills planning to get hold...
[February 12, 2008, 8:16]
Government Removes IT Skills From Visa List
News The government has removed C++ and Javascript from the list of IT skills in shortest supply after a campaign from the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) pointed out that there was no skills shortage in these areas.
[May 14, 2002, 17:33]
Is The UK Really Short Of IT Skills?
News Last month telecoms giant BT blamed a lack of local IT skills on its decision to outsource its IT development work to India . However despite this recent dip, according to e-skills UK, there has been a revival in the IT job market that has seen...
[November 3, 2005, 12:10]
Developing IT Training Skills In Trent Strategic Health Authority
White Papers In this case study Kate Marsden of Trent Strategic Health Authority highlights the role that the SHA is playing in funding the development of IT training skills. Marsden is promoting the Trainer Assessment Programme (TAP) from The Training...
[June 21, 2006, 0:00]
Government And Industry Join In Scheme For IT Skills
News E-Skills UK on Tuesday called for the government, employers and educators to join a new scheme for improving the IT abilities of the 21 million UK employees currently using IT at work. E-Skills UK was licensed for five years as the Sector Skills...
[April 9, 2003, 10:04]
Is The UK Really Short Of IT Skills?
Talkback " last month telecoms giant BT blamed a lack of local IT skills on its decision to outsource its IT development work to India .rubbish its because its cheaper and not necessary for the better , besides a lot of Indians in higher end of IT have...
[November 10, 2005, 10:48]
Government 'could Do Better' On IT Skills Action Plan
News While the government's new IT skills action plan is useful as a broad policy statement, fundamental legislative reform is necessary if the UK's IT industry is to become truly competitive, according to one expert.
[June 14, 2005, 16:20]
Scottish IT Skills Grant Launched
News The Scottish Executive has announced it is to give every Scottish adult £100 towards brushing up their tech skills. The Executive already offers the country's low earners up to £200 each to help them learn new work-related skills.
[August 1, 2005, 12:20]
Few Firms Fear An IT Skills Gap
News The IT skills gap is no great shakes, although most firms could better their recruitment strategies, according to a recent survey from e-skills UK. Just nine percent of the 700 employers polled in e-skills UK's ICT Insights survey said there is a...
[June 6, 2005, 15:25]
