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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]
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 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 skills academy gets gov't green light
News The government has given the go ahead for a National Skills Academy for IT, set to open next year. According to the chief executive of IT sector skills body e-skills UK, Karen Price, the next six months will be "critical" as the project enters the...
[October 9, 2008, 15:03]
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 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]
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 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 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 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]
No IT skills shortage, just inadequate recruitment
Talkback None the less, the HR departments and recruitment agencies are still banging on trying to do this; and then bleating about IT skills shortages when they fail. As has been commented countless times before by myself and many others, there is plenty...
[September 12, 2008, 14:22]
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]
HP-developed degree aims to close UK's IT skills gap
News A foundation degree course will launch at colleges in England this autumn aimed at boosting sought-after tech skills and addressing the nation's IT skills gap. Mike Bicknell, business development manager for HP's Solution Partner Organisation...
[August 7, 2008, 12:06]
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]
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]
Tips for gauging soft skills in IT hires
News But even top technical skills aren't always enough to cut it. Technical skills are pretty easy to gauge. Career coach Lisa Taylor Huff suggests making a list of the skills and personal qualities you're seeking in a new hire before you begin...
[April 29, 2003, 10:31]
Governments failed to foresee IT skills gap
News UK governments have let slip opportunities to narrow the shortage in IT skills, according to a prominent Labour peer. Lord David Triesman, parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, also said...
[October 26, 2007, 17:00]
Financial sector suffering IT skills shortfall
News The financial-services industry remains the most hampered by an IT skills shortage, according to the 2008 Skills Survey from ZDNet UK's sister site, silicon.com. The IT skills most in demand in the FS industry are (in order of most sought-after...
[December 16, 2008, 8:18]
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]
