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Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec

IT Job industry is back on track

IT job vacancies are on track to rise back to pre-recession levels, as first quarter data reveals that the volume of permanent vacancies has risen for the fourth year in a row[1]

IT job vacancies are on track to rise back to pre-recession levels, as first quarter data reveals that the volume of permanent vacancies has risen for the fourth year in a row[1].

The latest data from CWJobs.co.uk has shown that IT jobs are now only 15% below where they were, pre-recession, in Q1 2008, compared to 41% just three years ago. As Britain’s economic outlook finally shows signs of stabilising, it’s likely businesses are taking on additional staff as they anticipate expanding, or try to trigger growth.

Alongside the industry’s positive performance, maintaining steady growth is SQL, which has remained the most in demand skill over the last five years. In the last year however, new data shows that demand for C# has overtaken C as a desired skill for employees, as employers look beyond the older programming language.

IT Permanent Software skills advertised

Software

 

Quarter

1/2013

Quarter

1/2012

Quarter

1/2011

Quarter

1/2010

Quarter

1/2009

Quarter

1/2008

SQL        

20,142

21,143

19,896

17,956

18,259

28,062

C#

14,073

13,629

12,303

10,223

10,353

15,414

C

13,661

15,794

14,932

13,426

14,401

21,675

.NET

12,932

12,354

11,226

8,745

9,962

14,702

JAVA

10,300

9,372

8,324

6,452

6,892

15,435

ASP

8,918

8,359

8,187

7,338

8,803

11,785

SQL SERVER

8,788

9,069

8,369

8,087

8,532

13,488

JAVASCRIPT

7,065

6,985

6,094

4,815

5,915

5,510

AGILE

6,735

6,243

5,193

0

0

0

HTML

6,724

6,403

6,037

5,007

6,484

6,792

As a continued result of business outsourcing functions and consumer technology development, software houses and consultancies lead the way in industry growth with vacancy rises of over 1.4% last year.

Other sectors are also showing signs of steady growth, such as finance and retail, have increased 0.7% and 1.1% respectively. The only area showing less sign of prosperity is the public sector, as permanent roles decreased 0.4%.

Richard Nott, Website Director, CWJobs, says: “As Britain’s economic position stabilises, growth is being seen across most sectors of the IT industry, signalling that it is finally recovering from the recession. The technology industry looks to be at the forefront of Britain’s growth, and if it maintains the same trajectory, could be boosting Britain’s economic position even further.”

IT Permanent Job Advertising by Industry

Industry

Quarter

1/2013

Quarter

1/2012

Quarter

1/2011

Quarter

1/2010

Quarter

1/2009

Quarter

1/2008

Electr's/Communicationss

2,936

2,895

3,043

3,714

3,851

8,705

Software Houses/Consultancies

47,987

47,116

42,446

31,862

31,684

65,528

Finance

15,878

15,758

14,186

12,343

12,156

36,280

Retail

2,610

2,563

2,346

1,792

1,687

4,138

Media

3,184

3,125

2,955

2,282

2,840

5,288

Manufacturing

1,632

1,543

1,523

1,223

1,830

3,632

Public Sector

609

611

695

1,589

1,656

2,886

 

IT Contract Job Advertising by Industry

Industry

Quarter

1/2013

Quarter

1/2012

Quarter

1/2011

Quarter

1/2010

Quarter

1/2009

Quarter

1/2008

Electr's/Communicationss

1106

1,021

974

1,209

1,457

2,486

Software Houses/Consultancies

9796

9,202

7,458

5,226

4,830

10,986

Finance

7214

6,893

5,752

4,035

2,905

10,587

Retail

744

690

577

385

313

989

Media

801

747

623

488

546

1,587

Manufacturing

483

410

376

275

548

1,446

Public Sector

362

346

313

721

1,111

1,982

[1] Source: Data taken from first quarter of each year – 2013 to 2007

www.CWJobs.co.uk