Demand for IT staff falls
Nobody wants you...
Posted in Management, 6th September 2005 11:50 GMT
Watch Now : Virtual Machine Movement with Hyper-V
There is less demand for IT professionals in the UK and fewer posts are being advertised. IT-related Job Centre adverts fell by a quarter and there were 7,000 less jobs advertised online and in the press in the first quarter of 2005. But there is some good news - actual gross salaries rose by about two per cent in the quarter.
The figures come from the e-skills Bulletin, the government body charged with sorting out the skills shortage. And it looks like they've succeeded - only 0.3 per cent of firms reported problems recruiting IT staff.
Average gross weekly earnings for IT staff in the first quarter of 2005 were £623 - or an annual salary of £32, 400. Female IT workers earn less than their male counterparts although the differential is smaller than other occupations. IT professionals in London earn more - £747 a week.
IT workers in Northern Ireland, the North East and Wales do worst with average earners making less than £500 a week.
IT infrastructure monitoring strategies
The new Office Garage series:
Top 10 SIEM implementer’s checklist
