Survey finds skills IT skills shortage in UK
News Posted: December 12th, 2011 under Online Recruitment News.
Tags: cwjobs.co.uk
61% of IT pros believe there is currently a skills shortage in the UK and that this is preventing the UK IT industry from competing with the US a survey from CWJobs.co.uk has found.
Despite Britain being perceived as a leading European market in terms of having the best job prospects, being the best place to study IT and leader the IT industry, the survey of 1,300 IT professionals revealed that showed that they believe that more must be done if the UK is to compete the the US.
The survey revealed three things needed to tackle skills shortage in the UK:
- Encourage more businesses to offer IT apprenticeships (28%)
- Get the Government to invest more in IT degrees and training courses (18%)
- Improve the quality of secondary and further IT education (20%)
Richard Nott, Website Director at CWJobs comments, “It’s been a year since the Tech City initiative was announced, and this has undoubtedly helped to position London as the Digital Capital of Europe. However if we are to take on Silicon Valley it’s imperative that the Government invests in helping young IT pros to skill-up, as well as investing in tech businesses. If the Government fails to do this, our IT specialists may be tempted to move abroad for better pay or to improve their skills set, which we can’t afford to risk.”
