Record numbers working in IT jobs

Graduates looking for careers in IT will be pleased to learn that the number of people in the UK working in IT jobs is at a record level, according to a report published by e-skills it estimates that 1,093,000 people in the UK now have careers in IT.  

The report, which covers the period October to December 2010, also found that the number of advertised IT jobs increased for the sixth consecutive quarter to 105,000. The number of candidates looking for new jobs decreased to 95,000. Approximately 37,000 technologists – 3.3% – were unemployed. This compares well favourably with the figure for the UK as a whole, which was at 7.9% for the same period.

Technology sector salaries increased slightly, with the average salary for an IT job at £38,500 pa. This compares well against the UK average, calculated by the Office for National Statistics to be around £25,900. Check your salary now on the IT Salary Checker.

The top ten skills that IT employers required for permanent roles were: ASP, Java, Java Script, HTML, Linux, SQL, C, C#, .Net, SQL and SVR.

The top ten for contract roles were: SQL, C, C#, Java,.Net, Oracle, SAP, SVR, Unix and ASP.