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Skills Survey 2006: Thumbs-up for in-sourcing

News According to silicon.com's exclusive 2006 Skills Survey, in-sourcing is a good way to solve a bad outsourcing relationship. Read more Skills Survey results: Business skills key to success in IT We will be bringing you more results from the silicon...

Tags: skills survey 2006, in-sourcing, insourcing, outsourcing

[22 May 2006]

Skills shortage hits Indian CIOs

News Indian CIOs must consider offshoring as the country is hit by an IT skills shortage. As businesses demand more from their IT departments, Indian CIOs need to increasingly offshore IT roles to manage the skills shortage, according to Gartner.

Tags: offshore, india

[11 Jun 2007]

Skills Survey 2006: IT pros fear offshoring, CIOs don't

News According to silicon.com's exclusive 2006 Skills Survey, IT directors and CIOs were the most confident their jobs would not be offshored. This is backed up by separate research from recruiting company Giant Group which revealed that job security is...

Tags: offshoring

[17 May 2006]

Skills crisis is toughest IT challenge say CIOs

News The skills crisis is the toughest challenge facing IT directors in the 21st century, and training inhouse staff is the only way to cope, according to the latest survey from Xephon. In its annual industry survey, the research house found almost 80...

[02 Aug 2000]

Skills shortage boosts IT salaries

News IT salaries are set to rise by up to 15 per cent over the next three years with ERP, security and database skills most in demand. Maria Schafer, senior programme director at Meta Group, told silicon.com there is strong demand for SAP, PeopleSoft...

[14 Oct 2004]

Skills Survey 2006: Tell us what you think

News silicon.com would like to know and to find out we have launched our eighth annual Skills Survey. We are asking for your opinions on business skills such as project management and leadership plus technical areas such as programming languages.

[08 Mar 2006]

Skills Survey 2007: Techies don't fear offshoring

News Fears of tech jobs being offshored appear to be over-hyped, according to preliminary results from the exclusive silicon.com 2007 Skills Survey. The survey also sheds light on a perennial debate - whether it's business or technical skills that are...

Tags: skills shortage, offshoring, skills survey 2007, skills survey

[20 Jul 2007]

Skills Survey 2007: CIOs getting less cash?

News IT chiefs are rolling in slightly less filthy lucre than last year, according to the 2007 exclusive silicon.com Skills Survey. For software/web developers there has been a small jump in average earnings - perhaps reflecting industry demand for...

Tags: cios, skills, salaries, skills survey

[14 Aug 2007]

Skills gap "damaging" for UK businesses

News UK businesses continue to face difficulties recruiting qualified IT staff, with one in five companies experiencing problems finding applicants with the right skills. However, a wider problem relates to applicants' "non-technical skills", according...

Tags: e-skills uk

[02 Aug 2006]

Skills shortage 'to cost business £232bn'

News The IT skills shortage in Western Europe could cost businesses as much as £232bn, according to research released during the Summit on Technology, Innovation and Skills Training in Brussels this week. The report - conducted by research house...

[07 Mar 2000]

<strong>Skills</strong> Survey 2004: take part, share your thoughts

Skills Survey 2004: take part, share your thoughts

News silicon.com would like to know and to do this we have launched our sixth annual Skills Survey. We are asking for your opinions on business skills such as project management and leadership plus technical stuff such as programming languages.

Tags: skills, ss04

[06 Feb 2004]

Skills Survey 2007: Offshoring still a hot potato

News Offshoring is viewed with increasing ambivalence in the IT industry, according to the exclusive silicon.com 2007 Skills Survey. More than two-fifths of software/web developers responding to the silicon.com Skills Survey agree or strongly agree...

Tags: it workers, skills survey, india, offshoring

[21 Aug 2007]

Skills Survey 2007: Banks hardest hit by staff crisis

News The IT skills shortage is hitting the financial services industry hardest. According to results from the exclusive 2007 silicon.com Skills Survey, FS companies are finding it most difficult to fill IT vacancies in their organisations, compared to...

Tags: outsourcing, skills shortage, financial services, skills

[28 Aug 2007]

Skills Survey 2006: IT workers lured into contracting

News Lucrative fees have tempted an increasing proportion of UK IT workers into becoming contractors, according to silicon.com's exclusive 2006 Skills Survey. Rising pay is one of the factors that has lured workers into the contractor lifestyle and the...

Tags: it contractors

[01 Jun 2006]

<strong>Skills</strong> Survey 2005: Share your opinions

Skills Survey 2005: Share your opinions

News silicon.com would like to know and to find out we have launched our seventh annual Skills Survey. We are asking for your opinions on business skills such as project management and leadership plus technical stuff such as programming languages.

Tags: skills survey 2005

[09 Feb 2005]

Skills Survey 2007: Industry falling out of love with IT grads

News The quality of computer science graduates is falling, according to results from the exclusive silicon.com 2007 Skills Survey. I think that's sometimes a bit more important than the actual skills that you have.

Tags: business skills, it skills, graduates

[01 Oct 2007]

CIO Agenda: Skills shortages and vendor "bullshit"

News Vendor "bullshit", skills shortages and proving the value and credibility of IT to the business are the key challenges for IT chiefs this year, according to silicon.com's exclusive, third annual CIO Agenda survey.

Tags: cio agenda, cio jury

[17 Jan 2007]

Skills shortage at two-year low

News The IT skills shortage is at a two-year low as UK employers are finding it easier to net people to fill tech roles, according to e-skills UK. Only six per cent of IT recruiters surveyed reported difficulties finding staff with the required tech...

Tags: skills shortage

[26 Apr 2007]

Skills Survey 2006: Does the board respect IT?

News In silicon.com's exclusive 2006 Skills Survey, just over half (58 per cent) of board directors and CEOs, COOs and CFOs said they value the ideas of IT directors and IT managers. Read more Skills Survey results:

Tags: skills

[30 May 2006]

Skills Survey 2007: Big earners trending upwards

News The 2007 silicon.com Skills Survey reveals the number of tech workers taking home up to £40k per year is unchanged on last year - at 44 per cent. The trend for larger IT salaries over the past few years tallies with rising demand for tech skills...

Tags: skills, pay, salary, skills survey

[13 Aug 2007]

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