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Credit crunch pushes techie wages to five-year low
News ATSCo and iProfile.org believe that wholesale layoffs among contractors are unlikely and that financial services companies will be pressed to route investment into areas of technology that can make their businesses more competitive -... [06 Oct 2008]
Revealed: Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch
News Other effects of the credit crunch on the IT industry are expected to include longer hardware refresh cycles, increased use of software as a service and a reduction in available contracting roles. According to analyst... [29 Sep 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News It's little wonder increasing numbers of them are harnessing their experience and skills to offer freelance services outside office hours. It's a different story for Sachdev, as freelancing also enables him to flex IT... [22 Jul 2008]
Take part in the silicon.com skills survey
News Whether that will remain true now the credit crunch begins to squeeze remains to be seen. Help us to find out more about the state of tech skills in the UK by taking the silicon.com... [16 Jul 2008]
FS sector 'still hot for techies'
News Demand for IT workers is still strong in the financial services sector despite economic uncertainty sparked by the credit crunch, according to financial online recruitment company IT Jobs in the City. [03 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to take the politicians out of technology?
Comment The Naked CIO: Crunch time for large projects If they had been - assuming public sector project management skills haven't changed - the abacus would have taken 10 times as long, cost billions and only... [30 Apr 2008]
Recession fears hit IT budgets
Comment The credit crunch, uncertainty in the world's financial markets and fears of a recession all add up to even more pressure on already squeezed tech budgets as organisations tighten their belts. As with last year's CIO... [04 Apr 2008]
IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News IT contractors are finding it harder to secure work, with the joblessness rate among temporary tech staff increasing - an ominous omen that the chill economic winds from the global credit crunch are starting to blow... [28 Mar 2008]
Maximize Availability and Performance, and Tame Complexity of Manufacturing and Utilities IT Infrastructures
White Paper The Stratus ftServer family and the Continuous Availability Lifecycle Management (CALM) Services ease the technology skills crunch at the plant with designs that inherently promote the uptime,... [29 Feb 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News Crunch time for IT jobs? Inevitably the post-Christmas January blues prompts many people into looking for a new career or job and recruitment agencies predicted a healthy flow of new candidates and continued high demand... [30 Jan 2008]
2008: Crunch time for IT jobs?
News The worldwide credit crunch could be starting to impact on IT jobs but prospects for a new year job change look good going into 2008. Julia Bosworth, a manager on the contract staff side of the business for recruitment... [10 Jan 2008]
North-South pay gap narrows
News Butterfield said IT pros in London are "highly dependent on the health of the financial services industry" - which means the credit crunch could hit London tech workers harder than those in the North. [02 Jan 2008]
Fresh tech talent in demand next year
News The survey of 50 UK organisations found the vast majority (94 per cent) are not planning to change their hiring plans in light of the credit crunch in the banking sector. Skills Survey 2007 Find out the... [23 Nov 2007]
Credit crunch hits tech contractors
News And separate research from ReThink Recruitment suggests the demand for IT skills in general in the FS sector could rise as banks change systems that failed to cope with the credit crunch. Just 22 per... [31 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Can education be saved?
Comment As a result of this scientific skills crunch, much of the West is now looking towards the service industries for their future. They could bring their extensive skills and experience to... [10 Mar 2005]
