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News The growing confidence in outsourcing to provide data security marks a shift in perception from a survey by analysts Gartner in 2005 that found security and privacy were once of the biggest fears among companies considering outsourcing.
[06 Feb 2008]
News Skills Survey 2007: Offshoring still a hot potato The annual silicon.com skills survey found offshoring is still causing concern for some IT professionals, with a third of those surveyed saying they feel their job is threatened by offshoring.
[18 Dec 2007]
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...
[13 Aug 2007]
News The ninth annual Skills Survey reveals employers are finding it increasingly difficult to fill IT positions in their organisations. Half (48 per cent) of survey respondents agreed or strongly agreed there is a skills crisis.
[07 Aug 2007]
News Tell us what you think of the IT workforce in silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey. Is there a skills shortage? Feel overwhelmed by your inbox? It's not just your imagination - the number of emails you're receiving is trending upwards.
[12 Jul 2007]
News Tell us what you think of the IT workforce in silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey. Is there a skills shortage? The BBC's £1.5bn IT outsourcing deal with Siemens Business Services (SBS) has come under fire from MPs for over-estimating cost savings and...
[28 Jun 2007]
News Tell us what you think of the IT workforce in silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey. The government's chief information officer has called for the IT profession to present a united front to combat a growing IT skills shortage.
[21 May 2007]
News Tell us what you think of the IT workforce in silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey. Is there a skills shortage? The UK call centre industry is continuing to boom despite the threat from lower cost offshore locations such as India, according to a new...
[10 Apr 2007]
News Tell us what you think of the IT workforce in silicon.com's 2007 Skills Survey. The uptake of IT-related degrees has almost halved within four years from 27,000 in 2001 to 14,700 in 2005, according to research from e-skills UK.
[05 Apr 2007]
News A 2005 survey conducted by Cisco and market researcher IDC predicted the UK will be short of 40,000 skilled IT employees by 2008. Students who complete a business-backed tech qualification will now be awarded UCAS points in a move aimed at reducing...
[05 Feb 2007]
News More evidence has emerged that UK companies are facing a shortfall of IT skills, with many IT pros failing to be offered suitable training. E-Skills UK, an organisation that monitors the UK's information and communications sector, published its...
[08 Jan 2007]
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...
[01 Jun 2006]
News According to silicon.com's exclusive 2006 Skills Survey, the percentage of IT workers earning 'below £25,000' has increased by a sizable eight percentage points. The Skills Survey reveals, unsurprisingly, that the CEOs, CFOs and COOs are the top...
[18 May 2006]
Comment Although the Jupiter survey makes for grim reading for the music industry, they only have themselves to blame. Even the JupiterResearch survey found that up to 10 per cent of European consumers are willing to pay for downloads.
[16 Jan 2006]
News Schmidt also referred to a recent survey from Microsoft finding that 64 per cent of software developers were not confident they could write secure applications. He said he believes that many developers don't have the skills needed to write secure...
[13 Oct 2005]
News According to a Foote Partners survey of 50,000 IT workers, pay for 89 non-certified and 87 certified technical skills grew 3.8 per cent and 1.3 per cent, respectively, in the first six months of 2005.
[20 Jul 2005]
News Nine out of ten respondents to a Forrester survey said the education system fails to cover these newly important areas in enough depth. Increasing retirement rates combined with a drop in new IT graduates will leave companies struggling to recruit...
[20 Jul 2005]
Leader In silicon.com's 2005 Skills Survey, for instance, over half of respondents agreed there was a skills shortage while two-thirds said their businesses were able to fill IT vacancies. The industry group e-skills UK, which sits between government...
[14 Jun 2005]
Comment The IT skills gap is no big shakes, though most firms could plan their recruitment strategies better, according to a recent survey from e-skills UK. Just nine per cent of the 700 employers polled in e-skills UK's ICT Insights survey said there is a...
[06 Jun 2005]
Comment This compares with silicon.com's 2005 Skills Survey, which showed salaries for IT contractors and consultants has remained steady over the past year, with about half of respondents making between £55,000 and £110,000 per annum.
[12 May 2005]
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