IT Jobs in UK Tech industry Sees Growth by 12%
The new Robert Walters UK Jobs Index reveals that the job vacancies for IT professionals increased by 12% in the first quarter of 2017 when compared to the same time in the last year. Developers and software engineers are particularly sought after, accounting for the 14% of total demand while the vacancies for IT managers made up by 4% of total number of the roles. “The UK IT sector has enjoyed a strong steady growth over past several years and is largely resistant to slowdown in the hiring seen by other sectors in midst of economic and political uncertainty last year.” “However, start of 2017 has nevertheless seen a significant increase in IT hiring, with the developers particularly sought after. The demand from startup firms in the fin-tech has played a major role in this, along with the large established companies investing heavily in the cyber security.” “With many high-profile data breaches over past few years involving in the prominent companies, employers are now increasingly re...