A survey of tech executives has found that a third of them are worried about finding enough tech staff in the coming year.
The CompTIA survey found that a third think 2018 will be moderately more challenging than 2017 when it comes to recruiting new technology workers. Another 43 percent of executives say that 2018 will probably be just as bad as last year.
Graham Hunter, CompTIA’s vice president for skills certification in Europe and the Middle East, said that employer demand for tech talent was routinely outstripping supply and the year ahead will force more organisations to rethink their approaches to recruiting, training and talent management.
Tech firms face much competition for tech talent from other industries, and there is strong demand for tech workers is present among employers in manufacturing; professional, scientific and technical pursuits; human health and social work; and finance and insurance.
Postings for core IT jobs across the UK surpassed 290,000 in Q4 2017, accounting for 13 percent of all jobs posted – 2.3 million during the last three months of 2017. It also represented a 14 percent increase in core IT jobs postings from Q4 2016 to Q4 2017.
Amy Carrado, senior director, research and market intelligence, CompTIA said that for the full year in 2017 more than 1.3 million job postings for core IT positions were placed by UK employers, a six percent increase from the prior year. The number of IT workers in the UK also increased last year, “to an estimated 1.23 million”.
The top locations for IT jobs, based on the number of workers in 2017, include London, Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey, and Manchester.
