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UK tech firms are feeling pretty good about the industry next year despite rumours of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse riding forth, a new report has found.

The IT Industry Outlook 2023 report from The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) surveyed 125 professionals in the UK, DACH, Benelux, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and Southeast Asia (ASEAN) regions to look into the sentiment of technology firms for the year ahead.

UK businesses rated sector at 6.4 out of 10, suggesting that even with current uncertainties and societal stuff, the industry remains robust and confident. Read more…

CompTIA’s CEO Todd Thibodeaux has warned that the IT industry is no longer attractive to the kids of today.

He noted that the industry is only the fifth most desirable career globally, coming in behind sales, hospitality, healthcare and general business roles.

Speaking to the gathered throngs at the organisation’s 2022 EMEA Member and Partner Conference in London Thibodeaux said that there were about 10 million working age people out there looking for new job opportunities.

However, they were spurning the IT industry as if it were a rabid dog. They believe a tech career takes longer to train for, is harder to understand and is more expensive to learn than other more desirable careers. Read more…

A new CompTIA report says that resellers are in a greater position of power.

The latest Partner experience trends 2022 from CompTIA shows that relationships between partners and vendors appear to be getting stronger, but the resellers are the ones choosing who to work with.

But the US based survey also revealed that channel partners were being careful in choosing which vendors to work with, which meant those strong relationship were the result of considered decisions.

CompTIA  senior director, industry analysis Carolyn April said: “Channel partners enjoy far greater choice of vendors to align with in a marketplace that has expanded in the cloud era.

“Greater choice means greater chance to find the most optimal fit. Proactive vendors understand that they need to step up their game and optimise the experience for partners or watch them go elsewhere.” Read more…

Companies in the business of technology and information technology (IT) professionals are optimistic that the new year will bring a return to growth and new strategic innovations, according to a new report published by CompTIA.

The nonprofit association for the IT industry and workforce report with the catchy title “IT Industry Outlook 2022” finds an industry and workforce eager to move on from nearly two years of keeping business and careers afloat and getting back to mindset that was in place prior to the pandemic. Read more…

IT channel businesses are “cautiously optimistic” according to the latest research from CompTIA.

In the outfit’s ‘International State of the Channel 2021′ report, CompTIA surveyed 880 global IT channel professionals during the second quarter.

It found that 90 percent of executives believed the channel was relevant in the IT industry – but they were split when asked about how it’s doing. According to the report, 46 percent said it’s holding steady, while 44 percent said it is rapidly changing. Read more…

Demand for technology professionals across the United Kingdom experienced a bounce back in Q3, with more than 166,000 job postings from employers, according to an analysis by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the global technology industry.

Job postings for core technology occupations totaled 166,603 for the quarter, CompTIA’s examination of data from Burning Glass Technologies Labour Insights shows. The third quarter total was 33 percent higher than the second quarter, when the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting staffing changes implemented by many firms led to a sharp decline in technology job postings.

Though not immune from the effects of the pandemic, demand for technology workers in the UK has held up for much of 2020. The number of third quarter job postings was just one percent lower than the total for third quarter 2019, compared to a 19 percent decrease in all job ads. IT positions accounted for 11 percent of all job postings in third quarter. Read more…

Relationships between technology companies and the partners they rely on to sell, refer and consult on their products and services are evolving from alliances dominated by vendors to true partnerships, according to a research brief published by CompTIA.

The research brief with the catchy title Partner Experience Trends, said that the widespread adoption of cloud computing and the emergence of an “as-a-service world” – the same dynamics that changed the relationship between technology providers and their customers –– are having an equally significant impact in vendor-partner relations.

Carolyn April, senior director for industry analysis at CompTIA said: “Today’s customer cares more about the services that will solve a problem or advance their growth and less about the product’s brand name. That’s spurred technology solution providers to focus more intently on building their reputation as a trusted business advisor. As a result, they have more leverage with the vendors they work with; not in an adversarial way, but in a manner that’s much more balanced than it’s ever been.” Read more…

UK employers continued their search for workers to fill critical information technology (IT) roles even as unexpected changes in business conditions took hold during the second quarter, according to beancounters working for CompTIA.

The total number of employer job postings for core IT positions was slightly more than 125,000 in the second quarter, a decline from the first quarter, according to CompTIA’s analysis of data from Burning Glass Technologies Labour Insights. Read more…