New research has revealed that salaries for entry-level IT roles have dropped over the last five years, as businesses look to cut costs by outsourcing services overseas.
Recent studies by iProfile.org and the Association of Technology Staffing Companies indicate that front line wages have stalled at around £18,000, while second line salaries have grown by just 0.8% per year – a percentage rise that falls well below the base rate of inflation.
The strengthening economy will see the number of positions within the IT industry increase this year, an industry figure has said. (more…)
A total of 21,020 students who graduated last year were known to be out of work, some 8.9% of the total as revealed by the figures of the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (Hecsu). IT graduates struggled the most, with unemployment rising from 13.7% to 16.3% last year, followed by media studies graduates, with 14.6% of graduates jobless in 2009. (more…)
Consider the last time you carried out a normal daily life routine that didn’t involve computers. Pretty much everything we do now involves a computer of some shape and size, so it is little wonder the IT sector is still big business. Figures show that despite the recent recession, computing jobs are still out there, and in London as well as across the rest of the UK, these make up one of the biggest sectors of employment vacancies. (more…)
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