As with many sectors of the UK economy, the IT sector has fluctuated in terms of job availability over the last year, however it has always remained a key area post-recession in order to drive employment and growth.
After early optimism regarding IT spending at the start of last year, predictions from IT analyst Gartner suggest that 2012 will be even bigger, with many firms investing a lot into IT in order to stimulate growth.
Gartner have predicted that IT spending will increase by 3.7% to £2.45 trillion worldwide, however this was slightly lower than their initial prediction of a 4.6% increase, due to factors such as the Eurozone crisis and the general slow economic growth worldwide.
This rising level of spending has led more UK workers to become self employed to take advantage of the contract IT jobs that are expected as a result. Recruitment companies are already reporting an increase in availability of technical jobs, in areas including software development. Leading recruitment body, the REC, also reported rising trends in IT jobs in their latest report on jobs.
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