Demand for permanent and freelance IT workers continues to rise, according to new research.Despite UK unemployment now soaring to a total 2.62 million people, with more than one million young people now out of work, the latest Salary Services Limited (SSL) data has some good news for those working in the IT sector.
The number of permanent IT jobs advertised in the third quarter of 2011 increased by one percent compared to the previous quarter. Meanwhile there was a 4.7 percent rise in the number of freelance jobs advertised, SSL found.
There were almost 55,000 IT jobs in London and south-east England advertised in the third quarter of 2011, compared with about 25,000 in the rest of the country combined.
In Inner London, the number of permanent IT Jobs advertised increased by a quarter, while vacancies in southern England and outer London grew 20.5 percent and 7.4 percent respectively.
The biggest increase in demand was for people with skills in the Agile development methodology, the research revealed. The number of Agile jobs increased by 75 percent in the third quarter compared to 2011, reaching a total of 5,767.
The software skill most in demand in the latest quarter of 2011 was SQL, with a 9.7 percent increase for this. There were 20,046 SQL jobs advertised.
C programmers were the next in demand. There were a total of 15,131 IT jobs advertised in this field, a 0.6 percent rise compared to the number advertised in the third quarter of 2010.
About 59,000 jobs were advertised by software houses and financial services firms, compared to about 10,000 in all other sectors combined.
"If you want a job in IT move south," said George Molyneux, SSL research director.
He stressed that many big software companies were based in places like Reading and Bracknell, and many large financial firms in London.
This week, figures revealed that the UK unemployment total was the largest since 1994. The number of people out of work has risen to 8.3 percent, the highest since 1996.
The Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King has warned that the UK economy could stagnate until mid 2012, the BBC reported.There are now 1.016 million 16 to 24-year-olds out of work, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
The Bank has reduced its 2011 and 2012 growth predictions to about one percent.
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