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What were the fastest growing IT jobs in the last 12 months?

Using Technojobs data, we put together a list of the fastest growing IT jobs in the UK within the last 12 months.We looked at the number of jobs advertised at Technojobs.co.uk and the year-on-year difference to find what jobs had the fastest growth between that period.

9 April 2024

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How much does the UK spend on Information Technology?

So in a great display of British organisation it has come to light that the government don’t actually know what they’re spending on IT – however they are happy to promise this year they’ll spend less.

9 April 2024

1 min

Number of Developer Jobs on the up!

Good news for Developers as new projections from the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) are showing that they are expecting the number of Developer Jobs in the UK to rise by approximately 22% by 2020.Developers are key to most of the new technological innovations we see come to light.

9 April 2024

2 min

Are job seekers making the most of social media?

In the current climate job hunting isn’t easy – so are job seekers making the most of the tools available to them?Technojobs conducted a survey that found that 65% of the British adults surveyed had recommended a job to a contact and that 57% of those that applied for the job recommended to them, we.

9 April 2024

2 min

IT Skills gap to leave UK economy exposed

We all know that IT has long been a growing industry and that not too long ago it was being credited with leading the UK out of recession.

9 April 2024

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Apprenticeships are a poor alternative to University, say working parents

A recent survey has highlighted that although government and industry leaders are calling for more companies to offer apprenticeship schemes, that in fact working parents don’t rate their value as equivalent to that of a university degree.The CIPD (the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Developmen.

9 April 2024

2 min

Public-Private “fusion cell” created to save the UK from Cyber threats

A new scheme will be launched later today by the UK government with the aim of reducing cyber threats by encouraging information sharing between private firms and public sector organisations.The programme follows a successful pilot scheme that was run in 2011, in which 80 companies took part from 5 .

9 April 2024

2 min

IT jobs growing faster than any other sector in the UK

In the rather perplexing UK economy, the jobs market is experiencing a large growth to the number of jobs vacancies, which in turn, isn’t prompting the recovery that would be expected.Amongst the confusion and the biggest contributor to the growth of job numbers in the UK is the IT jobs market.The R.

9 April 2024

1 min

Best Job Board for Technology Jobs

Technojobs, a leading IT & Technical Recruitment site, has been “highly commended” in the Best Job Board category at the 2013 Recruiter UK awards.The 2013 Recruiter UK awards saw Technojobs receive the highly commended prize in the Best Job Board category after a year of improvements and innovation .

9 April 2024

2 min

Richard Branson: Hiring on personality rather than skill-set

“It’s better to have a hole in your team than an asshole in your team!” according to Funding Circle CEO Samir Desai and quoted by Richard Branson.Richard Branson shares his secrets on hiring the perfect staff and making sure you get the right mix of people working for your company in order to create.

9 April 2024

2 min

Why aren't there enough women in cyber-security?

Women are shunning cyber security even more than they shun the rest of IT, according to a survey.The number of women choosing to take up security courses also declined overall by 19.5 per cent between 2011 and 2012, while the number of men on the courses more than doubled, growing by 118 per cent in.

9 April 2024

2 min

The IT salary story of 2015

Can you imagine a world without technology or a workplace without the internet?The fact is, technology has become so ingrained in our day to day lives, that functioning without it would be incomprehensible.

9 April 2024

2 min

Making sure you’re set for the New Year

As the year is coming to an end we understand the thought of searching for a new career may be at the back of your mind with Christmas on its way.But don’t forget, there is no time like the present.

9 April 2024

2 min

‘A’ level results: No matter what the outcome, the opportunity is greatest in Technology.

August 13 marks ‘A’ level results day.

9 April 2024

3 min

Unmanned adventures with Google's new driverless car

Recently Google announced their most recent leap in technological innovation – the driverless car.It’s an idea that has long been mused over, with BMW and Daimler AG also working on autonomous transport.

9 April 2024

3 min

Could worldwide IT expenditure hit £2 trillion by 2019?

According to the global market intelligence firm, IDC, the worldwide spend of IT could near £2 trillion by 2019.This is due to the increase of software investment by companies and organisations as well as spending on other tools to collect data and to improve business operations.

9 April 2024

1 min

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Finding Project Manager Jobs

Project Management can be a very rewarding career path both financially with average salaries at over £52,000 and with regard to job satisfaction.

9 April 2024

3 min

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