NCC: IT skills shortage more prevalent

The shortage of IT workers in the UK has hit its highest level in a decade, the National Computing Centre (NCC) has found.

NCC's Benchmark of Salaries and Employment Trends in IT report has revealed that the shortage reached 6.8% this year, compared to last year's 4.2%.

The research discovered that workers with knowledge of Oracle, SAP, .NET, web development, network support, business analysis and project management will be in demand for the next two years - as will those with an understanding of VMware as virtualisation technologies become more popular.

This follows recent findings from ComputerJobs.ie, as reported by Online Recruitment magazine, that revealed most IT professionals would prefer more training rather than a pay rise.

NCC's Head of Content, Ian Jones, remarked that the public sector will suffer the most 'as the pressure to limit wage inflation is high.'

'The repercussions of the credit crunch are unknown, but more and more organisations are doing business online so demand for web-related skills is buoyant,' he stated.