IT Recruitment Sector Report

By: salman

Whilst 2009 has seen a difficult job market during the last 3 months we have witnessed a significant increase in customer confidence, which has resulted in an increase in jobs coming through. The ICT division of Matchtech is responding to the needs of the market and is moving towards a more niche focussed skills approach in 2010, focussing on Software Development, PMO, Business Intelligence, ERP, New Media, GIS and Support. This will allow us to improve our awareness of our candidate’s skills and experience whilst focussing on key strategic technologies and markets.

IT Solution Provider

Recruitment within the IT Solution Provider industry has seen an upturn over the last 3 months, with an increase in both permanent and contract vacancies. Many clients are now reporting that previous “on hold” business is now moving ahead, so are hiring new staff for 2010. We are currently holding over 130 live vacancies, covering sales, consultancy, project & programme management, development and support. Sales vacancies have increased particularly for high end new business professionals, with a particular focus across areas such as SAP, CRM and  Business Intelligence. In light of this positive shift in the market, Matchtech has added to their successful Consultancy team by hiring a senior recruitment consultant to focus on the Business Intelligence market.

End User Clients

The IT End User permanent team which focuses on providing world class recruitment services to Matchtech’s corporate and private company client base is benefiting from a surge in vacancy orders. This increase started at the end of summer holidays and is still gathering pace – overall vacancies in are up 40% since August! Our clients have a strong appetite to get their vacancies filled before the Xmas break and are planning for a busier and more vibrant 2010.

As ever the main skills sets in demand cover Software Development, Project Management, Business Analysis and IT Support. We have witnessed a significant drop off in candidate applications over the last couple of weeks  – so if you are thinking of starting your job search in the New Year our advice would be to not delay and get in contact prior to Christmas as there is less competition in the current market.

The contract market is also notably picking up but there has been a 3 month lag behind the recent upturn in the permanent market. Many of our clients are recruiting Project Management/PMO resources in large volumes and we also have a number of high-profile rollout and office relocation projects at a few clients, predominantly in the transportation and public sectors. This has resulted in a recent influx of IT Support and Infrastructure positions. Our general observation at the moment is that the contractor marketplace is generally candidate rich, however many niche skills such as SAP, Sharepoint and Oracle remain sought after.

NHS

In 2006 Matchtech IT was selected by the NHS Purchasing & Supply Agency (PASA) to supply IM&T (Information Management & Technology) contract, temporary and interim staff to the NHS. The NHS team has recently won the tender for PASA to extend our inclusion on the framework for another 3 years.  Currently, Matchtech ICT is the third largest supplier to the NHS for IT and Information staff under the PASA agreement; however we are currently the number one supplier to several regions throughout the UK including South West, South Central, Yorkshire & the Humber and Wales.

Matchtech has seen a noticeable rise in Consultancy and Project Staff over the last 6 months and would always be interested in speaking to candidates with NHS experience within 3 broad categories:

1. Project Management and Consultant positions
2. Information, Data Analysis and Informatics
3. Traditional IT – such as software development, training, support, helpdesk & roll-out

About the Author

For further information on IT jobs including Sharepoint jobs, Security Cleared jobs and C# jobs, visit Matchtech, UK’s leading professional recruitment agency.

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