10 REASONS WHY A CAREER IN IT IS A WISE CHOICE

96% of CIOs and CTOs are challenged in finding skilled IT professionals

89% of CIOs and CTOs are concerned about losing their best employees to the competition

1. TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND

Businesses adopting anytime, anywhere access is creating an increase in digital transformation projects across all sectors

The result: Innovative IT professionals who understand the potential of mobile connectivity are in growing demand

2. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OPENING DOORS

UK technology salaries are set to increase by 4% on average

The Robert Half 2016 Salary Guide shares the trends and starting salaries across the IT industry

3. IT SALARIES ON THE RISE

For 37% of UK CIOs and CTOs it is most challenging to find skilled software development professionals

4. WANTED: SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS

The way companies conduct business is changing

UK CIOs and CTOs see IT having the biggest impact on the company in cloud technology (39%) and IT security (37%)

5. KEY BUSINESS CHANGES REQUIRE TECHNOLOGY

Skilled tech professionals are needed for these projects:

1. cloud adoption (34%)

2. business intelligence and analytics (30%)

3. virtualisation (29%)

6. FUTURE TECH PROJECTS

CIOs and CTOs expect the following areas to have the greatest impact on the growth of the UK tech industry:

1. IT services (41%)

2. e-Commerce (22%)

3. Data storage (17%)

4. FinTech (8%)

7. THE TECH INDUSTRY IS GROWING

94% of CIOs and CTO see technology playing an important role in their company‘s growth plans

The key to achieving this is through improving customer transactional experiences (45%)

8. IT CONTRIBUTES TO BUSINESS STRATEGY

Half of UK companies have seen the number of female IT professionals increase over the last five years

9. MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN IT

British companies score themselves, on average, 3.36 on a scale of one to five where one is ‘not innovative’ and five is ‘highly innovative’

CIOs and CTOs agree there is a strong link between having a culture of innovation and attracting talented IT professionals

10. INNOVATION WELCOMED

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