IT recruitment 'will grow in 2011'

The number of people being recruited into IT jobs, particularly those in the financial services sector, will increase in the coming months, one expert has predicted.

James Richmond, sales director at recruiters Cititec, said that he expects there to be a boost in permanent hiring in 2011 as organisations move away from contractor workers.

He told efinancialcareers that IT budgets among financial firms will be bigger in 2011 and as a result companies are more likely to take on permanent staff to deal with technological deployments.

Mr Richmond explained: "We're definitely seeing the contractor market depreciating and the permanent market growing."

Meanwhile, a recent study carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research showed that the IT industry is forecast to grow at an annual rate of 5.1 per cent in the years to 2015 and will drive employment growth in the next five years by creating as many as 93,000 jobs, which could include those in sales recruitment.

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Posted by Nikki Barrister

Source: The Sales Engineer News