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News » UK IT job vacancies up 55% in May

UK IT job vacancies up 55% in May

UK IT job vacancies up 55% in May

IT job vacancies in the United Kingdom surged by 55% year-on-year in May and are expected to continue to do so for the rest of the year, increasing threefolds than 2020’s figures.

According to the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), tech companies are the most active recruiters in the country between January and May, opening up over 32,000 IT jobs and accounting for 43% of all the IT positions advertised. 

Across the regions, London holds the largest share of IT vacancies with 46%. Meanwhile, the South East area accounts for 11% and the North West area has about seven per cent of IT vacancies. 

Notably, remote vacancies are also increasing with 11% of vacancies advertising this option, up nine per cent from pre-pandemic figures.

However, APSCo CEO Ann Swain said that while it’s “encouraging” to see the demand for IT professionals, “the UK’s dearth of talent is now critical and we are already seeing this impact the growth of tech companies at a time when they should be thriving.”

Swain added that recruitment professionals and businesses alike need to “upskill existing staff, hire from wider talent pools to boost diversity and increase the number of women in IT” to help narrow skill shortages in the UK.

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