If you’re on the look-out for a new job opportunity, the Information Technology (IT) industry could offer more than you realise. Here’s some popular myths about the IT industry, busted!
“IT is male-dominated, geeky and complex”
- Women account for only 17% of IT & Telecoms professionals but the Girls and IT initiative from the E-Skills Sector Skills Council aims to make a difference to both the gender mix and the industry image.
“You have to live in London to get into the sector”
- It’s true that London and the South East have more jobs than other regions but the total is less than half of all UK jobs.
“There aren’t any jobs in IT”
- Employment in the IT & Telecoms professional occupations will grow at 2.19% per annum – nearly five times faster than the UK average.
- The UK needs 21,000 new recruits to the IT sector each year from education.
- Volumes of IT/ Telecomms vacancies have risen in each of the last four quarters.
“Everything is going to India”
- Not true. See above.