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According to the latest Report on Jobs published by The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG there has been further recent growth in the IT jobs market with the worst of the recession having now passed and the number of IT jobs — permanent and contract — rising.

Kevin Green, the REC’s Chief Executive said:

“Permanent appointments increasing at the fastest pace for over 12 years is the clearest sign yet of a revival in the UK jobs market. A rise in both temporary and contract work at the sharpest rate for nearly three years shows how they continue to provide vital flexibility for UK businesses as well as a valuable route back into work for job-seekers.

“However, the overall outlook is tempered by public expenditure cuts which are already impacting on recruitment in this sector. Deep-rooted reforms and innovative approaches to public sector resourcing will be needed in order to maintain frontline services. While high-end sectors such as IT and engineering continue to show strong growth, demand is also increasing for secretarial and back-office support roles.”

Bernard Brown, Partner and Head of Business Services at KPMG commented:

“The UK jobs market seems to be going from strength to strength with permanent job placements growing at the fastest rate for over 12 years. These figures show that private sector confidence is returning and that the UK is exiting recession at a pace. However, a lot of the current hiring activity is going on in the public sector. The public sector recession which clearly is on the cards hasn’t hit the jobs market yet but when it does, the upwards trend we have seen over the last couple of months may come to a halt.”

There was particular demand for business analysts, software analysts, project managers and those with skills in software testing and SharePoint, Microsoft’s collaboration software with many projects that had been put on hold now taking off again as the economy appears to be turning the corner.

One potential fly in the ointment is the forthcoming election which, coming during a time of economic uncertainty, may cause some companies to hold back on IT spending a bit longer.

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