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09 October 2015
3 out of 4 IT experts think the government should be doing more to deal with the gap in IT service skills.

A survey claimed that 75% of IT industry employees thinks the government is not doing enough to persuade young people into jobs in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) fields.

This is even with initiatives set up by government encouraging 1,360 apprenticeships, 240 traineeships, 150 industry degrees, 230 modular masters’ modules and 5,900 workforce development openings over the next two years, to inspire young people to take up jobs in the Stem area.

“These jobs are highly requested and vital in enhancing the UK economy so the government must do more to increase recruitment into these careers,” said the director of strategy at IP Expo Europe, Bradley Maule-ffinch.

“It’s unacceptable that companies don’t feel the government is outlaying enough on Stem initiatives,” he added.

This pattern can be seen throughout the whole of the UK, with 86% of IT staff in the East Midlands, 83% of IT professionals in Wales and 71% of IT employees in Northern Ireland maintaining that the government should spend more on Stem schemes.

In north-east England, only just under a quarter of people believed the government was doing enough to inspire young people into Stem careers in an effort to close the skills gap.

There is currently much increased competition to recruit technical talent that constrains the market growth of several new, disruptive technologies. Government, industry, and the academic world need to find new routes of collaboration to show off the benefits of an IT-related discipline, and help deliver access to the training which is essential to pursue Stem-related careers.

Earlier in 2015 a letter by TechUK also suggested partnerships and collaboration as a solution to plugging the skills gap and appealed that the Department for Education (DfE) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) should work jointly to assess the achievements and challenges of the new computing prospectus in dealing with the problem.

The IT service industry is still finding it problematic to find capable workers, and firms looking for employees in the limited talent pool need to offer more to be competitive.

Here at Concept IT, we offer a fully managed IT service to small-medium sized businesses in the Durham area which provides everything your business needs to ensure it's running efficiently and securely regardless of whether you have 10 or 110 staff.

Putting first class professional IT support at the heart of our service, we can help you to focus on your business in Durham whilst offering tools and systems to improve productivity, efficiency, help stimulate growth, and above all, generate more profit.

As your IT partner we see ourselves as an extension of your Durham business and as such we always look to save you time, money and headaches.

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