UK IT skills shortage to increase
14 June 2019
The UK’s IT skills shortage is going to increase over the next three years for tech businesses, according to research published by the Cloud Industry Forum.
The report found that 52 per cent of UK tech companies lack IT skills in at least one area of their business.
Furthermore, half of respondents expected to face a skills gap within three years, more than double the current figure.
Annalisa O’Rourke, chief operations officer at cloud provider Memset, pointed to “a clear link” between the growing skills gap and a lack of diversity in the tech industry or IT department.
“We read a lot about the need to up-skill existing workers and to train the next generation, but what is often less talked about is the need to expand the gene pool of potential recruits,” she said.