10 reasons why a career in IT is a wise choice

Professionals who are progressing a career in IT are set to take their career to new heights. Robert Half Technology has pulled together 10 reasons why a career in IT will take you places.

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1. 10 REASONS WHY A CAREER IN IT IS A WISE CHOICE

2. 96% of CIOs and CTOs are
challenged in finding skilled IT
professionals
89% of CIOs and CTOs are
concerned about losing their best
employees to the competition
1. TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND

3. Businesses adopting anytime,
anywhere access is creating an
increase in digital transformation
projects across all sectors
The result:
Innovative IT professionals who
understand the potential of mobile
connectivity are in growing demand
2. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OPENING DOORS

4. UK technology salaries are set to
increase by 4% on average
The Robert Half 2016 Salary Guide shares the trends
and starting salaries across the IT industry
3. IT SALARIES ON THE RISE

5. For 37% of UK CIOs
and CTOs it is most
challenging to find skilled
software development
professionals
4. WANTED: SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS

6. The way companies
conduct business is
changing
UK CIOs and CTOs
see IT having the
biggest impact
on the company in
cloud technology (39%)
and IT security (37%)
5. KEY BUSINESS CHANGES REQUIRE TECHNOLOGY

7. Skilled tech professionals are
needed for these projects:
1. cloud adoption (34%)
2. business intelligence
and analytics (30%)
3. virtualisation (29%)
6. FUTURE TECH PROJECTS

8. CIOs and CTOs expect the
following areas to have the
greatest impact on the growth
of the UK tech industry:
1. IT services (41%)
2. e-Commerce (22%)
3. Data storage (17%)
4. FinTech (8%)
7. THE TECH INDUSTRY IS GROWING

9. 94% of CIOs and CTO
see technology playing an
important role in their
company‘s growth plans
The key to achieving this is
through improving customer
transactional experiences (45%)
8. IT CONTRIBUTES TO BUSINESS STRATEGY

10. Half of UK
companies have
seen the number
of female IT
professionals
increase over the
last five years
9. MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN IT

11. British companies score
themselves, on average, 3.36
on a scale of one to five where
one is ‘not innovative’ and five
is ‘highly innovative’
CIOs and CTOs agree there
is a strong link between
having a culture of innovation
and attracting talented IT
professionals
10. INNOVATION WELCOMED

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ARE YOU READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR IT CAREER?