Matt Munson, group technical director for BlueSquare Data, said that the demand for data centre services such as those supplied by his firm is increasing and this will lead to the creation of new jobs in the sector.
'A major job, which is probably around 30 per cent of our staff, is what's called a knock engineer - a knock engineer is basically a computer engineer working on shifts 24/7,' he added.
Mr Munson also claimed that IT outsourcing jobs could be on the increase in the sector, as companies are becoming more reluctant to set up their own data centre.
The expert pointed out that firms no longer want to finance the large-scale capital expenditure which is required for a new data centre and are looking to outsource their operations instead.
Recent figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation claimed that the number of workers in the market with IT skills is exceeding demand.
'A major job, which is probably around 30 per cent of our staff, is what's called a knock engineer - a knock engineer is basically a computer engineer working on shifts 24/7,' he added.
Mr Munson also claimed that IT outsourcing jobs could be on the increase in the sector, as companies are becoming more reluctant to set up their own data centre.
The expert pointed out that firms no longer want to finance the large-scale capital expenditure which is required for a new data centre and are looking to outsource their operations instead.
Recent figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation claimed that the number of workers in the market with IT skills is exceeding demand.
