A Computer Weekly report from Salary Services Limited (SSL) and JobsAdWatch.co.uk revealed that the number of vacancies for IT staff in the media sector increased by 25.2 per cent in the last three months to December 2010, compared to the previous year.
The study also found that the number of permanent IT staff hired by organisations in the media increased by 1.8 per cent in the same period.
However, the numbers of vacancies available are still well below the levels being advertised prior to the recession, Computer Weekly reported.
'This surprising figure is due to a number of factors, which include better development tools becoming available that lead to improved productivity, more reliable software and hardware needing considerably less support and operations staff to run computer centres,' George Molyneaux, research director at SSL, told the source.
Sean Gallagher, an executive member of Recruitment and Employment Confederation Technology, told V3.co.uk that demand for IT staff is driven by technology providing the core of every 21st century organisation.
The study also found that the number of permanent IT staff hired by organisations in the media increased by 1.8 per cent in the same period.
However, the numbers of vacancies available are still well below the levels being advertised prior to the recession, Computer Weekly reported.
'This surprising figure is due to a number of factors, which include better development tools becoming available that lead to improved productivity, more reliable software and hardware needing considerably less support and operations staff to run computer centres,' George Molyneaux, research director at SSL, told the source.
Sean Gallagher, an executive member of Recruitment and Employment Confederation Technology, told V3.co.uk that demand for IT staff is driven by technology providing the core of every 21st century organisation.
