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e-skills UK in Northern Ireland
Strategy 2007-10
The Sector Skills Agreement for IT for Northern Ireland, a ten year vision and three year action plan for IT skills development in Northern Ireland, has been developed by e-skills UK with Momentum, the trade association for ICT companies in Northern Ireland, employers, educators and government. It follows extensive research which revealed that, over the next 15 years, the IT industry in Northern Ireland is forecast to grow at more than three times the rate of overall employment growth in Northern Ireland.
Around 2000* people are needed each year to enter the IT workforce, filling increasingly complex, high added value roles. At the same time, the numbers of people choosing to study technology-related subjects continues to fall.
The research also demonstrated that more than a quarter of businesses in Northern Ireland have employees who lack the everyday IT skills to do their jobs.
The SSA for IT strategy and action plan consider the skills needs of the 14,600 people in the IT workforce in Northern Ireland, the 76,200 business managers and leaders who need to understand how to realise the potential of IT, and up to 501,000 people who use IT in their day to day work.
The full version of the Action Plan is available to download below or you may request a hard copy at
www.e-skills.com/register.
To access the research, go to www.e-skills.com/ni/research.
* 1,970 - this figure includes 360 jobs created by growth and 1,610 new entrants to replace those leaving the IT workforce.
Last modified: 28 May 2009