JVMP Reports
Findings from the Survey of Information Technology Recruiters 2008 - At A Glance
Published: 31 March 2008
Description
The Survey of Information Technology (IT) Recruiters 2008 explored the degree of difficulty that recruiting and contracting agencies have in finding candidates to fill specific IT occupations and specialisations. It provided in-depth information and insight into the perspectives of recruiters in the industry and identified where skill shortages may lie.
Similar surveys of IT recruiters were carried out by the Department of Labour annually from 2003 to 2006. Previous surveys were based solely on specialisations (for example, Java programming) in the IT industry. The 2008 survey was extended to include occupations (for example, systems architect) in the IT industry.
Link to full report
IT Recruiters Survey HTML | PDF [26 pages 208 KB]
Summary
The data for this study were collected using a web-based questionnaire. In the 2008 survey, respondents were asked to indicate the degree of difficulty they experienced in recruiting for specific IT occupations and specialisations in the last three months. In total, 30 out of 38 recruiters completed the questionnaire.
The survey found that 36 out of the 50 IT occupations surveyed were difficult to fill in 2008. An occupation is defined as being difficult to fill when at least 50% of the recruiters indicated that it was ‘very difficult’ or ‘difficult’ to find suitable applicants for vacancies in the last three months.
The survey showed that recruiters had the most difficulty finding suitable applicants for the following broad groups:
- ICT business and systems analysts and programmers
- ICT database and systems administrators, and ICT security specialists
- ICT designers
- ICT network and support professionals
The only broad group to have no occupations that were difficult to fill was ICT management.
Related information
Immediate Skill Shortage List [External Link]
Long Term Skill Shortage List [External Link]
Previous reports
Reports from previous periods can be found in archive
Author or contact details
For further information please contact the Labour Market Skills Team.