IT Job Market is Picking up Momentum

Latest Findings From the IT Job Board's Skills in Demand Report -

LONDON, April 26, 2010 - There are currently over 21,000 jobs on www.theitjobboard.co.uk,
this represents a 16% increase quarter on quarter. In the first quarter of
this year, IT manager and IT support roles represented the highest proportion
of jobs on site.

Contract positions have seen a significant shift, with an
increase of 54 percent from the start of the year to the end of March.

The main skills in demand continue to be IT managers, IT
support, project managers, SQL and software engineers. The pattern across all
of these skills is heavily slanted towards permanent positions.

There has been significant demand for specialist skills such
as IT security and .net roles. The number of IT security jobs posted, rose by
67% quarter on quarter, .net jobs increased by 51%. Indicating that the job
market is showing some expansive growth in non core areas.

Commenting on the latest Skills in Demand figures, Alex
Farrell, Managing Director of The IT Job Board said: "We have continued to
see a rapid rise in the number of positions being advertised in the first
quarter of 2010, a real sign that the market is bouncing back."

Notes to editors

About The IT Job Board:

The IT Job Board group of companies was set up in April 2002
in recognition that recruitment in the IT sector was increasingly dominated
by the internet.

Today, The IT Job Board (www.theitjobboard.co.uk) is the UK's
biggest IT specialist recruitment website with over 23383 vacancies
advertised (as at April 2010).

Online technology enables sophisticated targeting - for example by skill,
region or experience - of The IT Job Board's database of 800,000 IT
professionals. The company always tries to get closer to candidates either
via planned content campaigns, or through the use of social networks.

The site also offers employers services such as branded job
postings, a featured employer zone, targeted email campaigns and guidance on
advertising copy. The managed campaign service filters responses to provide
companies with a shortlist of applicants most suitable for the advertised
position.

www.theitjobboard.co.uk's clients include Deloitte,
Accenture, Bloomberg, WRVS, HM Treasury, Betfair, Amnesty International and
MI5.

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