Careers and Skills
Females now make up less than one tenth of computer science students in the UK
Some schools report no female computer science students at all
HMRC seeks commercial contract expert in £95k job to oversee post-Aspire IT deals
New hire at HMRC expected to help in shift from single biggest IT outsourcing deal in Europe to a portfolio of 200+ suppliers
Financial Conduct Authority seeking three IT leaders to support IT transformation and manage supplier relations
FCA is seeking a head of regulatory systems and two divisional service leads
CIO Interview: Albert Hitchcock, COO & CTO, Pearson
Hitchcock discusses the digital transformation underway at Pearson
True data scientists don't exist, says EE's head of data and insight
Analysts are either good with data or good at storytelling, but very rarely both says Richard Tate
IT bucks gender pay gap trend with female CIOs paid more than male
Research shows female CIOs paid slightly more, but there are still many more men in the top IT jobs than women, and other roles still reveal a significant gender pay gap
HM Land Registry to recruit a head of IT operations in £70k role
HMLR has an ambitious transformation programme, which includes a centralised digital local land charges register
Former Yell CIO Robert Carr becomes CIO at Medivet The Vets
In addition to Yell, Carr has has also held IT positions at News International and Gartner
Trainline and Code First initiative to bring thousands more women into tech
New partnership will teach 20,000 women to code by 2020
There is no room for fire and hire in modern IT, says Worldline CTO
When adopting new ways of working, existing staff have a lot to offer
Food Standards Agency to recruit a chief digital officer
Digital 'a game changer' and vital to achieving ambitions, says FSA
West Midlands on the hunt for a chief digital officer
Former John Lewis CEO Andy Street is now mayor of the region and is putting together a digital strategy
Department for Education searching for a CISO
£105k annual salary for chief information security officer who will be DfE's "policy owner" for cyber risk
Avado enables remote working for developers to solve recruitment challenges
Group CTO Mark Ridley admits recruitment difficulties in hiring Moodle developers, but found success by enabling remote working practises
IT leaders see the rise of CIO-as-a-service
We explore the rising trend of the interim CIO
Postings for tech jobs surged by 12 per cent in 2017, claims recruitment firm Reed
Technology roles - and the pay on offer - continuing to rise
MoD appoints Charles Forte as new CIO, replacing Mike Stone
Former deputy group CIO of BP and interim CIO of Thames Water to take up post at end of month
HM Courts and Tribunals Service seeks £90k digital programme director
Director will be instrumental in £1bn HMCTS Reform programme
GCHQ opens accelerator programme to nine new UK startups
Scheme will help new businesses to develop their ideas and secure investment
UK industrial strategy will fail if skills shortage is not solved, says IET
Employers say that lack of skilled staff is damaging their business prospects
Focus on the basics — the four needs of high-performance team members
Mark Ridley, group CTO of Blenheim Chalcot, discusses the needs of high-performance team members
Cloud skills gap or cloud skills crisis?
In a survey 70 per cent say they face a shortage of technical cloud skills
The future of the CIO role: products, property, professional services, or all of the above?
Computing speaks to Tom Clark, CIO of Leeds Building Society about how his role is broadening out, and examines other CIOs who are adding new domains to their scope
How digital transformation is changing the CIO role
For CIOs success is no longer measured in the build and delivery of systems, but instead by the tangible outcomes that integrated technologies can deliver