IT jobs market "bouncing back"

Recruitment site experiences strong resurgence in demand for permanent staff

IT vacancies up 16 per cent in first quarter of 2010 sequentially

Figures from IT recruitment specialist web site IT Job Board show a 16 per cent jump in vacancies quarter-on-quarter for Q1 2010.

Contract positions have also seen a big rise, up 54 per cent from the start of the year to the end of March.

IT Job Board managing director Alex Farrell said, "We've seen 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.”

There are currently more than 21,000 jobs on IT Job Board's web site, with IT manager and IT support roles representing the biggest proportion of jobs.

The roles experiencing the biggest demand continue to be IT managers, IT support, project managers, SQL and software engineers, with the pattern across all skills areas heavily slanted towards permanent positions.

IT security jobs postings rose 67 per cent quarter on quarter, and .NET positions increased 51 per cent, indicating healthy growth in non-core areas, Farrell said.