IT graduates 'hot property'

Figures recently reported by the UK's universities application body UCAS show that there has been a sharp decline in the number of college graduates applying for IT degrees.

Between 2001 and 2006 there was a 50 per cent drop in the number of under graduates applying to study IT, and 2007 showed a further year-on-year drop, it has been reported.

The Scottish Technology Industry Survey carried out this year notes that graduate employers are concerned about the lack of access they have to IT graduates, with 70 per cent of respondents noting that they see 'access to good entry level graduates' as a serious threat to growth.

Yet this news is positive to those recent IT graduates now looking for a job in the IT sector, as demand for skills is high.

With competition for jobs dwindling, and employers already concerned about the pattern, there is a likelihood that IT graduates will start with a leg up.

However, immigration can often fill skills gaps, and so new graduates looking for a job this summer must also remember that soft skills are often highlighted as a desirable asset in a new recruit, as well as hard skills such as IT knowledge.

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