The app economy and the boom in the London Silicon Roundabout area have led to a big increase in the number of UK IT companies within the last two years. The growth has strengthened the country's position as a genuine major tech hub, with more than 300,000 businesses now operating in the sector – a 14% increase from two years ago.<br><br>
With general industry growth currently being measured at around 8%, the sector obviously offers a host of potential for workers looking to find jobs in an over-performing industry .<br><br>
Graham Jenner, a director at <a target="_blank" href="NoPalaverhttp://www.nopalavergroup.com/">NoPalaver;, said: “New media entrepreneurs are riding the next wave of technological innovation to establish a raft of high-growth startup IT businesses clustering around tech hubs."<br><br>
The growth has also seen the number of people out of work decrease by 48,000 to 2.47 million in the quarter leading up to September, according to the ONS.<br><br>
Interestingly, many employers are still observing a skills gap, with the area still offering a huge number of unfulfilled vacancies. At the last count, there were 4,700 unfulfilled jobs in the tech city area, according to jobs search engine <a target="_blank" href="Adzunahttp://www.adzuna.co.uk">Adzuna;. There is obviously a huge gap in the market for skilled ICT professionals seeking work. <br><br>
Government backing for the Tech City region appears to continue to have a positive effect, according to Adzuna co-founder Andrew Hunter; however, there is still a definite gap in skills, with specific coding skills such as SQL, Ruby, HTML and Python all in strong demand. <br>