IT covers a multitude of different jobs in processing, analysing, storing and conveying information, whether that means working on the internet or on systems for guiding rockets. Graduates with work experience and strong technical skills will be snapped up first.
Jobs in this area remain a significant feature of graduate recruitment, and the long-term outlook is positive in global terms. There is growth in e-commerce, mobile telecommunications, networking and digital media and the use of databases.
Entry requirements for graduate IT jobs
There will continue to be exciting and varied opportunities, with competitive salaries and training on offer. Demand will continue both for those with degrees in subjects like computer science and electronics, and for those who want to start a career in IT without a related degree and who can show appropriate skills in analysis and problem-solving, and attention to detail.
Increasingly, employers are looking for good interpersonal skills and management potential in addition to technical aptitude.
Graduate careers in IT
The most common first IT role for graduates is trainee software developer or analyst programmer. This could lead on to work as a senior programmer / developer, systems analyst or consultant, and in the longer run to a management position.
In engineering and defence companies, the jobs are more likely to be described as software engineering. Others jobs use specialised titles like web designer or database analyst, or focus on providing technical support and training for users.
Some jobs are more business-oriented than technical, like IT sales and marketing.
Graduates with some commercial experience, and those with languages, are highly sought after.
Graduate IT job descriptions
* Data analyst
* IT sales staff
* Software engineer
* Systems analyst
* Systems manager
* Systems programmer
* Technical / end-user support specialist
* Web / internet services designer
Graduate IT employers
IT consultancies and software houses are major recruiters (some employ as many as 200 graduates a year), and they vary from small companies to international organisations. They work with other companies from diverse fields to improve their IT systems, and often get involved in managing their IT facilities on a day-to-day, consultancy basis.
Another major group of IT recruiters is the manufacturers (of computers and other electronics equipment) and service companies. Most carry out a mix of hardware and software development and manufacturing, as well as providing consulting services and facilities management.
The end-user organisations still employ a very significant proportion of IT staff. They can be found in every sector, from financial services, retailing, manufacturing and education to local and central government.
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