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This mapping produces the figures for the total number of (core, technical) IT Practitioners in the U.K.
over the second half of the 1990s, as held by Eurostat from UK LFS data, shown in Figure 8.
Figure 8
Total IT Practitioners in the UK
from national LFS Statistics
600,000
500,000
Women
Men
Total
Number in employment in ISCO 213
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Year
The UK e-skills NTO managed a significant employer survey of the “ICT Professional” labour market
carried out by NOP Research at the beginning of 2001, and its conclusions (based in particular on
telephone interviews with nearly 4,000 employers of more than 5 employees) were reported in early
2002 as “e-skills 21: IT and Communications Professional in the UK”. The most significant findings
were:
• An estimate of more than 900,000 ICT professionals working within some 160,000 establishments
in the UK (early 2001) (this figure includes both Telecomms. practitioners and – as indicated
below – several occupations beyond the core technical ones);
• These broke down into six main categories considered (a new occupational classification,
indicated to be drawn from the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA)), with
approximate numbers as follows:
- “Internal Operations Professionals” (340,000)
- “Development Professionals” (236,000)
- “External Customer Services Professionals” (110,000)
- “ICT Sales and Marketing Professionals” (100,000)
- “Strategy and Planning Professionals” (68,000)
- “Other Professionals” (54,000)
• Over ¾ of ICT Professionals were found to have 3 or more years experience in their current roles;
• Generic skills and experience appeared to be of significant importance to employers, particularly
problem-solving-, oral communication-, general IT user- and team-working- skills;
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