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6.4 Proposed Full Study for all EU Member States
This Preliminary Study has produced certain baseline understanding of the overall position of the
European labour market for IT Practitioners, with the situation in four Member States being examined
in more depth. However, the available resources have limited the depth to which certain aspects of the
analysis could proceed, and, in the light of CEPIS Member Society interests and priorities, considerably
more light could be shed on particular aspects of the analysis.
Among the areas that are candidates for further data-gathering and analysis are (in order of consultant’s
initial thoughts on relative importance/priority):
a) Extension of the detailed coverage to the remainder of the EU Member States and to the
Computer Associate Professional (ISCO 312) occupation;
b) Comparison of the “actual” figures for Quarter 2 of 2001 (and beyond) when these become
available – with the scenario forecasts, and careful review of what can be learned from the
divergence(s);
c) Investigations of the relationship between more detailed occupational frameworks and the
skillsets and competencies needed for effective performance of these occupations (knowledge
and understanding, experience and specific software tool competencies – see Figure 1)
d) Gathering of (official) data on Higher Education provision in IT (including trend data), in
particular:
i. Flows through IT courses;
ii. Prior academic achievement (and volumes) of applicants;
iii. “First destinations” of graduates (IT graduates and non-IT graduates into IT Practitioner
and other work as the first (real) job).
e) Data on penetration of proprietary qualifications (at least for Microsoft and Cisco) within
European countries (including trend data);
f) Data on the (commercial) training market – including trends of best estimates of both turnover
and volumes in Member States;
g) Exploration of the dynamics of the national ITP labour market, in particular the (“phasing”)
correlation of labour force levels in relation to business activity in IT;
h) Review of other data sources (e.g. OECD work – e.g. on migration of ITPs);
i) Extension of the analysis, where possible, to cover the Telecommunications sector and
hardware-oriented occupations (e.g. electronic engineers);
j) More detail on comparative review of impact of national policy responses, including documenting
and dissemination of successful initiatives.
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