IT and The City

For IT staff the City has always been a popular destination, with attractive salaries on offer, advanced technology at your fingertips and employers eager to snap up the cream of the IT crop. Yet with the shake-up in the City and jobs foundering, IT workers may have fresh thoughts about the importance of job security. With their confidence in the City dented, IT professionals could be forgiven for thinking a role in finance might not be the most secure career path.

However no one can ever predict what the future holds for any industry sector and despite the economic downturn there is still demand for IT professionals in the City. IT remains at the core of most businesses, and improving efficiency, boosting customer experience and often helping organisations remain competitive. As such, few businesses would be willing to cut corners by sacrificing their IT, or the staff that manage it on a daily basis.

Currently the banking sector has shown the same level of demand for IT professionals as before the credit crunch, as many organisations are now keen to set up systems that manage risk more effectively. Middleware, Java and transaction processing specialists all are examples where demand remains high.

Though IT and the City have had a turbulent relationship over the past year, there are still opportunities available out there for the taking, for those who know to look for them.