Janos Meszaros, Recruitment Consultant at Jenrick IT recently provided the following report on his job market predcitions for 2012 within the security and defence sector:

2012 is going to be a busy year for consultancy companies within the defence and security sector. Their priority will be to continue the battle against Cyber Crime.

As an answer to recent (various organization hacked by the Anonymous Group) and not so recent (Stuxnet attack against an Iranian nuclear reactor) Cyber attacks, the British Government announced last year that they will allocate £650 million of funding to set up a National Cyber Security Programme. Government Agencies will also take a central role to organise the ongoing battle and work closely with commercial organisations.

This busy market has opened up many opportunity’s for jobseekers with strong technical knowledge. The most sought after candidates have strong development experience with C++ in an embedded and/or real-time context in either Linux or Windows environment; also having strong experience in developing multi-threaded applications.

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According to Jenrick IT (Specialist IT recruiter), 2012 will be a very exciting year in technology development.

Philip Fanthom, Managing Director, commented:

“We will see a continuing trend in technology towards easier to manage and easier to access technology.

Some new releases to look out for will be Tango (Smartphone OS) and Windows 8 from Microsoft, and Android update, Hybrid Cloud services from social media hubs, Ultrabooks from all the main players, a battle of the tablets and of course the much anticipated Apple iTV with AI built in (based on IVR) to replace a remote control.

IVR (interactive voice recognition) will take centre stage with a number of technology devices after the successful launch of iPhone’s Siri.”

Here are the general top technology predictions for 2012:

• Apple iTV
• Smarter TV’s
• Social enterprise and B2B
• Windows 8
• Ultrabooks
• Tablets
• Smartphones
• Smart Wallet
• Hybrid Cloud
• BYOD
• e-government
• Open data

For more detail on technology predictions for 2012, please click on the link below:

• Click here for more detail from leading experts on technology predictions for 2012
  

2012 will see an interconnected web with HTML5, leading a range of diverse and exciting contract and permanent HTML5 job opportunities:

In 2012, HTML5 will be adding support for some really useful and cool APIs that allow one website to connect to another.

For example, Zynga games on Facebook run inside of iframes. Using the new postMessage API these games will be able to communicate within the containing Facebook frame directly. Before HTML5, inter-window communication had to rely on a remote server - or use unreliable hacks.

Another exciting addition is CORS (Cross Origin Resource Sharing). This will make it much easier for different websites to share information with one another. For example, CORS will enable startups to create photo-editing services that download your photos from Facebook, let you modify them, and then re-upload them - again without having to resort to ugly hacks.

With all of the new semantic information available with HTML5, it will become much easier to create web tools that extract information from web pages. As a result, you can expect to see a plethora of new mashup services, as well as better browser modes (like readers and translators).

Exciting web browsing times ahead - watch this space!!!

If you are a web developer and you are keen to seek a new and exciting challenge, contact Jenrick IT on 01932 245 500 to find out more about the job opportunities currently available for HTML5.

Jenrick IT is assisting a number of organisations in 2012 to devise not only recruitment strategies, but also retention strategies.

Philip Fanthom, Managing Director at Jenrick IT commented:

“If we are to do our job properly as consultants, then it’s only right that we advise our clients on how they can keep hold of their talent as well as add value to talent acquisition.

The more we can understand about the causes of talent attrition, the better placed we can be to offer informed advice”

Attrition and retention seems to be a key focus for companies across the globe for 2012.

A recent report from Forbes.com focuses attention of the top ten reasons why companies lose their top talent, simply click on the link below to view.

• Article at Forbes.com: Top 10 Reasons why large companies fail to keep their best talent

For more information on Recruitment and Retention services, please contact Jenrick IT on 01932245 500.

The demand for web developers has exploded in Q4 as the war for talent really ‘hots up’ in the online and mobile apps space. HTML5 is tipped to be the big area for 2012, with tech ‘big wigs’ like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Zynga all looking to expand.

This is one reason why Jenrick IT is devoting more resources towards HTML5 job opportunities.

HTML5 will allow websites to connect to one another using postMessage API allowing one frame to communicate within another frame (example: Zynga within Facebook) directly and not having to trely on remote server connection.

Something else to look for in 2012 will be CORS (Cross Origin Resource Sharing). This will make it easier for websites to share information within one another. In one example, Startups will now be able to create photo editing services that download your photos/images direct from your social media pages, let you modify them and re-post them. HTML5 will make it  much easier to extract information from web pages which will enhance services like readers and translators and geolocation, with browsers adopting a more iOS type UI.

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Jenrick IT is reporting unabated demand for IT professionals as the turn of the year fast approaches.

“Our clients seem determined to win the war on talent acquisition in Q1. We have been have seen an unprecedented demand for IT Professionals to start in January/February.

Areas of particular demand are developers, software engineers, user experience designers, mobile application developers, IT security consultants, BI consultants, Data modellers, Data Warehouse Architects and Solutions Architects” commented Philip Fanthom (Managing Director).

Jenrick IT’s opinion of the market was further backed up by a report from Gartner that suggests IT spending in 2012 will rise. A full brief of the report is available by simply clicking on the link below.

Article source: gartner.com

Janos Meszaros, Recruitment Consultant at Jenrick IT provides us with a job market update within the Cyber Security sector:

Recent successful and unsuccessful hacking attempts to the IT systems of major global Companies and Government institutions have brought this new type of threat to the attention of the public and commercial sector.

This new cyber threat created a market for IT Consultancy Companies who will take on the task of preparing and strengthening our important IT systems. GCHQ recently announced that they will become “the main port of call for businesses dealing with cyber attacks, under the government’s new cyber security strategy.” The Government has allocated a £650 million pound funding to set up a National Cyber Security Programme.

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Following on from other articles published by Jenrick IT, specialists in SC and DV IT job opportunities, regarding the increasing role cyber-crime will play within the technology sector, we have just seen this article on The Guardian confirming that GCHQ will be offering assistance to British companies to help them combat cyber-crime:

Some of the secret technologies created at the government’s eavesdropping centre GCHQ are to be offered to private industry as part of cyber security strategy unveiled by ministers on Friday.

The plans could lead to the government being paid substantial sums for software developed by the intelligence agency at Cheltenham. Ministers argue GCHQ’s main priority will remain national security and the agency has insisted it will not be side-tracked.

However, the new cyber strategy makes clear that better co-operation is needed between the public and private sectors to face the dangers posed by espionage and crime on the web. (more…)

Following on from other articles published by Jenrick IT, specialists in SC and DV IT job opportunities, found this interesting article regarding a campaign that GCHQ have created to test I.T. skills and attract the very best I.T. talent.

The code which GCHQ, the intelligence agency, posted online to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy spies has been solved within hours of going online.

The agency told The Daily Telegraph that “a number of people” had solved the seemingly baffling grid of numbers and letters by noon on Thursday.

The feat was performed by the select few well within the deadline of midnight on the night of Sunday 11 December.

GCHQ declined to say how many people had cracked it or how quickly it had been done but it is understood that every individual who solves the problem will be offered a fast-track path to a job.

To be eligible for a job with the secret agency, however, the code-cracker must be a British citizen.

GCHQ introduced the puzzle - which contains no reference to the agency - to try to find people with the right skills for espionage in the computer age.

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Jenrick IT is pleased to report that demand for permanent IT staff continues to grow healthily despite a slowdown in the wider jobs market, the REC’s monthly Report on Jobs has revealed.

On an index where a score above 50 denotes growth, demand for permanent IT staff was measured at 57.2 in October, the highest of any sector.

In addition, demand for IT contractors was measured at 52.1.

Responding to the research, REC Technology Chair Jeff Brooks said:

“It is striking that demand for qualified IT professionals remains healthy. It has long been clear that the jobs of the future will be in technical, highly-skilled areas such as IT.”

Further information:

If you are an IT professional seeking to advance your career, then please contact the Jenrick IT consultant team directly on (01932) 245 500 or view our current IT job opportunities and apply online.

ARTICLE SOURCE:

• rec.uk.com - The Recruitment & Emploment Confederation