SAP and software-as-a-service (SaaS) will remain strong areas of
employment in 2009.
Alex Farrell, managing director of The IT Job Board, predicts
that recruitment in key specialist areas will remain buoyant in the
year ahead.
On SAP, Farrell said, "SAP is essentially an expensive system to
implement, and, as a result, I do not believe that many new
projects will be started in 2009.
"However, given the heavy skew towards SAP over recent years, I
see there will be a need for staff to maintain and develop existing
systems."
A
recent survey showed most SAP upgrade projects were on schedule
despite the recession.
With SaaS, Farrell said the associated cost-saving benefits of
SaaS and service oriented architecture services should also see a
rise in demand over the next year.
She said, "This will benefit SaaS-experienced software
architects and developers, as well as project managers, and this
could trickle down to testers, administrators and support staff
with experience in this field."
Farrell predicted there will be continued jobs growth in online
and mobile technologies this year.