In Depth

In Depth

IT jobs and recruitment

• University vs Apprenticeship: The education debate

  Traditionally, a degree is the preferred route into the technology industry, but many now believe an apprenticeship may be a more valuable path into the sector  Continue Reading

• Gig for victory: Addressing the stigma of the gig economy

  As companies continue apace with digital transformation, the need for ad hoc tech workers is growing. But traditional contracting is giving way to the looser idea of ‘gigging’ – and not just for low-level roles  Continue Reading

• Interview: Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley: 'Scared silly' by Brexit

  Renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist Steve Shirley talks robots teaching children, and why Brexit has her “scared silly”  Continue Reading

• Spotlight on the Digital Career Institute, Berlin

  Digital Career Institute is teaching refugees and unemployed people to do web development in Germany  Continue Reading

• Is the UK’s computing curriculum too focused on coding?

  The government introduced its computing curriculum in 2014 to give young people the digital skills they need for the future, but is it fit for purpose?  Continue Reading

• DevOps done right: Securing grassroots support for a top-down DevOps enterprise push

  As more and more enterprises rush to join the DevOps movement, practitioners share details of how they secured grassroots support for their senior leadership team's top-down agile adoption mandates  Continue Reading

• UK technology recruitment: Turn on the talent

  The hottest tech skills will always be in short supply and UK businesses increasingly struggle to find competent people to fill digital roles. But do companies’ approach to recruitment need to change?  Continue Reading

• Assessing the disparate initiatives tackling the UK’s technology skills gap

  As the UK’s skills gap widens, initiatives aim to ensure the population has the skills needed for roles now and in the future, but are these disparate efforts helping or hindering the cause?  Continue Reading

• What are the retail jobs that don’t exist yet?

  As in many industries, technology and new consumer behaviour is changing the shape of retail. But what yet-to-be-created jobs are on the horizon for the sector?  Continue Reading

• Four CIO trends to watch in 2018

  As automation becomes more popular, bringing with it plenty of opportunities, 2018 is all about investing in in-house skills and innovation, with a focus on equality and flexibility  Continue Reading

• DevOps in the public sector: Assessing the challenges and the benefits

  Public sector IT leaders trying to transform the way their organisation works using DevOps talk about the challenges they face  Continue Reading

• How Southeast Asia is keeping pace with AI

  Forward-looking organisations in the region are embracing artificial intelligence, but uneven access to connectivity and a lack of skills and understanding of the technology are holding back wider adoption  Continue Reading

• Brexit uncertainty dominates UK’s digital conversation

  Uncertainty over the impact of Brexit dominated conversations at TechUK’s second annual Supercharging the Digital Economy event. Can technology really lessen the impact?  Continue Reading

• Malaysian women making their mark in IT

  There is no limit to what women can achieve in Malaysia’s IT industry, as a small but growing group of prominent women IT leaders in the country has found  Continue Reading

• Breaking the glass ceiling in IT

  The CIO of Malaysia’s Prince Court Medical Centre has broken the glass ceiling for women in technology in a 20-year career that has progressed from selling IT products to setting up her own IT consulting firm  Continue Reading