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IT careers and IT skills

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  Interview: Clare Hickie, EMEA CTO, Workday

  The IT chief went from implementing Workday software at one of the firm’s largest customers to leading technology at the supplier – she discusses what she learned

• June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26

  E-invoicing and digital tax compliance reshape the GCC regulatory landscape

  As Gulf governments accelerate tax digitisation initiatives, organisations face growing pressure to modernise financial systems, improve data quality and prepare for a future of continuous compliance

• June 03, 2026 03 Jun'26

  Fujitsu staff apply for voluntary redundancy in droves as morale plummets

  Post Office IT scandal supplier’s voluntary exit scheme is oversubscribed as hundreds of staff want to make a break

• June 02, 2026 02 Jun'26

  AI becomes the ultimate CEO performance test in the UAE

  Study shows that success with artificial intelligence directly affects how long chief executives keep their jobs in the UAE

• May 28, 2026 28 May'26

  Why DDoS attacks have become a permanent threat for Gulf enterprises

  AI-powered attacks and regional tensions are driving a new era of persistent cyber disruption across the Middle East

• May 27, 2026 27 May'26

  Scottish social enterprise supports national cyber efforts

  Cyber and Fraud Centre has supported community cyber resilience in Scotland to the tune of £3m in its first year operating as a social enterprise

• May 27, 2026 27 May'26

  UKtech50 2026: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology

  Our judges have selected the top 50 leaders from a long list of top-class nominees – now it’s your chance to tell us who you think is the most influential person in UK technology

• May 26, 2026 26 May'26

  UKtech50 2026: The longlist of the UK’s influential tech leaders

  Each year, Computer Weekly launches a search for the most influential people in UK IT, asking the tech community who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist of everyone nominated for 2026

• May 26, 2026 26 May'26

  Alibaba unveils Qwen 3.7 Max at inaugural Singapore conference

  Chinese tech giant debuts AI model capable of extended autonomous tasks, alongside a major upskilling initiative backed by the Singapore government to ensure no jobless growth in the age of AI

• May 22, 2026 22 May'26

  Handling AI disruption and failure to deliver

  AI initiatives often fail due to a lack of understanding of the people impact, as well as the rigidity of existing business processes

• May 14, 2026 14 May'26

  Interview: AI optimism and upskilling for a shifting job market

  With the appropriate training, artificial intelligence could stand to be a productivity booster and job search equaliser, according to Okta’s chief marketing officer, Shannon Duffy

• May 14, 2026 14 May'26

  Software developers shift to AI code reviewers

  Using artificial intelligence to generate code is not necessarily a productivity boost, with programmers spending far more time reviewing AI-generated code

• May 13, 2026 13 May'26

  Zopa AI skills foundation launches after 22 partners sign up

  In the next four years, the Jobs2030 coalition aims to train 100,000 UK financial services professionals to use artificial intelligence in their work

• May 13, 2026 13 May'26

  Computer Misuse Act reform to move forward in National Security Bill

  Reform of the Computer Misuse Act is to be folded into a wider National Security Bill granting more powers for law enforcement to protect the UK against a wider spectrum of threats

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  IDCA datacentres report: Global concentration and the Goldilocks zone

  International Data Center Authority report shows capacity concentrated in a few developed nations, while ‘Goldilocks index’ shows which states can benefit from rapid development

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  UK financial security experts participate in sector-wide hackathon

  Teams of security pros from UK financial services organisations came together at the end of April to participate in a hackathon exercise

• May 06, 2026 06 May'26

  Closing the AI trust gap in MENA: Why visibility, governance and data quality matter more than hype

  Alteryx’s Sabya Sen explains why confidence in AI remains low for high-stakes decisions, and what CIOs must do to turn adoption into real business value

• May 05, 2026 05 May'26

  Tech sector job losses show AI replacement in action

  Tech leaders are making big changes to their labour force as artificial intelligence advances. Business leaders are following this trend. But are their businesses ready?

• May 05, 2026 05 May'26

  Tech industry slowly dropping DEI efforts, finds Harvey Nash survey

  The tech diversity push in the UK is dropping, despite workers claiming good workplace efforts

• May 01, 2026 01 May'26

  Scottish government publishes AI guidance for schools

  Scotland has issued national guidance on the use of AI in the country’s schools, aiming to support safe use of the technology for teachers and pupils

• May 01, 2026 01 May'26

  MHRA appoints CDTO

  The regulator has hired Jason Bonander as its chief digital and technology officer (CDTO) to help deliver its five-year strategy

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  IT workers say AI is making their jobs more demanding

  As workflows adapt to a shifting technological landscape, IT professionals risk being overwhelmed by ‘AI brain-fry’

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  MPs call on UK government to learn from central bank’s IT project success story

  Members of a parliamentary committee want the wider government to learn from success of Bank of England project

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  Almost 90% of women leave tech industry within 10 years

  Women aren’t staying in the tech sector for longer than 10 years, but may come back after leaving if the circumstances are right for their return

• April 26, 2026 26 Apr'26

  UKtech50 2026 – help us find the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK technology is on – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list

• April 24, 2026 24 Apr'26

  UAE targets agentic AI to power half of government operations

  With a two-year target to move 50% of government sectors, services and operations to agentic artificial intelligence, the UAE is positioning autonomous systems as the next phase of digital government

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  Using AI to manage insider risk amid Middle East conflict

  As geopolitical tensions reshape the cyber threat landscape across the region, organisations are turning to artificial intelligence-driven behaviour analytics, investigative automation and monitoring of AI agents to detect insider risk faster and ...

• April 21, 2026 21 Apr'26

  Middle East CIOs move from cloud-first to sovereign-first in a high-risk digital era

  As artificial intelligence scales and regulatory pressure intensifies, resilience – not cost – is becoming the defining metric of enterprise technology strategy, says Nischal Kapoor, chief revenue officer at e& enterprise

• April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26

  Business leaders marked down on AI workforce strategy

  Research from Accenture has found that while workers feel their jobs will change, employers are less likely to invest in workforce transition

• April 20, 2026 20 Apr'26

  Scottish Labour’s 2026 manifesto vows to upskill and invest in tech

  Ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election, Labour promises digital and tech NHS funding worth £680m, ‘digital playgrounds’ and to create a digital skills passport

• April 17, 2026 17 Apr'26

  UK government seeks collaborators for AI tutoring tools for schools

  To build on plans to introduce AI tutoring tools in schools, the UK government is searching for companies to develop educational resources

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  CyberUK 2026: UK lagging on legal protections for cyber pros

  Ahead of next week’s CyberUK conference, the CyberUp Campaign for reform of the UK’s hacking laws urges the government to keep focus and proposes a four-pillar framework that would protect cyber professionals from prosecution

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  Dubai rolls out AI training for 50,000 government staff

  An initiative under Digital Dubai, in partnership with government HR and AI bodies, reflects the wider UAE strategy to embed artificial intelligence across public services, workforce development and economic diversification plans

• April 16, 2026 16 Apr'26

  UAE education builds digital resilience as regional tensions accelerate shift to remote learning

  Ankabut CEO Tarek Jundi outlines how national infrastructure, AI-driven platforms and distance-learning capabilities are helping schools and universities maintain continuity amid geopolitical uncertainty

• April 15, 2026 15 Apr'26

  OCBC rolls out generative AI training for wealth advisors

  First programme of its kind allows wealth advisors to hone their pitches through realistic AI role play, resulting in double the client appointments and a 50% growth in revenue in three months

• April 02, 2026 02 Apr'26

  NHS digital drive hit by usability gaps despite progress, national survey finds

  The shift from analogue to digital across the NHS is hindered by usability issues in electronic patient record (EPR), but the newly launched frontline productivity programme could be the answer

• April 02, 2026 02 Apr'26

  What’s driving Oracle’s latest job cuts?

  Thousands of job losses have been reported, affecting many roles at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, including those in software engineering and product compliance

• April 01, 2026 01 Apr'26

  Post Office scandal supplier Fujitsu to cut nearly 10% of UK workforce

  Troubled IT supplier announces voluntary redundancy programme with hundreds of UK jobs set to be cut

• March 27, 2026 27 Mar'26

  UK government lacks ambition to fight tax fraud, says PAC

  The Public Accounts Committee says the UK government has dropped the ball on the use of data analytics to tackle tax fraud and error, as the public purse haemorrhages billions of pounds

• March 26, 2026 26 Mar'26

  UAE positions cyber security as pillar of national resilience and digital growth

  Strategic investment and coordination reinforce the country’s ability to withstand complex cyber threats

• March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26

  UK government boosts digital access for more than a million people

  Since its launch last year, the UK government’s Digital Inclusion Action Plan has consistently met its targets, helping over one million people access the digital world

• March 25, 2026 25 Mar'26

  The UAE CIO: From technology operator to digital value architect

  As AI, sovereign cloud and regulation reshape the Gulf’s technology landscape, CIOs in the UAE are being pushed beyond infrastructure management into a role that blends strategy, governance and digital trust, says CIO and technology expert Umesh ...

• March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26

  HSBC gets its first artificial intelligence chief

  UK bank appoints its first executive position dedicated to artificial intelligence as the technology embeds across the sector

• March 24, 2026 24 Mar'26

  AI infrastructure investment in the Middle East enters a new geopolitical reality

  As the region builds large-scale compute capacity, technology leaders are focusing on resilience, supply chains and semiconductor dependencies

• March 20, 2026 20 Mar'26

  Everywoman announces 2026 Women in Technology Awards winners

  Network for women in business, Everywoman, has announced the winners of this year’s technology awards, in partnership with Salesforce

• March 17, 2026 17 Mar'26

  Nordea to slash 1,500 jobs as AI impact grows

  Nordic bank to reduce headcount as it continues to introduce changes to meet its 2030 targets

• March 16, 2026 16 Mar'26

  Interview: There is no such thing as an IT project, only business projects, says CIO Paul Coby

  The veteran CIO shares lessons from his 25-year career as an IT leader at some of the UK’s top FTSE 100 companies, emphasising business alignment, trust-building, visibility and AI's transformative potential

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  UK government announces package to get more women in tech

  The UK government aims to add billions of pounds to the economy through getting more women into the tech sector

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  Cyber industry welcomes women, but challenges persist

  Three-quarters of women working in security say they feel comfortable in the field, but women are still much more likely to be laid off and face persistent challenges around career advancement, according to a report

• March 11, 2026 11 Mar'26

  CISOs on alert: Strengthening cyber resilience amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East

  As regional uncertainty rises, security leaders across the Gulf focus on resilience, faster incident response and deeper threat intelligence to protect critical systems and data