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A newly released report reveals that a large proportion of employers intend to grant pay increases to skilled IT staff over the next six months in the wake of a looming skills shortage. The report paints a picture of a continuing improvement in business conditions driving increasing demand for IT skills.

A hiring ramp up by NBN Co has already put the Australian skilled labour market under strain, with ICT personnel being snapped up like hotcakes, according to a new survey. In the past three months, the available skilled ICT labour pool has shrunk by a massive 80%.

The Australian Computer Society wants an end to 'ageism' in the workplace and wants a better deal for older technology workers and has called on the Federal Government to work with the Human Rights Commission to help change the attitudes to age among local employers.

A Masters of IT student based at the University of Sydney, who has been commissioned by Suncorp to work on a project to update GIO's e-greenslips system, is the first NSW student to be placed on a CEED project in over a decade.

The Federal government has unveiled its whole-of-government strategic ICT workforce plan and ICT career structure in order to develop an ICT workforce 'that can meet the Federal Government's future ICT needs,' according to Lindsay Tanner, minister for finance and deregulation.

A joint initiative between computer maker Dell and the Australian Government intended to recognise individuals and organisations striving to help women rise through the Australian Public Service's ICT ranks, last night announced the programme's inaugural award winners at a dinner in Canberra.

February brought the most new business Finite IT Recruitment Solutions has enjoyed for the last 18 months as companies sought both contract and permanent IT staff, while the IT&T sector itself is also body shopping, with demand rising 8.11 per cent during the month according to the Advantage Job Index.

After being hung out to dry by the GFC triggered downturn, demand for IT skills is on the march, and with NBN Co predicted to enter the recruitment market in earnest from May, salaries are tipped to rise too.

The proportion of people studying information technology subjects at institutions other than schools has plummeted since 2001, from 9 per cent of students enrolled in a course of study to just 3 per cent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.