Consulting firm Harvey Nash said that one in five IT professionals are receiving counter-offers that are helping to drive up salaries, according to the Financial Times
Gartner advised CIOs to start their preparations by suggesting meetings with executives now, to establish guidelines across the business early in the event of a downturn
Market data specialists and IT professionals business intelligence skills are also seeing a rise in demand for reasons ranging from cost control to business growth
By surveying 540 permanent and contract IT staff in the financial services sector in March, recruitment experts Hays also found that two-thirds of these professionals plan to start looking as early as in the next three months