The Sector Skills Agreement for IT

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The Sector Skills Agreement for IT

• What does it mean for London?

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e-skills UK responsible for

• IT Workforce
• IT industry
• IT professionals in other sectors
• Business Managers
• IT User Skills

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IT Insight Trends and UK Skills Implications

• A joint publication by e-skills UK and Gartner
  Consulting
• The most comprehensive study into IT-related
  trends and skills ever undertaken.
• It sets out the broad IT-related trends impacting
  the IT industry and UK Plc over the next decade.
• Supporting the report is a survey of over 3,500
  businesses.

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Findings London

• Has the second largest IT workforce.
• Has smaller than average skills gaps in IT
  professional workforce and IT user skills.
• The region has the lowest number of IT vacancies.
• High employment levels in IT Strategy and
  Planning.
• Region is expected to see growth in next 10 years
  in total IT employment.

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Challenges for the London (conclusions)

• Improve IT professional and IT user skills of
  current and future workforce.
• Equip business managers with the skills to
  interpret and exploit technology.
• Increase the number of people entering IT
  workforce.
• Social inclusion and addressing the gender
  imbalance.

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Building the SSA

• Autumn 2004 Employer event in London
• Consultation through regional forums.
• Winter 2004/5 Consultation sign up

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Building an SSA

• June 2005 Launch action planning
• Final SSA for IT published
• SSA for IT partnership pages produced
• Todays LDA and LSC joint sponsored event on the
  SSA for IT
• what does it mean for the London?

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SSA National Action Plan

• SSA aims to cover 4 key areas
• IT Careers
• The Future Workforce
• Adults and existing workforce
• Infrastructure

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SSA Action Plan for London

• 3 Year Action Plan
• Aligning with FRESA FlagshipICT4SME
• Consultation underway
• London Skills Commission, LDA, LSC, Business Link
  4 London, AoC London, Ufi, Government Office for
  London, Trade Unions

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London 3 Year Action Plan IT Careers

• Computer Clubs for Girls (CC4G)
• Make it available across the UK to transform the
  attitude of a generation of girls
• 7,200 London school girls already benefiting
• Target double engagement by March 07

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London Action Plan Adults and the Existing
Workforce

• ITQ/e-skills Passport
• Assisting people to improve their IT user skills
  using employer recognised record of achievement
• Widely adopted across London
• Target 79,000 by 2008

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London Action Plan Undergraduate Development

• Undergraduate Development
• New employer supported Honours degree and
  embedded modules for other degree courses

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London Action Plan Adults and the Existing
Workforce

• e-business Academy
• Create a business focussed national hub for
  IT-related skills development to help all sectors
  operate competitively in e-economy
• building on the existing FRESA Flagship ICT4SME
  projects, supported by the LDA and Business Link
  4 London

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London Action PlanInfrastructure

• Research
• Establish UK-wide nucleus for authoritative
  insight and market intelligence on IT related
  business competitiveness matters.

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So What do we know?

• 1/ Research
• National Regional data - presenting issues
  informing strategy
• 2/ Response
• National Strategy (e-skills.SSC) the SSA
• Regional Development Agency Strategy Planning
• LDA Action plans
• Capacity Building
• Infrastructure
• Inclusion
• 3/ Requirements
• Your participation your involvement

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Call to Action

• Engage with capacity building programmes, develop
  infrastructure and provide for inclusion
• - Adopt e-skills Passport
• ITQ/e-skills Passport
• Share ITQ benefits with Employers
• - Contribute to the e-business Academy
• Support pilot
• Use to underpin business support services
• - Support Regional Skills Academy development
  with vendors
• - Engage in CC4G
• - Engage with vendor skills development
  programmes