Public sector IT boom boosts salaries to private sector levels

摘要

Growing IT spending by public sector organisations has created many additional jobs and is pushing salary rates up to the levels seen in the private sector, recruitment consultants have said. Public sector IT spending is set to rise by 16% this year, and high-profile projects such as the ?2.3bn national programme for IT in the NHS is underpinning government attempts to reform public services. Meanwhile, local authorities are racing to meet the 2005 deadline for making their services available online.