ORIGINA IT SKILLS SURVEY

FINDINGS REPORT 2011

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Table of Contents

Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………3

Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………4

Research Methodology…………………………………………………………...5

Findings …………………………………………………………………………….6-12

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Introduction

This report was conducted and compiled by Origina.

Origina is a leading IT managed services & outsourcing

company. Established in 1998, we provide innovative IT

solutions to public & private organisations in various sectors

within Ireland, UK, mainland Europe and the USA.

Our highly certified IT professionals are some of the best

people in the industry and specialise in the world’s leading

hardware and software platforms. Our unique innovative

approach and industry thought challenging leadership –

Origina Thinking! - has seen us win numerous high profile

awards including the 2010 European IT Excellence Award,

‘SMB Solutions Provider of the Year.’

At Origina, our daily mission is to make IT the Hero for our

clients through Innovation, Dedication and Teaming with

them to deliver:

• World class independent advice

• Tailored IT solutions

• Cost-effective IT managed services

Our vision is to be internationally recognised as an industry

challenging thought leader in creating bold ideas that drive

real value from IT.

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Connect with Origina!

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Executive Summary

• 50.9% of companies surveyed are planning to hire this year

• 56.4% of organisations surveyed believe that finding skilled

employees is extremely important

• Retaining skilled employees is extremely important to 71.4%

of organisations surveyed

• 38.5% of respondents believe that training in their

organisations will increase slightly over the next 18 months

with a further 17.3% who believe there will be a definite

increase.

• Lack of funding and lack of time to do the training proved to

be the biggest obstacles organisations encounter when trying

to provide training to their employees.

• Cloud Computing and ITL & Project Management are

currently the most desired IT training among those surveyed.

Did you know Origina is an IT Training Provider? Check

out some of our courses at www.origina.com/training! We

also provide bespoke training courses all over Ireland &

UK, contact Hilary O’Sullivan, Head of Training &

Renewals in Origina, for further information:

h.osullivan@origina.com/ 01 294 2300.

Research Methodology

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The quantitative survey was carried out in February 2011. The

survey was conducted online by questionnaire using the

following mediums: email, Twitter, LinkedIn, newsletters and

the Origina blog. There were 57 respondents, majority of

which were based in Ireland.

Respondents were made up of:

• CIOs

• IT Directors

• IT Managers

• Senior IT Consultants

• Network/ Systems administrators

• Human Resources

• Marketing & Sales

The purpose of this report was to discover if companies are

hiring skilled employees, if they are re-skilling their current IT

employees and what barriers exist against re-skilling IT

employees.

Origina chose to measure this by quantitative means for the

following reasons:

• Data is easier to collect from high-level executives as the

process is less time consuming

• Results are easy to summarise and analyse

• The results are statistically reliable.

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Is your company hiring this year?

How important is finding skilled employees

to your organisation?

0.00%

10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00%

Yes No I don't know

50.90%

29.80%

19.30%

56.40%32.70%

5.50%5.50%

Extremely important

Important

Moderately important

Not important

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How important is retaining skilled

employees to your organisation?

How important is training your current

workforce to your organisation?

71.40%

16.10%

8.90%

3.60%

Extremely important

Important

Moderately important

Not important

37.50%

37.50%

21.40%

3.60%

Extremely important

Important

Moderately important

Not important

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How important is re-skilling your current

workforce to your organisation?

How important is introducing new

technologies into your workplace to your

organisation?

25%

38%

21%

16%Extremely important

Important

Moderately important

Not important

38%

39%

19%

4%

Extremely important

Important

Moderately important

Not important

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How important is retaining institutional

knowledge when workers retire or leave to

your organisation?

Which departments within your organisation

are involved in the design and/or delivery of

training?

39.30%

44.60%

12.50%

3.60%

Extremely important

Important

Moderately important

Not important

0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%

59.6%

28.8%

59.6%

11.5% 13.5%5.8% 3.8%

11.5%

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Do you think training opportunities in your

organisation will increase or decrease over

the next 18 months?

17.3%

38.5%30.8%

3.8%9.6%

Increase

Increase slightly

Stay the same

Decrease slightly

Decrease

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What obstacles does your organisation

encounter when trying to provide training to

their employees? (Respondents were asked to tick one or more as appropriate)

53.1%

14.3%

6.1%8.2%

6.1%

57.1%

8.2%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

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What area of training would you, or your

colleagues, be interested in?

2.0%

30.6%

10.2%

22.4%

10.2%

6.1%

2.0%4.1%

12.2%

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About Origina For more information visit

www.origina.com or call

01- 2942 300

Origina is one of Ireland’s leading

IT consulting, services and

outsourcing companies, with more

than 40 people in its Dublin and

London offices. Established in 1998,

it works with government and

commercial customers in Ireland,

UK, mainland Europe, Caribbean

and United States.

Origina’s highly certified IT

professionals specialise in some of

the world’s leading hardware and

software platforms. Origina’s

innovative approach – Origina

Thinking! - has seen it win

numerous high profile awards

including the 2010 European IT

Excellence Award, ‘SMB Solutions

Provider of the Year.’ Its core

philosophy is challenging and

visionary.

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