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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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.
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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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