80,000 new IT jobs predicted in UK
ALMOST 80,000 new jobs will be created over the next four years as thousands of new technology firms set up in business in the UK, technology giant Microsoft has predicted.
Research by the firm suggested more than £50 billion will be spent on information technology (IT) this year and will increase by 1.8 per cent a year between now and 2013.
The IT market will drive the creation of nearly 2,500 new businesses and 78,200 new jobs between the end of this year and 2013, according to the study.
Most of the new companies will be small and locally owned organisations, and the jobs will be highly skilled and high-quality. Chief executive Steve Ballmer, who joined Microsoft in 1980, said he was still very optimistic about the future.
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