SQL and Twitter Bootstrap in demand this winter
Java and Oracle were also in demand in the contract sector, while Microsoft and .NET were sought-after amongst permanent roles.
Twitter Bootstrap saw the highest increase in demand in the contract sector, followed by Windows Server 2012 and big data, while the biggest increase in demand from the permanent sector came from ASP .NET WEB API, Twitter Bootstrap and cyber security.
Banking and finance offered the most opportunities across both permanent and contract roles, with telecoms, e-commerce, retail and marketing also showing high demand for IT professionals.
Developers, analysts and project managers were the most demanded job functions, while SQL was the most in demand programming language, followed by Java, HTMP, .Net and SQL server.
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