IT hiring in Singapore will likely stay strong and steady this year, and any upsurge in hiring activity will mostly be due to pent-up demand carried over from initial hiring freezes at companies.
The reason why the market will be "relatively vibrant" in 2013 is mainly because employers have had limited IT hiring over the last two years, which has caused demand to snowball, said Roger Olofsson, business director for finance technology, IT and telecommunications at Hays Singapore.
Around the same time, the growing adoption of major disruptive technologies such as cloud, big data, social media, and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications has created a need for new or updated IT skills. This applies to end-user companies as well as IT suppliers, Olofsson noted. Full story
