Latest figures from international executive search specialist E.L Consult show that demand for executives in the ICT field has grown, bucking the overall declining trend for executive demand in the country.

 

Figures released by the company show that demand for ICT executives surged by 23 per in the August period, despite an overall significant downward trend in overall demand for executives.

 

E.L Consult's research indicates that the demand for ICT executives came from both private and government sectors, with the majority of the business sector's demand for executives coming from the ACT, New South Wales and Victoria. However, the other states and territories also showed a positive upwards trend in demand for ICT executives.

 

E.L.Consult’s managing director, Grant Montgomery, said that the sector represented an anomaly in overall executive demand, saying the sector would have been “far more severe except for an increase in Information Technology, which was driven by gains in demand in New South Wales (NSW).”

 

The news of NSW's growing demand for ICT Executives comes as the State Government continues to jostle for supremacy in the field with Queensland and Victoria, both of who have been traditionally considered the ICT powerhouses of the country.