The report looks at the hiring demand and salaries within 10 UK cities that are developing reputations as technology cluster hubs: London, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Sheffield. It focuses on five key technology disciplines in which there are a shortage of skilled IT professionals across the country: IT security, cloud, mobile, big data and web development.
Read more: UK big data jobs scarcer than other IT roles but command highest salaries
Whitehall wants to create a freely-accessible standard for developing software that enables customers to share their bank data with other products or services they use, so that they can benefit from easier ways to pay or special offers, for example.
Read more: GB: Government assessing benefits of data-sharing and open data in banking
Establishing a local government digital service to manage an 'app store' style marketplace for local authorities to replace their need for bespoke systems and improved data sharing to curb duplication are among key recommendations in a new report by Policy Exchange.
Read more: GB: Policy Exchange backs local digital service and single PSN
Jason Kitcat, leader of Brighton and Hove City CouncilData sharing is increasingly under the spotlight as public sector organisations seek to streamline their services, often by improving communication between agencies and departments, such as in the case of social care and Universal Credit.
Read more: GB: Don't let fear dictate your choice: Local Digital's data sharing Discovery Day
A set of reports published earlier this week show the progress that government departments have made in this area, and plans for the year ahead.
Read more: GB: Not one government department can say all of its staff have basic digital skills