A survey conducted by IT career Web site Jobnet also found that IT pros were not all optimistic about a pick-up in the market, with 39 pecent of respondents believing that it could take two years before there was a significant improvement.
A further 22 percent believed that the industry would pick up over the next six months, 26 percent thought it would take 12 months and 12 percent believed that 18 months was a more realistic timeframe.
Henry Talbot, sales manager at Jobnet, said that one of the findings which had come out of its research was that while training was still seen as a critical for candidates, business experience was what really counted with potential employers.
"Training is critical, but the main thing to come out of all this [is] if you're going to do training you must put it in the context of what's happening in the industry," Talbot said. "Before you jump into a training course you really need to investigate and do your research on the area of the IT industry you're looking at."
Talbot said that it had found that over 77 percent of respondents were planning further study in the next 12 months. "Training certainly is a key element in how people are looking at progressing their careers," he said.
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