Digital/IT & Tech Skills

Digital technologies have revolutionised almost every aspect of our lives in recent years – changing the way we work, shop, socialise, and go to college or school. This progression accelerated during the pandemic when public, private and voluntary sector organisations moved services online at a pace never seen before and more people than ever took up digital services. We now live in a digital world.

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Facts & Figures

The West of England has a strong, internationally recognised digital ecosystem which benefits from being one of the biggest tech hubs in the country and the largest tech workforce in the South West. Digital skills and jobs will continue to grow and becoming more wide-ranging as industries continue to realise the benefits these technologies can create.

Whether you are looking to start a new career, upskill your current role to incorporate digital skills, or advance the digital and tech skills you have, there are a variety of ways to get involved in this growing sector.

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Careers in Digital/IT & Tech Skills

Career Opportunities

Programmers and software development employees design, test, develop, implement and maintain software and software systems in order to meet the objectives and specifications of the information system; they also develop and design specialist software. Examples of roles in this space include:

  • Software development technician
  • Digital accessibility specialist
  • Digital user experience
  • Gaming audio engineer
  • Software tester

Top skills requested by employers

Skills for Digital/IT & Tech Skills jobs can be split between ‘general’ skills and ‘specialist’ skill. General are transferrable between sectors and sought by most employers, whilst specialist skills are more focused on the sector.

General skills
  • Communications
  • Management
  • Innovation
  • Infrastructure
  • Problem Solving
  • Customer Service
  • Integration
  • Leadership
  • Planning
  • Operations
Specialist skills
  • Agile Methodology
  • JavaScript
  • SQL (Programming Language)
  • Software Engineering
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Software Development (Generic)
  • Python (Programming Language)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • C# (Programming Language)
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Digital/IT and Tech Skills

Further information

For further information about the Combined Authority’s approach to Digital, IT/Tech skills visit the West of England - Digital Transformation Plan.

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