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Executive Summary |
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| REPORT COVERAGE |
| MARKET SECTORS |
| E-Learning |
| Instructor-Led Training |
| MARKET TRENDS |
| Technological Change Drives Demand for IT Training |
| IT Grows in Importance |
| Skill Shortages Remain |
| 2000 |
| Table 2: The Number of Employees in England with Insufficient IT Skills, 2000 |
| More Diverse |
| Corporate Universities |
| MARKET POSITION |
| Table 3: Spending on IT Training as a percentage of the UK Computer Market by Value, 1996-2000 |
| KEY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS |
| British Computer Society |
| British Educational Communications and Technology Agency |
| Personnel and Development |
| Computer Education Group |
| Software Association |
| Council for European Professional Informatics Societies |
| e-skills NTO |
| European Computer Driving Licence Foundation |
| in Training |
| Institute of IT Training |
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| THE TOTAL MARKET |
| Awards of Vocational Qualifications |
| Table 4: The Number of Vocational Training Awards in IT and Information (000), 1997/1998-1999/2000 |
| The IT Training Market |
| Table 5: The IT Training Market by Sector by Value (£m), 1996-2001 |
| 2000-2001 |
| of Salaries |
| Salaries (£m), 1996-2000 |
| BY MARKET SECTOR |
| Choice of Training Method |
| Table 8: The Structure of IT Training Courses by Subject ( percent), June 2001 |
| 1999-2001 |
| Table 10: The Extent to which Establishments Use Different Training Methods and Facilities ( percent of training managers), 2001 |
| Table 11: Preferred Delivery Methods for IT Training in the Next 6 Months ( percent of reader reply cards), 2001 |
| E-Learning |
| Table 12: The E-Learning Market by Value (£m and percent), 1996-2001 |
| Instructor-Led Training |
| Table 13: The Instructor-Led Training Market by Value (£m and percent), 1996-2001 |
| 2000 and 2001 |
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| RECENT HISTORY |
| NUMBER OF COMPANIES |
| Table 15: The Number of IT Training Companies by Number of Training Staff Employed, 2001 |
| By Course Subject |
| Table 16: The Number of IT Courses and the Number of Training Providers by Subject, June 2001 |
| THE MARKET? |
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| THE MARKETPLACE |
| Industry Concentration |
| Marketplace |
| Types of Training Providers |
| MARKET LEADERS |
| by Value ( percent), 2000 |
| QA Training |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| KnowledgePool |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| International |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| IBM Learning |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| Oracle Education |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| Azlan Training |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| Spring IT Training |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| SAP Education |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| SmartForce |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| Informatics Group (UK) |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| NETg |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| Parity Training |
| Company Structure |
| Current and Future Developments |
| Financial Results |
| Other Companies |
| OUTSIDE SUPPLIERS |
| Software Vendors |
| Other Suppliers |
| and Threats |
| THE TOTAL MARKET |
| Strengths |
| Weaknesses |
| Opportunities |
| Threats |
| E-LEARNING |
| Strengths |
| Weaknesses |
| Opportunities |
| Threats |
| TRAINING |
| Strengths |
| Weaknesses |
| Opportunities |
| Threats |
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| CUSTOMER PROFILE |
| Train Staff |
| Table 18: The percentage of Companies Providing Formal IT Training to Staff by Company Size, 2000 |
| Potential Trainees |
| Skill Shortages |
| Table 19: Breakdown of Hard-to-Fill Vacancies for IT Skills in England by Type of Occupation ( percent), 2000 |
| Table 20: percentage of Employees in England with Insufficient IT Skills by Type of Occupation, 2000 |
| Training Buying Intensions |
| Table 21: Ranking of Interest in IT Training by Subject by Industry Sector, 2001 |
| Training Required |
| Categories |
| IT Course Categories by Number of Searches, 30 Days to 27th June 2001 |
| The Top 20 Keywords |
| The Most Wanted Skills |
| ( percent of reader reply cards), 2001 |
| TRAINING PROVIDER |
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| GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TRAINING |
| E-SKILLS NTO |
| INITIATIVE |
| IN E-LEARNING |
| Providers |
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| FORECASTS |
| THE US |
| DEVELOPING MARKETS |
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| FUTURE TRENDS |
| Training Will Remain of Paramount Importance |
| Instructor-Led Training |
| of Learning |
| Mobile Training |
| FORECASTS 2001 TO 2005 |
| Table 24: The Forecast IT Training Market by Value (£m), 2001-2005 |
| By Market Sector |
| Table 25: The Forecast IT Training Market by Sector by Value (£m), 2001-2005 |
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| Azlan Group PLC |
| IBM UK Ltd |
| ICL PLC |
| International Ltd |
| Oracle Corporation UK Ltd |
| QA PLC |
| SAP (UK) Ltd |
| Spring Group PLC |
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| Associations |
| Periodicals |
| Directories |
| General Sources |
| Information Sources |
| Government Publications |
| Other Sources |
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The UK market for IT training was worth £772m in 2000 and is expected to grow to a value of £850m in 2001. The rate of growth in the market has slowed appreciably in the past 2 years, following years of very high rates of expansion in the mid-1990s. E-learning (or technology-based training) has grown in maturity and sophistication, and this area has recently seen more rapid increases in value than the instructor-led training (ILT) sector.
There are four reasons for the slowdown in the IT training market in 2000 and 2001: the end of demand for IT training related to the Year 2000 problem, the economic slowdown in the US (which is having a knock-on effect on the IT budgets of UK companies), the bursting of the 'dotcom bubble' (which has reduced the number of Web-focused UK IT companies), and the relative paucity of new software launches in 2000 (which has reduced the demand for new software skills).
Set against these negative trends are trends that have helped to support the demand for IT training in recent years. The development of the Internet and intranets has led to greater demand for Web-related and e-commerce-related IT skills. In addition, IT has become strategically important for most businesses, and the employment of adequately trained IT staff is now central to business strategy. Moreover, the UK continues to face an IT skills shortage, which is producing a constant demand for newly trained and retrained IT staff.
The IT training market is undergoing a major change. The distinction between products/courses and value-added services is becoming blurred, as is the distinction between ILT and e-learning courses. Increasingly, clients want — and are being given — value-added services such as training consultancy and end-to-end training solutions as well as basic courses. Clients are also showing a growing demand for 'blended' training programmes, which incorporate both ILT and e-learning elements. Meanwhile, the growth of e-commerce is resulting in the merging of IT with corporate strategy, leading to a demand for IT training that incorporates more general business skills. This is opening the general management training market to IT training vendors and the IT training market to general management training companies.
Key Note predicts that the demand for IT training services and courses will remain relatively strong over the next 5 years, as the number of IT staff in the UK continues to grow, and as the UK continues to face IT skill shortages. E-learning will be the main driver of growth, but the distinction between ILT and e-learning will continue to be eroded as virtual classrooms and blended learning increase in importance. As such, learning will become less structured, with staff using a range of training objects (from short instructions lasting a few seconds to full-scale courses) to gather the information they need. At the same time, training will become more mobile, with access via portable PCs and personal digital assistants (PDAs) of growing importance.
Text © 2001 Key Note
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