Category: Poll
Half of Brit teens would consider engineering career, says report
At last some good news for those worried about the skills shortage, especially with forthcoming Brexit. A new report by recruitment website Jobsite shows that as many as 50% of 16-18 year olds would consider a career in engineering. With an annual shortfall of at least 20,000 skilled workers, generating interest in engineering has been…
Average Briton spends nearly 1 hour on tech before sleeping
The average British adult spends an average of 57 minutes on their gadgets in bed before going to sleep, according to new research. A third (32%) of Britons fall asleep watching television in bed, but perhaps unsurprisingly smartphones are the device most commonly used by Brits in bed. Over two thirds of us (68%) use…
Growth in device spending as consumers become ‘less price sensitive’, says Gartner
Users of PCs, ultramobiles and mobile phones are buying new devices at higher average selling prices (ASPs), resulting in growth in end-user spending in 2017. Gartner Inc. estimates that end-user spending will increase by 2 per cent in 2017, to nearly $600 billion in current US dollars. Spending on mobile phones will represent 67…
YouGov site reveals how people rate each of Trump’s tweets
Heaven help us. As if the guy doesn't get enough publicity for his frankly insane social media activity, YouGov has unveiled a new website – TweetIndex.YouGov.com – showing how people rate each of Donald Trump’s tweets. YouGov TweetIndex is a new site that shows how the public reacts to a tweet’s content. To showcase the service, YouGov…
Technology profession is the most recession-proof in the UK
The most ‘recession-proof’ job is technology professional, where the aggregate wage bill has risen 82% in real terms from £17bn in 2012 to £32bn in 2014 IT jobs now make up 5% of the total wage bill for all UK full time employees There has been an increase of 400,000 full time IT jobs between…
Three in four can’t tell the difference between Home Office jobs and science fiction. Chicken sexer anyone?
Could you tell which sex these chickens are for £40K a year? You could probably give it a go We're used to wacky surveys coming into our inbox to promote a product you probably don't need or want, but this one really caught our eye. Apparently three in four people can't…
Which tech entrepreneur are you? Zuckerberg or Sugar
Are you a tech entrepreneur and if so are you more like Mark Zuckerberg or Alan Sugar in style? IT recruiter Randstad Technologies has created an interactive quiz to find out your personality type. And so far it shows that Mark Zuckerberg is winning with more than a third of IT workers across the UK (37%)…
Internet TV channels, like Netflix and Amazon Prime, set to overtake free UK catch up services this Christmas
39% of UK consumers expected to pay for Internet TV services this Christmas Currently 38% of UK consumers use popular free streaming services like BBC iPlayer, All 4 and ITV Player Worldwide, almost half of Internet TV subscribers plan to cancel within 6 months The UK has the highest consumption of free catch up services…
Sweden has 150% ‘smart device’ penetration. Over twice as high as Italy
North/South divide: Sweden leads the way in European smart device adoption New research today from Yahoo-owned Flurry reveals the differences in smartphone habits across Europe. Tracking over 725,000 apps across 564 million devices in Europe, the survey showed that Sweden has the highest smart device penetration with every man, woman and…
Carphone Warehouse poll shows we are selfie obsessed – 14.5 million selfies a day
Well we probably didn't need a survey to tell us. But anyway there was one and of course it showed us we are indeed a selfie obsessed nation. According to the research, commissioned by Carphone Warehouse, 14.5 million selfies are now taken every day in the UK, with 4.3 million being shared via social media.…
