The London 2012 Olympics in London will create more than 5,000 IT and telecoms jobs and generate over £250m for the IT and telecoms job sector, according to research from IT recruiter Greythorn.

Paul Winchester, managing director of Greythorn, says the Games will need a vast high-tech infrastructure to support the media presence, as well as putting into place cyber security measures and coping with the IT demands of those sectors.

Winchester says: “The IT and telecoms infrastructure required to host the Olympics will leave a significant high-tech footprint on the UK labour market.

“The demand for skilled technology professionals is already increasing markedly. Given that 5% of the UK’s 29m strong workforce work in IT and telecoms, and government forecasts suggest 103,000 permanent jobs will be created by the Games, our estimate may be on the conservative side.”