Nearly two-thirds of UK IT jobs are now with software houses and outsourcing firms, according to a report by specialist IT websites CWJobs and JobsAdsWatch.

The survey also shows an increase of 19% in IT vacancies advertised over the last 12 months, although growth in the last quarter has slowed with just a 1% rise in permanent roles.

Monday’s Reed Job Index for October showed the index for IT & telecoms jobs rise even more sharply, from 109 to 173 – with the single biggest month-on-month rise coming in the last month.

However, the CWJobs/JobsAdsWatch survey did show that public sector IT jobs have fallen 40% year-on-year.

SQL, C, C#, .NET and Java are still the most demanded skills in the sector, although SQL roles have seen a 2% decrease overall, the first since 2008.