Find out about different types of IT jobs and different industries that offer them. You're not limited to technical careers - there are plenty of options if you are more interested in business.
Careers in IT involve ensuring that individuals and organisations have the hardware and software they need and any necessary support to help them make the best use of it.
Unsurprisingly, there are lots of roles that involve using technical skills and knowledge, such as programming, computer networking or fixing your colleagues' PCs. However, there are also plenty of jobs that have more of a business focus, in which you'll use skills such as building good relationships with clients, managing projects so they stay on time and in budget, or assessing how new technology could make a company more efficient.
For all roles it's important that you like technology and are prepared to learn some basics about the area you're working in, but there's no need to become a technical expert unless you want to.
If you want a job with a lot of technical work, options include
If you want a job with a lot of technical work, options include
Almost all businesses need to use technology and many employ specialist IT staff, so you can find vacancies in a huge variety of industries. The following offer large numbers of technology jobs:
In most IT jobs, your work will ultimately help your employer to increase its profits. You don't need to understand the financial details, but it's good to know how your role will contribute to your organisation's goals.
Companies whose main business is IT make money by providing IT products or services. This could involve selling hardware, selling licences to use software, or selling the services of technology experts. So you might help develop a product that gets sold, or help promote it to clients - or you yourself might be the ‘product'.
Companies whose main business is something else (eg finance or retail) use IT indirectly to help them make money, for example by making processes quicker, more efficient or less labour intensive.
In the public sector, many IT jobs also help indirectly by making processes quicker, more efficient or less labour intensive. In this case the aim is not to make money but rather to save taxpayers' money, which pays for public services. However, other roles serve a different purpose, such as keeping the country safe from attack.
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