This Gartner diagram indicates that organisations are looking to close the skills gap. Cyan EA offers contracting services across multiple disciplines to cover our client’s requirements.
The move to agile and the latest technology trends necessitate a greater number of contracting technologists across more specialisations
The skills required to cover all the different aspects of technology means that more experts are needed who are well versed in the latest technologies
Contractor ratio is not the important decision factor but rather the skills availability to align to the future
South African companies are moving towards a skills based model where the employment status of the technologists is not key, but rather the skills and experience. The Gartner diagram below indicates that similarly international organisations are also looking to close the skills gap
The past model where more technologists were expected to be permanent has been superseded by the need for the latest expertise based on lessons learnt related to the longevity of technologists resulting in stale future solutions. However, some continuity technologists and ICT practice people remain key