Possible good news all round.

[vetran]

Are IT workers still classified as skilled? Or are we glorified typists?

some of us are, support monkeys not so much!

[BrilloPad]

Are IT workers still classified as skilled? Or are we glorified typists?

[vetran]

So... Does this mean that "home grown" workers pay rates are above, below or similar? For instance if the companies are paying people they bus in more, that's never going to go down well...

The general feeling is that the reason they are bussing in people from abroad is because they are cheaper that was definitely my experience.


Previous end user outsourced to an Indian outsourcer via their Indian business (so shipping profit offshore) then shipped in people they were paying £12k. You can't compete with that. A well known mutual 3rd parties staff were not impressed with their skills just like us. The proof of the pudding was in the multiple outages under their time.

The loss of the tax revenue in the UK was in the millions.

[Lost It]

that's the good bit,

So... Does this mean that "home grown" workers pay rates are above, below or similar? For instance if the companies are paying people they bus in more, that's never going to go down well...

[vetran]

Currently, those wanting to work in the UK must be offered a starting salary of £20,800. There are some higher thresholds specific to individual roles.
In 2014, 151,000 skilled workers and their dependants arrived in the UK or were allowed to stay on.
The committee said raising the salary threshold to £30,000 would have excluded almost 28,000 people in 2014 - or about 18% of the total.

that's the good bit,

[DaveB]

Not really on topic for Business and Contracts, so moved to General.

Also KUATB

[d000hg]

Well lots of IT-migrants come from countries now within the EU anyway.

[Troll]

Not really on topic for Business and Contracts, so moved to General.

More Mod bullying - I expect PG will be along shortly with a comment

[NotAllThere]

Not really on topic for Business and Contracts, so moved to General.

[SussexSeagull]

I wouldn't have thought it would make nay difference to the IT industry (appreciating not everyone on here works in IT).

As the report suggests, would hit Nursing (which does need immigration) quite hard.

[Vaughan]

Bosses face £1,000 non-EU skilled worker charge - BBC News