With the changes announced in the budget, public sector recruitment has tempered significantly as central government departments look to analyse where savings can be delivered. Opportunities still remain for senior interims working on a consultancy basis to help with the delivery of efficiencies.
As a number of quangos are disbanded, rebranded or merged, change management experts are in demand to manage the process.
Government IT programmes over £1m in value are being reviewed with most contracts and hiring under a moratorium. We expect there will be clearer direction this month (September) once more control is given to the government CIO.
