Nearly half of public sector workers believe their organisation is lacking the skills to drive forward long term digital transformation, according to the results of a new survey.
The research, conducted by EMC, found that despite the majority of staff (81%) say their while organisation has the right skills to support digital transformation, 47% think the vision to plot long term digital plans is missing.
The survey also highlighted that only 16% of public sector organisations are significantly focusing on innovation.
EMC warned that the sector must ensure it takes on board the importance of IT’s role, after two-thirds of IT workers (66%) saying they applied or considered applying for another job in another organisation in the past year.
James Norman, public sector CIO at EMC, said: 'We are fast becoming an information generation: expecting all areas of our lives to be connected, and the public sector is no exception. The Government has put strict targets in place to ensure that digital technology becomes the cornerstone of public service delivery, but without the right talent, it will not meet these targets.
'With hot tech companies popping up every week, the competition for attracting and retaining this much-needed talent is fierce, and this study highlights the issues we are facing in stark detail.'
