Status of Software Development in UK

Software development in UK is handled by the professionals. They completely understand the needs of various professionals in UK. Over the years they have been able to carve a niche for themselves. They have developed software programs for inventory management system, payroll management system, Shopping Cart Solution, Merchant Account Solution, ERP Software Application, Supply Chain Management, Desktop Applications, and CRM Software Development.
There was a time when they charged high fees for developing software, but things have changed now. With many outsourcing companies offering competent services at economical rates, software development industry has slowed down. But this is not the only reason for the present bearish trend in the industry. This has been the cause of concern for many. People think that as the manufacturing industry declined similarly software industry is also posed with the threat.
According to a research conducted in United Kingdom in 2006, now less number of students opt computer science as a discipline for study. There is acute shortage of software development professions. Seeing this trend the government has taken the necessary remedial measures to attract the students and train the existing team of personnel. They encourage the students to take computer science as subject of study at graduate level and attract the people already in job to improve the existing skills. The subject now helps them in getting on job training with the companies. This will make them competent and at par with the software professionals residing other parts of the world. Further, UK must make use of its advanced tools & techniques for software development and create the ones that meet the future demands of people using computers.
Clearly we can make out that that currently software development in UK is slow. Hope the steps taken by the government will be of great help and get back the lost glory of software industry.