The education sector attracts people for a number of reasons - not least because of the variety and responsibility.
A move into IT jobs in the education sector is an option for IT professionals with the right kind of experience. Web development skills are currently in demand as e-learning is on most local education authorities' agendas.
However, you do not necessarily have to possess education experience as, increasingly, departments are looking for people with commercial awareness.
Public sector education funding is the responsibility of individual Local Education Authorities (LEAs). These LEAs cover substantial geographical areas - large cities or counties - and therefore have large IT divisions.
Many of the IT jobs available involve working at the "front-line" dealing directly with schools and governors. Other roles involve consultancy, support, and training on all aspects of systems applications and management.