The IT industry is growing rapidly, and this is impacting the staffing agencies in relation to the recruitment of employees. Due to recent technologies such as AI, cloud computing, cyber security, data science, devOps, there is a higher demand for skilled IT professionals. This research study will aim to analyse current trends of in-demand IT skills at the staffing agencies, and will assess how these emerging technologies, technical certificates, and trends within recruitment affect hiring and skill demand at the staffing agencies. This research is based on primary data and used the used a structured questionnaire which relied upon the 5-point Likert scale in data collection. Sample size was 100 respondents were working as IT Professionals and Recruitment Managers. Cronbach's alpha was also calculated, to measure the internal consistency and reliability of the instrument. High internal consistency, the statistic supports the validity of the instrument. It is expected that the findings from this research will give an indication as to which IT skills are in high demand within staffing agencies, how staffing agencies prefer to recruit employees and the trends in demand for specific IT skills will be affected by various new technologies. It will also reveal current gaps within the industry of required technical expertise and future employment demands within the IT industry. This research will be very beneficial to job seekers, recruiters, staffing agencies, and educational institutions to become familiar with current market hiring trends and acquire skills which match the demand.