There are roughly 1,000 job openings available in London's tech sector, but some say filling them is a near impossible task.

The growing industry may even be starting to suffer because of the challenge of recruiting skilled talent to the city.

It's a problem that over 300 tech companies in the city are facing.

Mike DeLorenzi, owner of web design company Inspiratica, says, "It's very difficult to find candidates and the few that are out there get snatched up pretty quickly if you are not the first person to get to them."

And he says trying to recruit from outside the city is a challenge, "It is difficult to recruit people from Toronto, but we're having success lately getting people from areas like Windsor, some people from [the Kitchener-Waterloo] area."

A report just released by the Mowat Centre suggests changes need to be made before the growing tech sector in the city falls flat.

Chief economist Mike Moffatt says, "I think it would be a missed opportunity if things don't change. The risk here isn't so much that companies go away, but rather that the industry stagnates and that all of these job opportunities end up migrating to other cities," Moffatt says.

One of those changes is making London a more appealing environment for the young talent that makes up a big percentage of the tech market.

But Kapil Lakhotia at the London Economic Development Corporation says things are being done to help recruit workers to the city.

"Over the last year or two we've built specific tools that are designed to help employers attract tech talent. These tools include Work Trends, London Tech Jobs as well as Good Move London."

But some tech companies are finding creative ways to deal with the issue.

At ResIM, to make up for the lack of available workers, they've teamed up with other tech companies to assist when extra help is needed.

Owner Jonathan Kochis says networking is also key.

"It's never easy to do and there certainly are not people banging at the door...We hired somebody from Fanshawe and then they knew somebody and that person knew somebody else, so when we need to grow we didn't have to post necessarily or go through that process."

However, Moffatt says it's only a matter of time before 1,000 jobs turns into 1,500 jobs and feels all levels of government need to be involved

"Time is of the essence here. There should be a sense of urgency trying to figure out, 'Alright, what can we do to create an environment for growth for the ICT sector?'"