Yes it does here too, but for some reason in IT it doesn't matter. I don't know why this is, but there are many titles like Systems Engineer, Software Engineer, Database Engineer, Network Engineer, etc. These titles are not uncommon and they usually don't have hard requirements on degrees or group membership like "real" engineering fields such as Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering does. I know this is true in Canada, and have heard this is also true in the US, but I'm not sure about other countries. They're all skilled nonetheless.

I couldn't disagree more, i'm based in the UK.. but I've worked internationally with engineers varying from without college education to people with PhD's... both are competent in their area of expertise and are right in calling themselves engineers.