While artificial intelligence does not write programs, does not administer databases and does not configure network connections, it becomes more difficult to find human specialists for these jobs in Europe every year. In order not to be unfounded, let's turn to the latest statistics from the European Union.
Recently Eurostat data for 2018 on the search and filling of vacancies for specialists in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT). A survey among companies from all 27 EU member states showed that hiring ICT specialists has become a growing problem for businesses in the European Union. During 2018, 9% of EU businesses hired or attempted to hire ICT specialists. Based on search results, more than half of these businesses (58%) reported having trouble filling positions that required information and communications technology skills.
Companies in Romania faced the biggest problems. Although there during 2018 only 3% of companies tried to fill the vacancies of ITC specialists, 90% of them failed to do so during the year. A closely related IT hiring challenge was finding applicants in the Czech Republic (80% of companies failed to do so), Austria (74% rejections), and Sweden (72% rejections).
ICT vacancies were most easily filled in Spain, where only 27% of companies were unable to find a specialist during the year, and in Greece. There, vacancies could not be filled by 38% of all companies that applied for the search for an IT worker.
As statistics have shown over the years, starting from 2013, it is becoming more and more difficult for enterprises to fill ICT vacancies. The share of enterprises that found it difficult to fill these vacancies was 2013% in 37 and 38% in 2014. But since then, that share has increased by 4-6% every year, peaking at 58% in 2018. Interestingly, in France, on average, it was easier to hire an IT specialist than in Germany.
Source: 3dnews.ru