In 2021, around 65 percent of German companies said that there was a lack of IT specialists in the country. It appears there was a large increase in demand from 2017 to 2018, when the share of companies who believed there was a lack went from 67 to 82 percent. Since 2018, figures have been slowly decreasing but German companies still think there are not enough IT specialists.
German companies that are of the opinion that there is a lack of IT specialists from 2007 to 2021
* Until the end of 2014 only companies from the ICT industry were surveyed.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "How do you rate the current supply of IT specialists on the job market? Answer: “There is a lack of IT specialists.”
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Bitkom. (January 3, 2022). German companies that are of the opinion that there is a lack of IT specialists from 2007 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1338764/it-specialists-lack-german-companies-germany/
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German companies that are of the opinion that there is a lack of IT specialists from 2007 to 2021 [Graph], Bitkom, January 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1338764/it-specialists-lack-german-companies-germany/
