This statistic shows the share of IT decision-makers reporting skills gaps in the IT industry, in 2016 and 2017. Seventy-one percent of respondents in the U.S. and Canada reported that their team faced a shortage of necessary skills to meet organizational goals in 2017.
Share of IT decision-makers' reporting an IT industry skills gap, by region, in 2016 and 2017
* According to the source, "the survey yielded more than 12,500 completed responses from IT employees around the globe, with more than 50 percent coming from the United States and Canada, and the remainder from countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe."
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Global Knowledge. (April 2, 2017). Share of IT decision-makers' reporting an IT industry skills gap, by region, in 2016 and 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/730617/worldwide-reporting-it-skills-gap/
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Global Knowledge. (2017). Share of IT decision-makers' reporting an IT industry skills gap, by region, in 2016 and 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/730617/worldwide-reporting-it-skills-gap/
Global Knowledge. "Share of It Decision-makers' Reporting An It Industry Skills Gap, by Region, in 2016 and 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/730617/worldwide-reporting-it-skills-gap/
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