Top 10 challenge areas for finding qualified IT talent worldwide 2016

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Ahmed Sherif,
Jul 7, 2023
This statistic shows the ten challenge areas where finding qualified IT talent is most difficult worldwide as of 2016. Thirty-one percent of the respondents reported that finding qualified talent in cybersecurity was a challenge in 2016.

Top 10 challenge areas for finding qualified IT talent worldwide 2016

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Release date

April 2017

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

September 12 to November 4, 2016

Number of respondents

12,500+*

Special properties

IT professionals

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Multiple answers are possible.

* 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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Segment: IT skills

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Segment: Cybersecurity skills

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Segment: Recruiters' perspective

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