Labor market study: The Head Hunter of IT

Fears of CIOs and CTOs to lose their best IT staff to competitors take to. The term "skills shortage" may be debatable, but the fear of losing good employees is, in fact risen year on year according to a survey.

Regardless of the question whether there is a shortage of skilled workers in the IT industry, more and more chefs fear of losing their best employees. This is the conclusion a recent labor market study commissioned by the staffing agency Robert Half Technology, at the 200 CIOs (Chief Information Officer) and CTO (Chief Technology Officer) took part in many countries. 79 % of CIOs and CTOs are in custody, losing in 2015 their most talented employees of competing firms.

Compared to last year this figure has increased dramatically in 2014 feared barely two-thirds (65 %) of IT managers - and thus 14 % less than it is today - the departure of their IT professionals.


According to the study, it found 87 % of surveyed CIOs beyond challenging or very challenging to recruit qualified employees. This is the %age of companies who find it very challenging to attract new IT staff increased from 32 to 35 % compared to last year.

Given the fact that almost half of the companies (45 %) would like to create additional jobs in the IT sector by mid-year, the competition has intensified for the best employees, as an interpretation of the survey results by Robert Half Technology.

"The demand for skilled IT professionals remains high and exceeds the supply in many areas," said Martin Schramm, vice president of Robert Half Technology, the study results. "The IT departments in the coming months and years, but are taking an increasingly important role in the company and to establish even stronger as a business partner. To be prepared for this task, you should already invest in the expansion of the IT team and are looking for the best people for this challenge. "

The areas where it is most difficult to find new employees, largely remained the same compared to last year. Exception is the database management system that has made the system administration of the Top 5. In addition, steps now more IT managers the areas of IT security and software development a difficult.