Americas Information and Communication Technology Employment Forecast, 2022–2025
This IDC study describes the size and growth of IT professionals' employment by role and region for 2020–2025. It includes our forecast across 41 different job roles, an analysis of some of the key factors influencing IT professional employment, and survey results highlighting the impact of the lack of IT professional skills on organizations. "The demand for IT skills remain very strong. For the foreseeable future, organizations will be challenged to find enough new skills to meet the demand. The solution will be 'build it yourself' for most enterprises and technology vendors. For enterprises, this means build skill development programs to move employees into high demand IT roles. For technology vendors, it means both build your own talent and build programs to help your clients build theirs." — Cushing Anderson, vice president, IT Education and Skills for Digital Transformation research
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- IDC Market Forecast Figure
- Executive Summary
- Advice for Technology Suppliers
- Market Forecast
- Market Context
- Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War
- Employment Forecast
- ICT Job Roles: A Definition of the Term
- Applications-Related Job Roles
- Skills Gap for Applications-Related Roles
- IT Infrastructure–Related Job Roles
- Skills Gap for IT Infrastructure-Related Roles
- Cybersecurity-Related Job Roles
- Skills Gap for Cybersecurity-Related Roles
- Data Management/Analytics–Related Job Roles
- Skills Gap for Data Management/Analytics-Related Roles
- Technical Support–Related Job Roles
- Skills Gap for Technical Support–Related Roles
- IT Leadership–Related Job Roles
- Skills Gap for IT Leadership–Related Roles
- Other IT/Technology–Related Job Roles
- Drivers and Inhibitors
- Drivers
- Technology as Part of the Business Strategy
- Technology Providers
- Inhibitors
- The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Impact on Investment Levels
- Significant Market Developments
- Impact of the IT Skills Gap
- Democratization of IT Technology Skills
- Reskilling Programs
- Current and Future Importance of IT Roles
- Changes from Prior Forecast
- Market Definition
- Methodology
- Methodology Comments
- Related Research
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