Greek Market Needs in Tech Talent Report

As humanity enters the fourth industrial age – the one where digital technology prevails and leads the evolution of the business world – the ICT market is a growing sector worldwide and so is the demand for new talent to meet available jobs in the coming decades. Socialinnov, conducted a survey on this specific topic and mapped the particular characteristics of the skills of the most sought after developers by companies. The purpose of the report is to help readers get an overview of the needs of the ICT market in Greece in relation to global industry trends – both those that are hiring and those seeking to be hired.

Highlights:

• More than 6 out of 10 small and medium enterprises in Greece state that there is a serious inability to find staff with the digital skills they need, despite their intention to hire IT staff within the next 12 months.
• The most popular technical skills in the Greek market are software development and database management, while companies are also looking for trained staff in programming languages (HTML, JavaScript and CSS mainly), project management and use of digital productivity tools. 
• The value of a professional qualification certification is considered more important than a doctoral degree by the candidate employers, while great value is given to the continuous training of employees in the most modern technologies.