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IT specialists: 149.000 positions unfilled in Germany
IT specialists: 149.000 positions unfilled in Germany

According to the Bitkom survey, positions for IT specialists remain unfilled on average for over seven months. 77% of those surveyed expect the situation to continue to worsen. 50% of companies hope to be supported by AI. The shortage of IT specialists continues to worsen. There are currently 149.000 unfilled positions for IT experts in German companies. That's another 12.000 more than a year ago, when there were 137.000 job vacancies. These are the results of the new Bitkom study on the job market for IT specialists, for which 853 companies from all sectors were surveyed. Only during…

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Every second company suffers from a lack of security specialists
Every second company suffers from a lack of security specialists

Companies are increasingly turning to new ways of recruiting security professionals. The network and security transformation is in full swing, not least because of the pandemic-related switch to the cloud. A good half of companies (54%) have already started such projects or are planning them for the next twelve months. Almost all companies (99,5%) will be active here within the next five years. This also has an impact on IT departments: According to a recent study commissioned by SASE specialists Netskope, every fourth company (28%) is expanding its security team or...

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