A broad spectrum of careers are available in this field, ranging from supporting a library's collection to running the technology used in military operations. Career qualifications can vary depending on the specific industry and the job, but may include a degree in computer science or a related field. In the design of systems, an ICT specialist can work with the rest of the development team to create specifications and implement them.
These technology professionals consider how a system will be used, who will be using it, and what might change in the future. The requirements for something like a bookstore's catalog and point of sale system, for example, are very different from those of an office messaging system used at a bank to keep people in touch with each other. Future developments are also a consideration. At a library, for instance, the types of media in the collection could change and the cataloging system needs to be able to accommodate them.
Installation of the components of information technology is also part of the job for an ICT specialist. Close Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.
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ICTs have already been the cause of significant changes to methods of production and patterns of employment within the European Union EU.
In , some 8. The highest number 1. France 1. Finland had the highest relative share of its total workforce employed as ICT specialists, with persons employed as ICT specialists, representing 7. Relatively high shares of persons employed as ICT specialists were also recorded in Estonia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Ireland, Denmark and Belgium in , with each reporting that at least 1 in 20 persons within their total workforce was employed as an ICT specialist.
By contrast, at the other end of the range, ICT specialists accounted for 2. During the last decade, the number of persons employed as ICT specialists in the EU generally held out against the effects of the global financial and economic crisis and the downturn experienced in many labour markets. As a consequence, the share of ICT specialists in total employment increased by 1.
The number of persons employed as ICT specialists grew by Between and , the progression path became steeper with a rate of 7. Human capital in ICT is a driving force for digital and digital-enabled innovations and may be considered as crucial for the competitiveness of modern-day economies.
Although this segment of the labour market is quite small in absolute terms, ICT employment was relatively resistant to the cyclical nature of economic events during the most recent decade for which data are available. Indeed, as can be observed in Figure 3, annual rates of change for the number of persons employed as ICT specialists were consistently higher than those recorded for total employment across the EU economy.
In the first three years of the decade, the rates of change for the number of persons employed as ICT specialists in the EU and for total employment showed slightly different patterns. Whilst the number of ICT specialists in employment grew with an annual average rate of 4. Only in did total employment recover the values attained three years before. The global financial and economic crisis and its aftermath did not seem to affect the number of ICT specialists employed in the EU.
The transition between and led to the highest annual progression of the index of the number of persons employed as ICT specialists ever observed during the decade, with a jump of In , ICT specialists reinforced their progression in the total work force at the rate of 7.
The share of ICT employment that was accounted for by men stood at In , about 9 out of 10 ICT specialists in Czechia Indeed, in Bulgaria, women accounted for In absolute terms, there were over one quarter of a million female ICT specialists employed in Germany in These were, by far, the highest levels of female employment expressed in thousands, as France , Spain and Italy were the only other Member States to record and more women employed as ICT specialists.
A closer analysis of this gender gap reveals that there were 18 EU Member States where the share of female ICT specialists rose during the period - The most striking progressions were observed in Greece where the share of women in the total number of ICT specialists rose from By contrast, the relative share of men in the total number of ICT specialists rose the most in Malta, Bulgaria and Ireland, up by 6.
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