Last Wednesday, May 31, Google released a study that points to a deficit of 530,000 professionals in the information technology (IT) market in Brazil by 2025.
The 96-page report, conducted in partnership with the Associação Brasileira de Startups (Abstartups) and with the support of Box1824, indicates that, annually, 53 thousand professionals will graduate between 2021 and 2025.
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However, the projected demand for the period is 800 thousand new talents. Soon, there is a deficit of 530,000 professionals.
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92% of startups heard by Google believe that there is a lack of technology professionals. In addition, competition with large national and international companies makes the competition for talent even more complicated.
Still according to the report, looking at a global perspective, by the year 2030, 85 million jobs will not be filled in the world due to lack of specialized people to occupy them.
According to the company, the deficit even affects the Brazilian economy. "Brazil's lack of digital skills places it in the third position among the G20 countries that most miss the opportunity to increase GDP," said Google.
The reasons for this deficit
According to the Google survey, the main reasons for the shortage of IT professionals in Brazil are:
- The lack of diversity and barriers for black people and women in the technology market; 57% of startups see the technology market as exclusive to women and 55% of startups see the technology market as excluding black people;
- The IT market does not develop the number of senior professionals it should;
- The international market offers more attractive conditions for qualified professionals;
- Lag in the teaching of logical thinking in schools in Brazil; 89% of startups share the thought;
- Difficulty getting their first job in technology motivates young people to look for other areas;
- Badly done regional distribution of talents.
The study also highlights that the areas that demonstrate the greatest global talent deficits are information security, artificial intelligence, cloud architecture and IT organization for Automation. Due to their urgency, these sectors inspire more investments.
