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GLOBAL INTEGRATION OF GRADUATE PROGRAMMESGIGP 2005 03-08 October 2005Irkutsk, Russia______________________________________________________

Investigating the Graduates’ Prospects in the ICT Labour Market

Vassilis Kostoglou

Department of Informatics,Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki,P.O. Box 141, 57400, Thessaloniki, Greece.vkostogl@it.teithe.grhttp://www.it.teithe.gr/~vkostogl

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CONTENTS

• Research Objectives

• Methodology

• Results - Recent past

- Present situation

- Prospects

- ICT professions

- Associations and effects

• Conclusions

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• Research Objectives

• Methodology

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Alterations in number of ICT enterprise employees during the last three years

16,7%

21%62,3%

decreased

remained stable

increased

RECENT PAST

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Alterations in number of ICT enterprise vocational directions

31,0%

65,9%

3,1%

decreased

remained stable

increased

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Alterations in ICT enterprise turnover

10,9%

17,2%

71,3%

decreased

remained stable

increased

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PRESENT SITUATION

Alterations in competition within the ICT sector

61,4%

26,9%

7,0%

increased

remained stable

decreased

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Opinions (in %) about the unemployment rate of ICT graduates in comparison with mean national unemployment rate

75,8%

6,8%

17,4%

higher

about equal

lower

descreas

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Opinions (in %) about the ICT personnel demand

in comparison with offer

42,9%

29,2%

27,9%

higher

about equal

lower

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Opinions (in %) about the present specialization needs of ICT personnel in comparison with the recent past

87,7%

8,6%3,7%

higher

about equallower

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PROSPECTS

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will be lower

will remain stable

will be higher

Estimations about ICT labour market’s prospects for the next five years

12Estimations about prospects for the next three years

4,49,3

30,4

14,6

27,6

57,5

57,8

48,6

67,9

33,1

11,7

36,8

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Expected increase of the demand for the main specialization sectors

1: ICT enterprise percentage

Specialization sectorHigh

increase(%)

Lowincrease

(%)1

Equal(%)1

Lowdecrease

(%)1

Highdecrease

(%)

Web Development and Administration 47 36 13 3 1

Administration and Database Development 35,4 43,7 18,2 2,6 -

Enterprise Systems Analysis and Integration 31,4 43,6 17,2 2,6 0,6

Technical Support 38,3 35,7 24 1,6 0,3

Network Design and Administration 35,3 38,7 23,3 2,3 0,3

Programming and Software Engineering 33,1 36,5 23,6 5,7 1

Multimedia 25,1 41,6 25,8 6,8 0,7

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Rank of ICT professions according to their popularity

ICT PROFESSION

% of ICTenterprises using

the profession

PC Technician 54.2

Network Technician 47.8

Programmer 47.2

Technical Support Manager 47.2

Information Technology Engineer 40.5

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ICT PROFESSION% of ICT

enterprises using the profession

Network and Computer Systems Administrator 37.6

Database Analyst 37.3

Database Developer 37.3

Computer Operator 37

Information Technology Project Leader 34.4

Customer Service Representative 32.9

Applications Analyst 31.8

Database Administrator 29.2

Systems Analyst 27.1

Communications and Network Engineer 26.8

Database Administrator 25.7

Web Producer 25.7

Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst 25.7

System Programmer 22.2

Computer and Network Security Specialist 21.3

IS Services Director/Manager 21

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ICT PROFESSION

% of ICTenterprises using

the profession

Business Analyst 19.5

Information Systems Planner 19

E-Business Specialist 18.4

Webmaster 17.5

Database Security Expert 15.7

Computer Science Lecturer / Trainer 14.3

Multimedia Specialist 12.2

E-Publishing Specialist 6.1

Geographic Information System (GIS) Specialist 5

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The 10 ‘easiest’ ICT professions in Greece (according to the degree of easiness of finding a relevant IT professional)

ICT PROFESSION% of ICT enterprises

reporting that it is ‘easy’ to find a relevant professional

Computer Operator 72.3

PC Technician 58.7

Computer Science Lecturer / Trainer 42.7

Information Technology Engineer 40.5

Network Technician 40

Programmer 37.9

Web Producer 37.3

Multimedia Specialist 31.6

Webmaster 30.7

Technical Support Manager 28.9

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The 10 ‘more difficult’ ICT professions in Greece (according to the degree of difficultness of finding a relevant IT professional)

ICT PROFESSION% of ICT enterprises

reporting that it is ‘difficult’ to find a relevant professional

Geographic Information System Specialist 70.6

Database Security Expert 60

Computer and Network Security Specialist 54.6

Business Analyst 47.4

Information Technology Project Leader 46.2

Database Analyst 45.3

Applications Analyst 40.5

Systems Analyst 40.2

Information Systems Planner 39.3

E-Publishing Specialist 37

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● According to their spreading

- High spreading (over 40%): 5 professions - Medium spreading (between 20% and 40%): 16 professions - Low spreading (under 20%): 9 professions

● According to the number of enterprise characteristics effecting their presence - Not affected. Uniform spreading: 7 professions

- One (1) effecting characteristic. Affected by the enterprise size: 13 professions

- Two (2) effecting characteristics. Affected by the enterprise size and age: 2 professions Affected by the enterprise size and geographical range of activities: 5 professions

- Three (3) effecting characteristics. Affected by the enterprise size, age and geographical range of activities: 1 profession Affected by the enterprise size, age and location: 1 profession

- Four (4) effecting characteristics. Affected by all main enterprise characteristics: 1 profession

ICT PROFESSIONS CATEGORIES

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End of presentation

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