According to labor market statistics from the Department of Statistics, over the past year and a half, fewer young people aged 20-29 have begun to work both in the information and communications sector in general and in the more specific field of computer programming. If in previous years the programming industry grew precisely due to young people, then over the past year their number in this industry has decreased. :format(webp)/nginx/o/2024/07/17/16227731t1h1f0e.jpg)
Programming. Photo: Fotis Fotopoulos / Unsplash
According to labor market statistics from the Department of Statistics, over the past year and a half, fewer young people aged 20-29 have begun to work both in the information and communications sector in general and in the more specific field of computer programming. If in previous years the programming industry grew precisely due to young people, then over the past year their number in this industry has decreased.
In the last decade, the information and communication sector has been a benchmark for the Estonian labor market in terms of indicators: the highest salaries, the growth of the number of employees even in the midst of a crisis, the largest lack of an educated workforce according to employers and the greatest growth ambitions.
Employment register data showed that over the past year and a half, the number of employment relationships in the information and communications sector has decreased significantly. As of June this year, there were about 36,000 workers registered there. Of these, more than half (22,000) are registered in the computer programming, consulting and other related services industry.
