Soft Demand for Software Engineers

Just because it is hard to find an employee doesn't mean you should run out and train yourself for a career in that field.

Jul 8th, 2021 11:55am by Lawrence E Hecht

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Software engineers are easy to recruit and not terribly in demand, at least according to 611 IT leaders from across the globe that were surveyed by Tech Monitor in March and April 2021. Only 20% believe it is hard to recruit software engineers, while over 80% find it difficult to hire those with cloud, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture and data science skills.

However, just because it is hard to find an employee doesn’t mean you should run out and train yourself for a career in that field. Perhaps that’s why the just-released State of Open: The UK in 2021 Phase Two: UK Adoption is predicting a slowdown. That study found that 38% of businesses had hired a backend developer in the previous twelve months while 23% expect to do so in the next 6-12 months.

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Lawrence has generated actionable insights and reports about enterprise IT B2B markets and technology policy issues for almost 25 years. He regularly works with clients to develop and analyze studies about open source ecosystems. In addition to his consulting work,...