What is the current situation of the software engineer market n EUROPE? How this statistically compare with the U.S.? How this relates to other IT specialties?


Introduction

  • There were 22 Million developers in 2017 and By 2022, they are projected to be 26 million.



  • 6.5 Million developers are using AI or ML in their development. From that 5.8 Million plan to implement some form of it within 6 months.
  • 9.9 Million developers are involved with optimizing security solutions.16.5 Million developers are in an organization that has a formal DevOps strategy.

 Sofware Engineer market in EUROPE
  • In 2014, the European Commission warned that by the year 2020, Europe will be up to 900,000 coders short. Later the German consultancy firm Empirica adjusted the figure down to 500,000.

       The cities suffering from the software developer shortage are :

  • Amsterdam - Tech startups consist of about 70% foreigners (mainly for Brazil, France, Turkey, Ukraine, and India).
  • Helsinki - Finland currently lacks over 7.000 software developers (mostly in the capital). The need is estimated to grow to 15,000 unfilled positions in 2020.
  • Munich - There is a Serious shortage of IT professionals a problem that manifests itself in almost all-region in Germany. In Munich and cologne, the problem is most crucial.
  • Ukraine - with its large pool of well-educated software developers, Ukrain is becoming an increasingly valuable option for German companies struggling to find talent locally.
  • Milan - In Italy, More than 30,000 of all vacancies for software developers and analysts were unfilled in 2016, with Milan accounting for 20%+.


 Statistically compare with the U.S
United State
Europe
  • As of now, Seattle is the best city to work and live in tech talent. Not surprisingly the headquarters of Amazon and Microsoft are located in Seattle.
  • Tel Aviv is ranked #4, at the same level than New York.