According to the research, when it comes to hiring for 2025, artificial Intelligence, automation, and Machine Learning are expected to be some of the most popular functional areas that companies will recruit talent in next year.
A recent study by Indeed revealed that in the last year, the number of job postings mentioning Gen AI or similar phrases has increased dramatically throughout the US and Europe.
For example, in Germany, there was a 3.9x rise, France saw a 6.8x rise, and Ireland saw a 4.6% increase.
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- Yoast Wijchen, Wijchen, Outsystems Software Developer The research by Indeed states that GenAI is most prevalent in software development and data analytics. The company conducted a recent study of more than 500 companies in order to determine the skills that clients are most interested in.
The company found that machine-learning was the fastest growing skill, with a growth rate of 383%, followed by Angular Flutter Kotlin and Terraform.
The growing interest in AI has also led to an increase in the demand for core technical skills that are essential for building AI applications and platforms. These include technologies such as React,.NET Python, Node and Java.
According to the report, this year saw a 77% increase in demand for data infrastructure skills.
BairesDev CTO Justice Erolin says, “Over the last five years, there has been a steady, and at times steep, increase in demand for software developers who are experts in tools such as Snowflake, MongoDB and Databricks.
If AI is a goldrush and you’re developer, you may want to sell the pickaxes. In this case, pickaxes refer to skills related with data because a properly maintained data infrastructure is what drives a successful AI products.
Skills gap emerging
This information will be useful for software professionals seeking career advancements in 2025. The tech skills gap is emerging as a barrier to the growing demand.
The European Digital Economy and Society Index revealed that in the EU every third person lacked basic digital skills. According to the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, (Cedefop), the Netherlands’ future employment growth is estimated at 0.3%. However, the ICT role growth is much higher at 12.9%.
This figure could be stymied, however, by a perfect mash of factors that contribute to the tech skills shortage.
The rapid digital transformation is a factor. As organisations are under pressure to modernise operations in order to remain competitive, the demand for tech talent increases. The problem is made worse by the fact that 40% of adults in Europe are lacking basic digital skills and that one third of those employed in Europe have inadequate digital competencies. This problem starts at an early age, when fewer young people are pursuing STEM subjects in school or university. The problem then spills over into the workforce with a limited pool of talent available to meet industry demands.
Despite the warnings, according to a recent report, 35% of Dutch firms plan to expand their permanent positions in 2025. 27% expect to hire for flexible jobs. In terms of salaries, the report states that “salary increases in 2025 will be driven primarily by recognising outstanding performance and retaining top talents.”
For those with the right qualifications, the outlook is generally positive. The Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis has predicted a 15% increase of tech job openings in the next year. In spite of the concerns about the tech skills gap in the Netherlands, there is good news. 30% of software engineers have a Master’s in a related field.
Amsterdam is one of the cities that software developers can search for work in. Eindhoven and Utrecht are also options. Booking.com, ING, Unilever Philips and Heineken are all homegrown giants.
Many large tech companies have offices in the Netherlands, including IBM, Microsoft and Netflix. If you are a software engineer, the Dutch job market offers a wide range of opportunities in cloud computing, data sciences, cybersecurity, AI, machine learning, full stack development, and many other areas.
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