Vacancies
Software developers overtake engineers
A survey of the job market in February 2017 by the Dekra Akademie shows that companies are most urgently looking for software developers, followed by business IT specialists. Mechanical and electrical engineers were less in demand.
The Dekra Job Market Report 2017 examined the German job market for the tenth time in a row. From February 20 to 26, 2017, a random sample of job advertisements in eleven German daily newspapers, two online job exchanges and two social networks were evaluated. In total, there were 13,941 job advertisements.
In the Dekra report, business administrators are number 1 of the ten most frequently sought professions.
© Dekra AcademyAccording to the latest report, economists are at the top of the list for the first time. Candidates with this degree have been among the most sought-after specialists since 2011. Automotive mechatronics technicians are brand new in the ranking: demand for professionals for mechanical and electronic components in vehicles has been on the rise since 2014.
As always, when the economy is booming, many open positions are aimed at sales people. In the February survey by the Dekra Academy, they topped the rankings despite slight losses.
© Dekra AcademyIn February 2017, almost every second job offer was aimed at IT specialists. In comparison: in 2008, this figure was only 31.7%. In terms of the overall sample, IT professions have now broken through the ten percent barrier for the first time. Companies are most urgently looking for software developers, followed by business IT specialists.
Despite slight losses in the number of vacancies, electrical engineers and process engineers are still the most sought-after of all engineering disciplines, according to the report.
© Dekra AcademyEngineers and scientists, who are also part of the development occupational field, fell behind in the comparison of occupational fields. There were fewer job offers for mechanical and electrical engineers in particular.
In contrast, industrial engineers, architects and civil engineers as well as mathematicians can look forward to slightly more choice than last year.
"The rising number of graduates in the traditional engineering disciplines may be making itself felt. In addition, employers are trying to retain young engineers during their studies," explains Jörg Mannsperger from Dekra. "The demand for IT experts is unbroken and, in view of the current trends in connection with digitalization, this is likely to remain the case for the foreseeable future."
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