Skills for the Digital Transition
Assessing Recent Trends Using Big Data
This report presents the most recent trends in the labour market demand for digital professionals and skills, highlighting where bottlenecks are emerging and policy action is – and will be – needed to support individuals who aim to thrive in the digital transition. The report analyses a wide range of digital occupations and the associated skill and technology demands using a unique set of data collected from millions of job postings published online in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore and Spain. The evidence contained in this report is key for governments to design targeted retraining and upskilling policies, and for workers to fully benefit from the digital transition.
The diffusion of digital skill demands in labour markets
This chapter presents indicators of the pace by which the demand for digital skills has been permeating labour markets across ten countries: Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore and Spain. The chapter focuses on the speed by which advanced data analysis skills, programming skills, automation and Internet of Things (IoT) related skills, as well as cybersecurity and business and sales digital skill demands have been diffusing across occupations over time. Results in this chapter show the significant diffusion of most digital skills across the demand of employers and provides information on areas where bottlenecks and labour market gaps are likely to emerge.
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