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Preventing the Brainware Crisis Workshop Schloss Dagstuhl 01.04.-03.04.2009

Student Enrollment in Computer Science and Job Market of IT-Professionals in Germany since 2000. Achim Wagner, Diplom-Verwaltungswirt – Agentur für Arbeit Trier – 01.04.2009. Preventing the Brainware Crisis Workshop Schloss Dagstuhl 01.04.-03.04.2009.

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Preventing the Brainware Crisis Workshop Schloss Dagstuhl 01.04.-03.04.2009

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  1. Student Enrollment in Computer Science and Job Market of IT-Professionals in Germany since 2000 Achim Wagner, Diplom-Verwaltungswirt – Agentur für Arbeit Trier – 01.04.2009 Preventing the Brainware Crisis Workshop Schloss Dagstuhl01.04.-03.04.2009

  2. Trend of the Job Market for IT Professionals in Germany since 2000 • Questions: • How has the demand for study programs in Information Technology developed since 2000?? • How has the number of employed and unemployed graduate professionals in the IT sector developed since 2000?

  3. First Term Students in Computer Science (total) • 7,093 Beginners in 1992 • 16,810 Beginners in 2000 • Fall in the number of beginners to 8,844 in 2007 • After Dotcom-Crash: Number of beginners back to normal? (+136.99%) Note: Number of students starting in the winter term (WS) were assessed each time. Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

  4. But … • Numerous new computer science related programs and degrees have been introduced • Health Care Informatics / Medizinische Informatik • Media Informatics / Medieninformatik • Computer Engineering / Ingenieurinformatik • Bioinformatics / Bioinformatik • Business Informatics/ Wirtschaftsinformatik • Information Communication Technology / Computer- und Kommunikationstechnik • How have they evolved?

  5. Beginners in the Study Program Media Informatics (total) • Study program of a highly dynamic development • Low starting value of 29 beginners in 1992 (=Index 100) • Dramatic rise up to 1,067 beginners in 2000 (=Index 3,679.81) • After 2000 continued upward trend to 1,761 in 2007 (=Index 6,072.41) • Interpretation: • The Dotcom-Crash did not slow down the dynamic progress of this study program. +3579.31% Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

  6. Beginners Business Informatics (total) • Between 1992 and 2000 a tremendous increase in the number of beginners in this study program from 1,377 to 5,325 • Betweeen 2000 and 2007 a decline in the number of beginners by about 8.6% • Interpretation: • The tremendous increase in the number of beginners between 1992 and 2000 passed the Dotcom-Crash without considerable damage. +286,71% Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

  7. Total of Beginners as to IT Study Programs Students IT subjects 64,609 104,612 122,063 • Non-uniform trend: • After 2000 decline in • Health Care Informatics • Informatics Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

  8. Beginners IT Professionals Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

  9. Beginners in Informatics: Proportion of Women • In Informatics the proportion of women to total of beginners is relatively low. • Women‘s share increased from 12.25 % to 17.27 % from 1992 to 2000 • Between 2000 and 2007 the share declined again to 13.56 %. • Possible further questions: • Is the development of the proportion of women significant before or after the Dotcom-Crash in 2000? Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

  10. Proportion of Women as to Study Programs in the Winter Term (WS) 2007/2008 Interpretation: Health Care Informatics and Media Informatics reveal a relatively high proportion of women – Computer Engineering reveals the lowest. Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

  11. Trend of the Job Market for IT Professionals in Germany since 2000 • Questions: • Against this background, how has the actual demand for IT study programs developed since 2000? • How has the number of employed and unemployed IT professionals progessed since 2000?

  12. Comparison between Employed and Unemployed IT Professionals Beware! ►Number of freelancers unknown ►unemployment rate unknown Quelle: Bundesagentur für Arbeit

  13. Trend of the Job Market for IT Professionals in Germany since 2000 • Question to start with:Against this background, how has the actual demand for ITstudy programs developed since 2000? • Answer: • Non-uniform development: • After 2000 decline of beginners in the study program Informatics • After 2000 a further increase of beginners in the study programs Media Informatics, Computer Engineering and Business Informatics. • Proportion of female students in human and life related programs considerably higher

  14. Topic: Trend of the Job Market for IT Professionals in Germany since 2000 • Second question: • How has the number of employed and unemployed IT professionals progressed since 2000? • Answer: • The employment of graduate IT professionals has increased inspite of the Dotcom-Crash. • Between 2000 and 2004 the number of unemployed IT graduates increased strongly but afterwards declined again.

  15. Trend of the Job Market for IT Professionals in Germany since 2000 • We thank you for your attention.

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