Le IT professionals they have salaries above the national average and are so sought after by companies to the point of being able to negotiate the terms of employment. First of all, the use of the smart working: Nearly all candidates forfeit their post if any form of remote work is involved. Companies in the Italian IT sector forecast a +14% growth in hiring for the last quarter of the year. More than 60% of job offers are concentrated in the cities of Milan, Padua, Turin, Rome, Bari, Naples, Bologna, Udine, Verona and Catania.
These are just some of the data that emerge from the latest edition of Tech Cities, the research on the most requested technological profiles in the main Italian cities published by Experience, a ManpowerGroup brand and IT provider of application solutions, consulting, resourcing and training.
The IT professionals most in demand by companies
According to the report, the most sought-after profession is that of SAP Manager/Specialist, Followed by Security Researcher. The podium closes CTO - Chief Technology Officer, while other highly sought-after professions are Ecommerce Manager, Embedded System Engineer, Infrastructure Managers e Scrummaster.
They are all hybrid professions: alongside high technological and digital knowledge, a series of skills are increasingly required soft skill such as problem solving, flexibility and the ability to work in a team. The study also shows how the IT, Digital and Technology sector will be driven by new roles that mix managerial and IT skills.
The IT professionals analyzed in the February edition of the Tech Cities paper (Cloud Developer, Full Stack Developer, Java Developer, Data Scientist, DevOps Engineer and Cyber professionals) are also always in great demand, in line with the technological evolutions of the market. Given the scarcity of profiles required, a trend that is recorded by companies is to hire profiles with little experience but providing courses and incentives to accelerate the development of technical skills and entry into operational teams.
The most technological cities in Italy: Milan in first place
59% of job vacancies for IT, Digital and Technology professionals in Italy come from just 10 Tech Cities where the technology sector is thriving. Between these Milano leads the way with 24% of national industry ads, followed by Roma with 16%. In third place Torino with 5%, followed by Napoli with 4%. In the Top 10 there are also Padova, Bari, Bologna, Udine, Verona e Catania.
Between North and South there is a wage gap important: if the average GAS of IT, Digital and Technology professionals in Milan, considering a middle seniority, is equal to 59.000 euros, in Catania it drops to 42.100.
More in detail, after Milan's first place, the cities of Bologna and Padua follow in equal terms, which stop at just over 51.000 euros. Following, with very little difference, we find Rome and Verona with 50.000 euros. Immediately after Udine and Turin with 48.500 euros. To close Bari (45.700 euros), Naples (44.000 euros) and precisely Catania (42.100 euros). But the North-South gap could disappear more and more thanks to the possibility of working in smart working.
The future belongs to IT professionals
“IT, Technology, Telecommunications, Communication and Media are the sectors with the highest net employment prospects in Italy. The positive trend continues, accelerated by the pandemic emergency, for an area that has never known the crisis and is indeed constantly looking for talent. Automation, IoT, AI, Cyber Security and Data continue to play an important role in the new world of work, but technological talent is now a transversal need for all sectors of the market” says Josè Manuel Mas, director of Experis Italia. However, “72% of employers in Italy cannot find the skills they need. It is a phenomenon that pushes companies to increase salaries and benefits for attract and retain talent, but also to retain internal resources, investing in reskilling and upskilling activities, no longer an option now, but obligatory stages in order to remain competitive".
Smart working is confirmed as a lever of attraction
According to study i IT, Digital and Technology professionals give great importance to flexibility and the possibility of work remotely, even 100%. In the first contact phase, smart working is the first request of almost all candidates, who refuse the possibility of working in person 5 days out of 5. Furthermore, this flexibility is required not only with respect to the place from which you work, but also about the times and working days. Companies that are flexible about when, where and how work gets done report that 55% of profiles are “high-performing” compared to 36% of organizations that have a working week standard 40 hours.
