Increasing demand

There is a massive increase in demand for data scientists in the German economy. Currently, data experts are very difficult to find on the job market. Currently, 6 percent of companies say they employ specialists for data-driven business models. But 15 percent plan to hire such in the future. At the same time, just 4 percent of companies that currently have corresponding positions open say that filling them is rather easy - 58 percent, on the other hand, find it rather difficult and 38 percent even very difficult. These are the findings of a representative survey of 604 companies with 20 or more employees in Germany commissioned by the digital association Bitkom. Larger companies in particular already rely on data scientists and want to increase their numbers. One in three companies (33 percent) with 500 or more employees said they currently employ specialists for data-driven business models.