Three million individuals will be employed in the ICT sector in 2022, a huge 6.7% rise over the previous year, according to EU Helpers.
Men made up 84 percent of the three million employers in the ICT sector, accounting for 2.5 million of the sector's workers.
Women made up 463,100 employees, or 15.6% of the workforce, in comparison. This represents a 4.4% increase from the prior year, when the figure was 443,400.
When comparing the EU members, Slovenia (93%) stands out for having the largest proportion of men with ICT education among the employed population, followed by Latvia (91%), Poland (90.3%), Czechia (89.9%), Belgium (88.7%), and Slovakia (88.5%).
On the other hand, the data shows that the countries with the largest proportions of women with ICT education were Bulgaria (31.5%), Denmark (31.3%), Cyprus (30.2%), and Romania (29.9%).
Furthermore, recent statistics show a growing trend as a result of EU regulations that support ICT education for women. of the EU, there will be an increase of employed women with ICT education of almost 3.6% each year between 2016 and 2022.
While this was going on, an average of 4.2% more males with ICT education were hired each year.
Eurostat data also reveals that, between 2016 and 2022, there was an average annual growth of 4.1% in the proportion of employed people in the EU with tertiary-level ICT education.
The top four nations with the fastest average annual growth rates for the number of people in the labor force with tertiary-level ICT education were Luxembourg (22.3%), Ireland (21.9%), Slovenia (12.8%), and Bulgaria (at 10%).
It is clear from this expanding trend in ICT employment and education inside the EU that, notwithstanding the advancements made, men with ICT education continue to secure more work prospects than women, as was previously documented.