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

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 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?

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 3 First Term Students in Computer Science (total) 7,093 Beginners in ,810 Beginners in 2000 Fall in the number of beginners to 8,844 in 2007 After Dotcom-Crash: Number of beginners back to normal? ( %) Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik Note: Number of students starting in the winter term (WS) were assessed each time.

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 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?

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 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 % Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 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

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 7 Total of Beginners as to IT Study Programs Students IT subjects 64, , ,063 Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik Non-uniform trend: After 2000 decline in Health Care Informatics Informatics

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 8 Beginners IT Professionals Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 9 Beginners in Informatics: Proportion of Women In Informatics the proportion of women to total of beginners is relatively low. Womens share increased from % to % from 1992 to 2000 Between 2000 and 2007 the share declined again to %. Possible further questions: Is the development of the proportion of women significant before or after the Dotcom-Crash in 2000? Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 10 Proportion of Women as to Study Programs in the Winter Term (WS) 2007/2008 Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik Interpretation: Health Care Informatics and Media Informatics reveal a relatively high proportion of women – Computer Engineering reveals the lowest.

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 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?

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 12 Comparison between Employed and Unemployed IT Professionals Quelle: Bundesagentur für Arbeit Beware! Number of freelancers unknown unemployment rate unknown

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 13 Trend of the Job Market for IT Professionals in Germany since Question to start with: Against this background, how has the actual demand for IT study 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

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 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.

Quelle:Projektgruppe 5.1, LAA Sachsen IIc Unit of measure Legend *Footnote Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Seite 15 Trend of the Job Market for IT Professionals in Germany since 2000 We thank you for your attention.