Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier Preventing the Brainware Crisis Workshop Schloss Dagstuhl 01.04.-03.04.2009 Student Enrollment in Computer Science.

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1 Hochschulteam der Agentur für Arbeit Trier 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

2 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?

3 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 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%) Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik Note: Number of students starting in the winter term (WS) were assessed each time.

4 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?

5 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. +3579.31% Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik

6 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

7 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 64,609 104,612 122,063 Quelle: Bundesamt für Statistik Non-uniform trend: After 2000 decline in Health Care Informatics Informatics

8 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

9 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 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 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.

11 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?

12 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

13 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 2000 1.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

14 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.

15 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.