the Labour Market Survey Report - Council of European ...

Table of Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................13
2. Economic Context ............................................................................................................................19
2.1 Scale and Importance ................................................................................................................20
2.2 Market Performance...................................................................................................................22
2.3 National Characteristics .............................................................................................................23
2.4 Employers’ and Individuals’ Roles ............................................................................................24
3. Policy Context...................................................................................................................................27
3.1 Academic and Vocational Education and Training Infrastructures ..........................................28
3.2 Approaches to Labour Market Policies .....................................................................................28
3.3 Policy responses to Skill Shortages ..........................................................................................29
3.4 Experience with Relevant Initiatives..........................................................................................30
3.5 Roles of National and European Policy-Makers........................................................................30
4. The IT Practitioner Labour Market in Europe.................................................................................33
4.1 IT Practitioners: Definitions and Data Sources .........................................................................34
4.2 Recent development of the IT Practitioner workforce in Member States ...............................37
4.3 IT Practitioners in Germany .......................................................................................................41
4.4 IT Practitioners in Ireland ...........................................................................................................45
4.5 IT Practitioners in Sweden.........................................................................................................48
4.6 IT Practitioners in the United Kingdom .....................................................................................52
4.7 Some comparisons between the four Member States examined...........................................57
4.8 IT Practitioners in other Member States ...................................................................................65
4.9 The Role of Migration ................................................................................................................68
5. Estimating Skill Shortages ..............................................................................................................71
5.1 Possible Approaches..................................................................................................................72
5.2 Existing Estimates for the European Union ..............................................................................72
5.3 Improving Validity of Estimates and Forecasts.........................................................................75
5.4 Robustness of Estimates............................................................................................................78
5.5 Preliminary Scenarios ................................................................................................................78
6. Conclusions and Recommendations...............................................................................................81
6.1 General Conclusions ..................................................................................................................82
6.2 The Need for, and Value of, More Realistic Forecasting...........................................................83
6.3 Issues needing Further Clarification ..........................................................................................84
6.4 Proposed Full Study for all EU Member States ........................................................................85
6.5 Specific Recommendations.......................................................................................................86
Glossary ..........................................................................................................................................87
Annexes
A Definitions, Data Structures and Limitations ...................................................................................93
B Analyses of Eurostat Data: Germany ...............................................................................................111
C Analyses of Eurostat Data: Ireland ...................................................................................................119
D Analyses of Eurostat Data: Sweden.................................................................................................125
E Analyses of Eurostat Data: United Kingdom ...................................................................................133
F References and Brief Abstracts ........................................................................................................141