香港—資訊社會 - 「數碼21」資訊科技策略

7 Chapter 7Human Resources in Information Technology Introduction7.1 7.1 The Committee on Information TechnologyTraining and Development of the VocationalTraining Council is charged with the duty to assessmanpower and training needs and to draw uprecommendations in this aspect. Manpowerstatistics are vital input in this process.7.2 1 7.2 Manpower surveys 1 have been conductedsince 1983 to reflect the information technology(IT) manpower situation in Hong Kong. Since ITemployees are employed in all major sectors of theeconomy to perform various types of IT duties, thesurvey covers all major industry sectors.Existing Manpower Structure in the IT Field7.3 7.3 The survey results showed that the total38 069 number of IT employees grew from 38 069 in 1996 66 697 75.2% to 66 697 in 2008, representing an increase of7.1A 7.1B75.2% over the period. (Tables 7.1A and 7.1B)7.4 7.4 As the IT sector had been developed for someyears, the job category of IT/software developmentranked top amid the demand for IT manpower.66 697 Among the 66 697 IT employees in 2008, 24 206 24 206 36.3% (36.3%) were in IT/software development; 16 235 16 235 24.3% (24.3%) in operation services; 6 277 (9.4%) in field6 277 9.4%6 153 support; 6 153 (9.2%) in telecommunications and 9.2% 4 531 networking; 4 531 (6.8%) in IT sales; and 3 9886.8%3 988 (6.0%) in systems programming. The remaining 6.0% 5 307 8.0% 5 307 IT employees (8.0%) were engaged in ITeducation and training, general IT management,database and IT security. (Table 7.1B and Chart 7.1) 7.1B 7.11 1 The Manpower Survey of the Information Technology Sector was a biennial survey conducted by the Vocational Training Council since 1983.105Hong Kong as an Information Society 2009