The demand for recruiting Blockchain and AI personnel has increased sharply

The demand for recruiting Blockchain and AI personnel has increased sharply

The desire to apply Blockchain and AI, Data Science of businesses makes the demand for IT engineers who are well versed in these specialties continues to increase..

Salary, number of recruiters to the number of applicants, IT personnel who are good at technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and data science are the focus of recruitment in information technology in the first half of 2019.

According to the report of the first 6 months of the information technology human resources market of VietnamWorks, the average salary for Blockchain related software development engineers is 2,186 USD per month; Al related software development team is 1,856 USD.

Data Science and Big Data also saw a strong increase in job postings. Data Science has a 121% increase in job listings and a sudden increase of 137% in applications compared to 2017. The figures for Big Data are 135% and 56% respectively. The average salary for Big Data is $ 1,690 and for Data Science is $ 1,652 per month.

According to experts, the excitement in recruiting fields such as Blockchain and AI, Data Science stems from the need for technological innovation of many businesses. According to global market research and analysis firm IDC FutureScape, emerging technologies such as IoT, Machine Learning and Big Data will push today's businesses to innovate on their own.

Specifically, more than 70% of information technology executives are ready to integrate Analytics and AI into their businesses. In addition, although in its nascent stage, the service-type software model (SaaS) is growing rapidly and is expected to be adopted by more than 75% of Vietnamese enterprises by 2022.

These trends contribute to opening new opportunities for technology companies, especially providing consulting services and solutions in the field of Enterprise Data & Analytics, AI-powered Supply Chain and Agile Software Quality...

"The stable economic growth and the promotion of technology investment in Vietnam provide attractive development opportunities," said Le Tran Bao Duy - CEO of KMS Solutions. This technology solution consulting company is headquartered in the US and has officially expanded its business activities in Vietnam, as one of the strategic markets in Asia.

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Another noteworthy point in the information technology recruitment market in the first half of the year is that more than half of the survey participants intend to switch jobs in the next 6 months. They considered changing jobs because they wanted a higher salary (56.8%), wanted to improve (12.5%) and wanted to renew the working environment (10.7%).

At the Tech Expo 2019 took place recently, 40 employers invited 300 positions but attracted more than 1,500 candidates to learn. Of which, up to 79% are candidates with experience of 2 years or more.

The recruitment area for mid-level and senior personnel at the event also attracted many candidates over 5 years of experience. Some are currently earning between $ 2000-3000 a month but are still looking for new opportunities or managerial positions.

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"Vietnam's IT human resources have long been highly appreciated internationally. They have strong potential to develop when they have better access to new knowledge and technology", representatives of Dreamplus, creative support platform starting a business of Hanwha Group, commented.

Recently, Dreamplus and VietnamWorks have cooperated to implement the 'Blockchain Academy' program, providing basic to advanced knowledge for blockchain workers and professional developer training. This is a completely free online learning program.

Vien Thong