Where there is work in Spain: the labour trends of 2022

The education that companies are looking for

Adequate education is the key to the further improvement of these data. And it is not a question of lack of training in our country, but of the need for a different talent from the one that is produced. Intermediate education is now much more demanded than higher education.

To give some information, from Adecco's latest report, some of the most important sectors currently require VET graduates, almost 60% of job offers. In addition, their unemployment rate is much lower than that for other training, which does not exceed 7 per cent. However, the number of students betting on this option is still too low for existing demand.

One thing we should not give up, even if we get a job, is continuing training. María Concepción García, Vice-Rector of Employability and Entrepreneurship of the Complutense University of Madrid, believes that "professional profiles are changing very rapidly." "today there are job offers that we couldn't even imagine two or three years ago, so specialization through masters and lifelong learning is fundamental."

In the same way, the so-called soft skills are increasingly demanded by companies. Skills such as active listening, critical thinking or teamwork are fundamental to the current development of the work.

10 sectors with immediate future

Dónde hay trabajo en España: las tendencias laborales de 2022

Specialists in data and artificial intelligence

One of the strongest sectors for this year will be technology. In particular, artificial Intelligence and big data analysts will have a major impact in the coming months. What is surprising is that, at the training level, it is difficult to find the right education.

"something as transversal as it is today artificial intelligence has not reached universities. Only a trio of universities has a degree in this field. There are hardly any new degrees that have to do with the technological revolution we are experiencing, "says Javier Blasco, director of the Adecco Group Institute.

Experts in big data, machine learning, business intelligence or data analysis are currently very much in demand and will be more so in the very near future. And this, given the limited number of existing profiles, means very interesting conditions and salaries.

Cybersecurity, the Internet of things and the cloud environment

Continuing with the technological sector, security and the architecture of cloud environments will also see significant growth during 2022. Robotics engineers and internet experts of things can also have a big impact on a multitude of companies of different kinds.

Software developers and analysts or specialists in network maintenance, somewhat more settled professions, continue to occupy much of the job offers of different portals.

As Alejandro González, founder of Taalentfy, indicates, a newcomer can earn up to 30,000 euros a year. Specialization, as we have pointed out before, is always an important plus.

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