Economía

Argentina is positioned in the region as the market with the greatest increase in programmers

  A report from the GitHub platform stated that Argentina was the South American country that had the largest increase (41%) in the number of new programmers in 2022. According to the Chamber of Software and Computer Services Companies in the last two years the area created 35,000 new jobs.

  • 20/09/2023 • 10:39

Argentina registered the highest growth in new developers in 2022 in South America, according to a report from a global platform whose result is aligned with official data that records 34 continuous months of increase and with those of companies that verified an increase of employment in industry higher than that of all private activity.

 

A report from the GitHub platform, which is recognized by sector specialists, stated that Argentina was the country in South America that had the largest increase (41%) in the number of new programmers in 2022, compared to the year former.

 

Although this platform measures users of its services and does not differentiate between developers who work for companies that pay taxes in Argentina or for companies abroad, the increase is a constant in different evaluations of the evolution of employment in this activity.

 

According to the Chamber of Software and Computer Services Companies (Cessi), in the last two years in Argentina this industry alone created 35,000 new jobs, which means an increase of 21.5%, above the increase in total employment in the year. private sector which was 13.1% in the same period analyzed.

 

In addition, the chamber that represents the industry in Argentina indicated that it still has between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs that could be created if there were trained human resources.

 

The entity collaborated with the national government in the formulation of training programs such as Argentina Program and others. In this sense, he announced that so far this year more than 4,000 people have registered in the First Employment portal and that more than 18,000 have participated in the Software as a Future training that the entity carries out with companies in the sector.

 

The variety of courses to get closer to the world of programming in Argentina had significant acceptance among young people and adults, which is corroborated in the report from the Bumeran job portal that marks a growth in applications for junior profiles in technology in the first semester this year, compared to the same period last year.