In recent decades the Argentina has been growing steadily in terms of IT talent. According to the latest annual report (2019) of the Permanent Observatory of the Computer Software and Services Industry (OPSSI)software development in the country is the main source of foreign investment (58%) and despite the fact that in 2020 these investments decreased – due to the pandemic – the number of employees in the sector grew by almost 7%.
“Software development services in Argentina have experienced remarkable growth in the last decade. Even when the rest of the industries in the country were struggling to generate revenue, the IT industry was constantly growing,” he explains. Giuliana Corbo, CEO of Nearsurea company that since 2018 has been dedicated to linking Latin American IT talent with US companies that are looking for profiles to develop technological projects.
National companies dedicated to web development such as Mercado Libre, OLX and Calypso They have become extremely successful in recent years. In addition, international companies such as McAfee, Motorola, Accenture and IBM have been attracted by Argentine web development in recent decades.
As far as computer programming is concerned, Argentina has highly qualified human capital. According to him Coursera Glkobal Skills Index 2021, a massive provider of open online courses, the Argentines are among the best in the world in that area, as well as in mobile development. In terms of data science, the country is well ranked at the Latin Americaespecially when it comes to data analysis and statistical programming.
Currently, around 90,000 students are pursuing computer-related careers and more than 50 local universities offer IT studies. The high competitiveness of the sector and job opportunities mean that more and more people are attracted to careers related to technology development. While in most of the labor market job candidates compete to access the desired position, in the IT world it is the companies that bid among themselves to attract the most qualified.
Today, the number of developers working in the country is 115,000, and the average salary is around 110,000 Argentine pesos. (Data from the Argentine Chamber of the Software Industry). It is estimated that by 2030 the number of these professionals will rise to 500,000.
And the development of the IT sector no longer only includes programmers or data analysts, but also all professionals who study how to optimize the customer experience, from managers of digital products, through marketing, communication and design. This increase in the demand for the item, which expands to all types of areas, suggests that in the not too distant future it will be one of the areas that will offer the most job opportunities and growth to those who compete in the labor market. And it is a reality that is expanding at the regional level: it is estimated that during the next decade, in Latin America, the positions to be filled with technological talents will far exceed one million.
