Lack of IT specialists on Czech labour market

There is a severe lack of IT specialists on the Czech labour market, Czech Radio reported on Sunday citing leading personnel companies. According to the head of ManpowerGroup Jaroslava Rezlerova the situation has been deteriorating in recent years and the country now lacks around 100,000 IT specialists. Prague has 400 vacancies despite the fact that starting salaries in the field are on average 15,000 crowns higher than in other areas. This is a common trend across Europe which currently lacks 700,000 IT specialists.