我們早就知道，技術人才如今非常走俏，供不應求。不過，這種短缺的嚴重程度可能超出你的預料——實際上，最近一份調查顯示，人才缺口可能達到2008年以來的最高點。

信息技術外包商Harvey Nash和畢馬威會計師事務所在一年一度的首席信息官調查中發(fā)現(xiàn)，在超過3000名技術帶頭人中，有65%表示招聘困難正在影響這個行業(yè)，比例之高令人驚訝。這一比例較去年的59%增長6個百分點。

Harvey Nash美國公司總裁兼首席執(zhí)行官鮑勃·米亞諾對《華爾街日報》表示：“這的確令人震驚。首席信息官可能會有很好的點子，但如果招不到IT人才，那也沒轍。這個問題正在變得日益嚴重?！?/p>

該報告指出，數(shù)據(jù)分析專家崗位尤其難以填充。一些雇主正在采取額外的措施與合格候選人建立聯(lián)系——微軟最近宣布設立了一個旨在培養(yǎng)數(shù)據(jù)科學人才的專業(yè)學位項目。

然而，技術人才缺口不僅限于任何一個崗位。會寫代碼的人數(shù)整體不足，無論是做移動應用后端，還是開發(fā)云計算平臺的人才。這意味著，技術類求職者在科技業(yè)內外都十分緊俏。實際上，本月在Monster發(fā)布最多技術崗位招聘信息的并不是科技公司，而是醫(yī)療巨頭聯(lián)合健康集團（UnitedHealth Group）。

不過，除了數(shù)據(jù)科學家，安全和云計算也是格外突出的IT支出領域——因此招人需求也很大。在戴爾公司發(fā)布的年度IT趨勢研究報告中，云計算領域被認定為潛在增長領域，多數(shù)受訪者都表示，云計算是各自公司的主要技術趨勢。

與此同時，網絡安全也是美國政府近來招聘的重點領域：美國國土安全局獲準引進1000名新的信息技術安全專家。更加引起轟動的是，聯(lián)邦調查局為解密圣貝納迪諾槍擊案兇手的iPhone，向黑客支付了100萬美元。

最后，項目經理和業(yè)務分析師也被評為緊俏職業(yè)，而對掌握IT架構技術的員工的需求，在一段時間的走低之后，如今又開始增加。（財富中文網）

譯者：嚴匡正

審校：任文科

We’ve known for a while now that there’s a tech talent shortage. But that shortage may be even bigger than you’d expected—in fact, according to a recent survey, it may be at its highest level since 2008.

IT outsourcer Harvey Nash and auditing firm KPMG surveyed over 3,000 technology leaders for their annual CIO Survey, and found that an astonishing 65% said that hiring challenges are hurting the industry. That number marks a six-point increase over last year’s survey, where 59% expressed that sentiment.

“That’s pretty staggering,” Bob Miano, president and CEO of Harvey Nash USA, told the Wall Street Journal. “CIOs may have great ideas but if you can’t get the IT talent, that’s a growing problem.”

The report points to data analytics experts as one role that’s especially hard to fill. Some employers are taking extra steps to connect with qualified candidates on that front—Microsoft MSFT 0.10% recently announced a professional degree program aimed at fostering data science talent.

But the tech talent gap is larger than any one role. It’s an overall shortage of people who know how to code, whether they’re doing back-end on mobile apps or developing cloud-computing platforms. That means that tech job seekers are uniquely in demand both within the tech industry and without. In fact, the company that posted the most tech job listings on Monster this month wasn’t a tech company at all, but health care giant UnitedHealth Group UNH 2.11% .

Beyond data scientists, though, security and cloud computing are singled out as particular areas of IT spending—and subsequent hiring demand. The latter field was also identified as a potential growth area in Dell’s annual State of IT Trends report, in which a majority of respondents described cloud computing as their company’s primary tech trend.

Cybersecurity, meanwhile, has been a recent point of hiring focus for the U.S. government: the Department of Homeland Security received clearance to bring on 1,000 new IT security experts earlier this year—while, more sensationally, the FBI paid hackers over $1 million to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.

Finally, project managers and business analysts are also named as roles in high demand, while workers with IT architecture skills are mentioned as enjoying growing demand after a period of decline.