Open source talent - hot to find, hard to find

In Europe are Open Source-talents are even more in demand than in the rest of the World. That's one finding of the "2016 Open Source Jobs" report.

And it shows once again how difficult many Company continue to do with finding the right Employees for their vacancies.

The report was published by the career site Dice and the Linux Foundation, a foundation for the charitable advancement of professional Open Source-Management for Mass Collaboration.

Now the results have been evaluated with a focus on Europe. It has been shown that Europeans are more confident than the rest of the World are when it comes to the job market for Open Source-Jobs goes.

Out of more than 1,000 Europeans surveyed, 60 percent said it was "fairly easy" or "very easy" to find a new position this year.

Worldwide, only 50 percent said this.

Half of the respondents reported receiving more than 10 calls from recruiters in the six months prior to the survey, compared to only 22 percent worldwide.

While 27 percent of respondents worldwide received no call at all, this was the case for only five percent in Europe.

Companies and organizations know that they OpenSource–Projects must create and maintain. Therefore also SAP more and more active here.They also know that they can guarantee the success of this Projects can only guarantee if their Open Source-employees have the right skills and experience.

It is therefore not surprising that Employer their Open Source-offer attractive incentives for employees to stay - in Europe even more than in the rest of the world. World.

40 percent of European experts reported that they received a salary increase in the last year.

27 percent spoke of an improved work-life balance. Globally, only 31 percent reported salary increases, while 20 percent each spoke of improved work-life balance.

The report also shows how difficult they continue to find it to identify this talent, with 87 percent of HR managers surveyed saying they struggle to find trained professionals for their positions.

Qualification remains one of the biggest problems here. The Open Sourcecommunity operates in a looser framework than patent-protected Software.

In a World, where collaboration is the highest principle, careers do not necessarily follow predefined paths. The reference points are often different, and the criteria for personnel decisions are not always clearly defined.

How can a Company know that a particular person is qualified?

Training courses and certifications have started to play an important role here. The idea behind this is to build a supportive ecosystem that is similar to traditional Software works, but on Open Source-principles.

The wide range of courses now offered can be accessed online from anywhere in the World completed, and users can start and pause courses at will, making them easier than ever to integrate into everyday life.

You do it Employers not only easier to identify qualified experts, they also help to find the most suitable professionals.

As certification programs become more widely adopted, it is anticipated that Open Source-experts will seek them out with growing enthusiasm.

This allows developers, administrators and engineers to demonstrate their expertise, expand their skills and further enhance their competitiveness.

Such a structure, which is currently emerging, is also likely to affect the SAP-community benefit.