Revature’s State of IT Skills Survey Also Found 56% of Respondents Report Upskilling and Reskilling as the No.1 Strategy for Closing the IT Skills Gap in 2025RESTON, Va., Jan.28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Revature, a technology talent as a service provider, today announced the results of its State of IT Skills Survey, which was conducted to understand the impact of the IT skills gap on organizations, the status of their talent acquisition, training and development programs as well as their challenges and priorities for 2025.
When asked about specific challenges relating to the IT skills gap, respondents named their top three as: Finding qualified talent with the necessary skills (71%)IT staffing companies can’t deliver talent quickly (57%)Upskilling/reskilling in-house talent (53%) While 56% of respondents reported upskilling/reskilling as their No.1 strategy for closing the IT skills gap in 2025, 53% still struggle with training.29% of respondents ranked artificial intelligence (AI)/generative AI (GenAI)/machine learning (ML) as the No.1 most important hard skill out of seven capabilities.
With this calculated approach, companies can better accelerate their technology workforce transformation and enhance their talent recruitment and retention – all to close the skills gap while remaining competitive in their respective markets.” Conducted in December 2024, the State of IT Skills Survey collected a total of 230 responses from IT and HR decision-makers at companies with more than 10,000 employees in the United States.
The story "Survey Reveals 77% of Organizations Have Been Impacted by the IT Skills Gap" has 570 words across 14 sentences, which will take approximately 3 - 5 minutes for the average person to read.
Which news outlet covered this story?
The story "Survey Reveals 77% of Organizations Have Been Impacted by the IT Skills Gap" was covered 3 days ago by GlobeNewswire, a news publisher based in China.
How trustworthy is 'GlobeNewswire' news outlet?
GlobeNewswire is a fully independent (privately-owned) news outlet established in 1998 that covers mostly technology news.
The outlet is headquartered in China and publishes an average of 25 news stories per day.
It's most recent story was published 8 hours ago.
What do people currently think of this news story?
The sentiment for this story is currently Neutral, indicating that people are not responding positively or negatively to this news.
How do I report this news for inaccuracy?
You can report an inaccurate news publication to us via our contact page. Please also include the news #ID number and the URL to this story.
