According to a recent business survey by the count Bitkom 74 percent of high-tech companies for the current year with increasing sales. 14 percent expect stable and 12 percent of declining revenues. Bitkom industry index is currently at 52 points after 72 points in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of 2011 recorded 66 percent of surveyed companies increased sales compared to the corresponding period last year. “The mood in the tech industry is still very good,” said Bitkom President Dieter Kempf.
Bitkom industry barometer, according to current business comes from providers of services such as IT consulting and outsourcing services, particularly well. 76 percent of these companies achieved in the second quarter Umsatwachstum over the previous year. Surprisingly positive run the business from the hardware manufacturers, according to the association. This segment was dominated for years by tough price competition. Yet 65 percent of registered manufacturers of IT hardware in the second quarter growth. Kempf: “To provide a strong impetus in the hardware segment, Tablet PCs, which have established themselves in a very short time as a separate class of devices in the PC market.”
Looking at the full-year IT service providers are particularly optimistic. 82 percent expect higher sales, especially in the field of cloud computing. The cloud revenue from the private and business customers will increase this year after Bitkom calculations by about 55 percent to 3.5 billion euros. By 2015 it is expected to grow to 13 billion €. Similarly, the software companies are optimistic: they expect revenues to 75 percent higher this year. In the IT hardware segment, there are at least 73 percent.
Want to create new jobs this year, 57 percent of high-tech companies, 28 percent keep their workforce stable. Especially IT service providers and software houses looking for new staff. Thus reinforced, according to Bitkom the skills shortage: With 59 percent of the companies is the shortage of highly qualified specialists, the biggest obstacle to growth. It would cost the industry about one percentage point of growth per year. 29,000 new jobs for computer scientists are therefore unoccupied in the German economy at present.
Bitkom quarterly survey of its members and other companies in the ICT industry on the current business and their expectations for the near future. Bitkom industry index is calculated from the balance of positive and negative sales growth for the current quarter.
