Last month, Denmark’s statistics confirmed a 73 percent increase in Indians moving to Denmark to work in 2022, with around 2,800 making the country their new home.
And now new figures reveal that a sizable number are IT workers, with India accounting for 11.3 percent of foreigners employed in the sector.
Total, foreigners make up 13.4 percent of the workforce in the IT industry (compared with 12.2 percent across all jobs) – a societal value contribution of DKK 14 billion, according to the industry interest organization IT Branchen.
Foreign figures have almost tripled
The number of foreigners employed in the IT sector has increased by 180 percent over the last decade, reports the IT Branch website itb.dk. In the same period, the number of foreign workers has merely doubled.
“There is a lot of talk about the value of attracting foreign labor to industries that are struggling to find enough employees,” said Natasha Friis Saxberg, CEO of industry interest group IT Branchen.
“But they don’t just help the individual company solve tasks and complete orders. They also contribute significantly to the economy of Danish society, and therefore we have a great interest in making Denmark a first choice for foreign labour.”
Sweden is also a major contributor
The Nordic countries account for 17 percent of the foreign IT workforce (compared to 10 percent overall), while Sweden accounts for 10 percent. Other EU countries account for 43 percent (49) and non-EU countries 40 percent (41).
India’s contribution is all the more impressive when the country only provides 2.5 percent of the foreign employees in Denmark.
Saxberg claims that the figures are a step in the right direction, but more needs to be done to make Denmark “an attractive country for foreign specialists”, such as reducing waiting times for CPR numbers and bank accounts, as well as removing other “administrative hassles” ”.
“We must remove the barriers that the companies point to”, concludes Natasha Friis Saxberg.
Source: The Nordic Page