There continues to be a shortage of skilled workers in Australia, leading some experts to ask whether immigration is the most effective way to address the country's labor shortage.
With the tightening labor market and the emergence of job shortages across all sectors, technology roles are among the most difficult to fill.
It is difficult to find skilled tech talent across the board, but cyber-security, data management, cloud computing, and software development are among the hardest to locate.
Every industry is being transformed by digitalisation, data, robotics, and AI analytics.
As of August 2022, there are currently 7841 jobs available in Software and application development.
The following statistics illustrate just how dire the shortage of software development talent is right now:
There is a rapid increase in the demand for tech talent. 58% of IT executives say that they have already increased or are planning to increase investments in emerging technologies. Despite this increase in demand, the market may not be able to meet it.
Sixty-four percent of IT executives say the shortage of tech talent is a major barrier to the adoption of emerging technologies. Affected areas are networks, security, digital workplaces, IT automation, computer infrastructure, and platform services, as well as storage and database systems.
The growing job role revolution being driven by automation and artificial intelligence is fundamentally disrupting traditional work roles due to a lack of skilled professional developers. As a result, staff and organisations have an opportunity to reset
Since low-code and no-code greatly reduce the barrier to entry in app development, they have gained popularity in trying to address the tech skills shortage.
Platform leaders in the low-code/no-code space also believe their platforms will pave the way to a future in which there are simply not enough professional developers to handle the workloads.
It is the fastest and cheapest way for companies to scale their digital transformation across the entire organisation by using low-code or no-code tools, from automating simple tasks to building entire applications.
The innovations we witnessed over the past year were the result of accelerated business needs. Data submission and collection for these applications are enormous, requiring workflow logic, real-time tracking, and aggregation of data.
IT can focus on cybersecurity, scalability, and infrastructure performance over developing one-off applications for various users, which is time- and resource-consuming, as low-code and no-code approaches become more prevalent.
Low-code and no-code technologies can, ironically, extend the lifecycle of existing applications. Accessing existing back-end applications more efficiently will extend the useful life of legacy applications.
There are a lot of industries that will benefit from low-code/no-code technologies, especially those that aren't tech-heavy
Companies need to make an effort to solve the digital skills gap in their workforce and the easiest way to do this will be to become low-code, no-code literate.
The development of low-code/no-code (LC/NC) apps can be done in hours with point-and-click or drop-down menu interfaces, and enhanced functionalities can be tested within hours. It's a cost-effective way to get a close match between the requirements of the business and the customer, and it usually costs much less than creating an in-house system.
The LC/NC model makes innovation faster, cheaper, and more democratic. Using built-in tools, anyone in the organisation can take on the task of digitalising e-commerce processes.
Now, those who know first-hand the challenges, workflows, and customers can build the right solutions, test them, and iterate them until they are optimised for success. Translations are seamless, bottlenecks are fewer, and business goals, whether efficiency or revenue, are more focused.
By eliminating, reducing, and automating manual processes, LC/NC can free up existing teams to focus on other functions that are crucial to the business.
In the next few years, this low-code revolution will accelerate, according to experts.
A report published by Gartner predicts that 70 percent of new applications developed by enterprises by 2025 will be built with low-code or no-code platforms, up from under 25 percent in 2020.
There is no doubt that digital business needs are accelerating in most organisations. A forward-thinking organisation understands that waiting is no longer an option. They enable business users to develop and automate customised solutions themselves through low-code enterprise application development platforms that are collaborative and easy-to-use.
Developing a developer pool requires hiring employees who have deep business knowledge and are aware of the positive impact technology and digitisation can have on their business.
The research shows that low-code platforms broaden participation in our digital future, increasing diversity and improving results. The more creative problem solvers we can put in charge of technology, the more impact it will have.
Assisting with AI development will be of particular importance to them. A faster development of application functionalities will also enable improved productivity.
It is imperative for companies to embrace low-code platform solutions. It is the CIO's responsibility to encourage the automation mindset within the organisation. Employees need to be encouraged to explore low-code technology tools for automating tasks.
Those companies that embrace the digital transformation and are on top of the most recent IT developments have benefited greatly from the Low Code / No Code Movement.
The use of IT Staff Augmentation is ideal for technology teams that desire to enhance their capabilities without having to create the capability, begin immediately, and avoid the learning curve. The pay-as-you-go model allows businesses to leverage their resources efficiently. A business of any size that builds products that require continuous improvement is best suited to use IT augmented teams.
Leverage our IT Staff augmentation services to access certified IT Professionals, Including skilled software developers, business analysts, scrum masters and QA specialists.
We believe tech should be built for people at the speed and scale you need. We use rapid application development methods to deliver applications 30-50% faster than using traditional code. Our agile processes ensure flexibility to evolve the scope of work without impacting project timeframe and deliverables.
Stephen Maclean is the CEO and founder of Seers Digital, he is a passionate thought leader of Emerging Technology. Seers Digital drives IT modernisation in the Public and Private Sector.
