Studying of The Employment of Information and Communication Technologies Specialists in Bulgaria

This article is intended to study the overall development of ICT employment in the EU and in Bulgaria by level of education, age and gender. Also, the intent is to study the changes in employment under labour agreement and the employed by statistical regions in Bulgaria for the “Creation and dissemination of information and creative products; Telecommunications” economic activity. This article shows the part of ICT specialists in the total workforce in EU and, also, the percentage of ICT specialists in Bulgaria. A comparison is made of ICT skill level and age-group distribution in EU and in Bulgaria, as well as the share of female specialists. This article presents data about the “Creation and dissemination of information and creative products; Telecommunications” economic activity in Bulgaria such as employees under labour agreement in the 2008 - 2018 period, and during the first quarter of 2019. The distribution of the employed persons in the 2010 - 2017 period in this economic activity by statistical regions in the country is presented. The analysis of employment in the ICT field shows a constant upward trend of employment under labour agreement and an increase of employment by statistical region in Bulgaria.