The technology sector has been one of the most attractive in the Spanish labor market for years, and the data continues to point in that direction: they enjoy better salariesmore savings capacity and greater confidence when requesting increases. But there is an elephant in the room that does not go unnoticed by anyone: artificial intelligence.
A study of InfoJobs has just put figures to the technology sector, highlighting that workers in this sector they live better than average of Spanish workers in almost all indicators economic, but more than half fear that the AI ends up destroying jobs in their activity, a percentage much higher than that recorded among the rest of the employed population.
Better salaries, more satisfaction. The salary perception of employees in the technology sector stands at an average score of 5.8 out of 10, above the 5.2 recorded by the employed population in general. In fact, 23% of workers in this sector say they feel very satisfied with their salary, compared to 20% among all workers. On the other hand, tech employees who they declare themselves dissatisfied Their salaries are also less, being 27% in the technology sector, compared to 33% among all employees as a whole.
This difference in perception is based on an objective reality, since 43% of technology professionals earn more than 2,000 euros per month, while among the general employed population that figure remains at only 23%. At the opposite extreme, the most common salary range among all workers is between 1,001 and 1,500 euros per month, which makes clear the salary distance that separates the technology sector from the rest.
They do not shut up and ask for salary increases. As detailed in the report of InfoJobs65% of technology professionals have received some salary increase in the last two years. This represents an average of seven points more than the figure for the entire employed population. And they also feel more encouraged to ask for salary increases.
Proof of this is that 31% have intention to ask for a salary increase to their company, a proportion that almost doubles that of the rest of the workers, which remains at 17%. Among those who plan to ask for this increase, expectations are also higher: 34% aspire to an increase of more than 5,000 gross euros per year. To this we must add that they save more than the average, allocating 14% of their salary to it, four percentage points above the general figure.
Inflation has conditioned purchasing power. Despite starting from an almost privileged position within the workplace in Spain, employees in the technology sector do not escape the deterioration in purchasing capacity that affects the entire Spanish society. 37% assure that your economic situation has worsened in the last two years, a percentage almost identical to that of the general employed population, which stands at 38%. Only 29% of this sector considers that it has improved, while 34% believe that it has remained the same.
That loss of purchasing power It has a direct impact on daily spending, forcing 85% of these employees to cut expenses, although they remain below the 92% who declare having done so among all employed people. The items most affected by these cuts are leisure and free time, vacations and getaways, and personal and household purchases.
Fear of AI, the elephant in the room. However, the most striking fact of the study has to do with the sword of Damocles that these professionals have been noticing hanging over their heads for some time: artificial intelligence. They are the professionals who use these tools the mostbut also those who most They fear its consequences.
52% of technology workers fear that AI destroys jobs in their activity, a figure that is 13 points higher than the 39% recorded by the average of the employed population in Spain, largely based on specialized manufacturing sectors and service professionals with tasks that are difficult to automate.
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