Security News > 2022 > September > How confident are IT pros in their tech career?

SolarWinds unveils the results of its survey examining the state of the technology job market amid industry-wide labor shortages and hiring challenges.

Released to coincide with the eighth-annual IT Pro Day holiday, the survey found despite a potential economic downturn, more than two-thirds of tech and IT professionals surveyed said they're completely confident in their career choices.

With the "Great resignation" resulting in tens of millions of employees leaving the workforce or changing jobs, only half of survey respondents felt their companies have been adequately staffed in recent years.

The state of the technology job market 67% of IT pros surveyed say they're completely confident about their career choice, even in the face of a potential economic downturn.

Respondents were split on whether their companies had been staffed appropriately over the last two years, with 50% saying they feel like they're doing two jobs and the other 50% replying their company is staffed adequately.

"This is particularly challenging for IT teams because they're not only feeling understaffed but also are expected to do more with less as network environments become increasingly complicated. Remote work and hybrid and multi-cloud environments have made it extremely difficult to keep networks-and businesses-running smoothly but these IT pros show up every day to get the job done."

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