Manpower Israel: Demand for high-tech workers up 4.7% 
 
MIT CEO Idit Padan: Figures indicate continued substantial 
growth in the sector. 
 
by Michal Raveh    
Globes
December 7, 2005
 
Manpower Israel subsidiary Manpower Information Technology 
(MIT) reports that demand for high-tech personnel rose 4.7% in 
November 2005, compared with October, and 11.3%, compared 
with November 2004. Figures indicate that demand for high-tech 
personnel climbed 18.8% in January-November 2005. The figures 
are based on want ads in Israel’s major daily newspapers. 

Comparison of November’s data with those of October indicates 
a significant rise in demand for employees in two professions: 
managers, for whom demand soared 50%, and team leaders 
and project managers, for whom demand jumped 36.6%. 
MIT noted, however, that it was premature to cite these 
increases as a sign of general expansion in demand, since the 
absolute numbers in the managers group are very small, and 
there was no rise in the group in cumulative figures. Where team 
leaders and project managers are concerned, MIT said that 
demand was 9.1% lower in November, compared with 
November 2004, and 23.7% lower in January-November 2005. 

The figures also show increase in demand for employees in 
three other groups. Demand for programmers grew 11.6% in 
November, compared with October, 4.2%, compared with 
November 2004, and 10.1% in January-November. 

Demand for software engineers was 46.4% higher in November, 
compared with October, 33.5% higher compared with November 
2004, and 25.2% higher in January-November. 

Demand for hardware engineers rose 12.6% in November, 
compared with October, 52.8%, compared with November 2004, 
and 38% in January-November. 

Demand for employees from personnel agencies fell 19.3% in 
November, compared with October, and 3.65% compared with 
November 2004, but rose 35.6% in January-November. 

MIT CEO Idit Padan said that figures for both November and 
January-November indicated continued substantial growth in 
the sector.