Despite the crisis, skilled workers are in demand and can earn up to 90,000 euros

Dusseldorf The job boom in Germany is slowly subsiding. The number of vacancies for qualified employees has fallen by twelve percent since the beginning of the year, as shown by the specialist index of the personnel service provider Hays and the Berlin Index Group. For the first time since the beginning of the year, fewer jobs have been advertised in Germany’s most important listed companies than in the previous month. This is shown by data from the Indeed job exchange. Both evaluations are exclusively available to the Handelsblatt.

The drop in the vacancy curve for salespeople and marketing specialists is particularly evident. According to the Hays Index, a fifth fewer jobs are advertised there than at the beginning of the year. Even in sectors with chronic shortages such as IT and engineering, there are fewer vacancies than in the first quarter.

But the evaluation also shows which profiles have increased in demand, bucking the trend. Three areas in particular are striking.

Engineering: development know-how required