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Software Development – Vietnam IT Market Report 2021 Published By TopDev

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“The Vietnam IT Market Report 2021 – Developers Recruitment State” gives businesses a clear view of Vietnam’s software development market after the first year of COVID-19. Published by TopDev, the report covers Vietnam’s “new normal” economy, ICT industry growth, developer profiles, IT salaries, hiring demand, technology trends, and recruitment challenges. It helps business leaders, HR teams, and technology decision-makers understand where Vietnam’s tech talent market is heading, what roles are hardest to hire, and how to plan software development, outsourcing, and IT recruitment strategies more effectively.

Vietnam’s IT market entered 2021 with strong digital momentum despite COVID-19 disruption. The report highlights that Vietnam maintained positive GDP growth of 2.91% in 2020, recorded US$120B in ICT revenue, and had around 430,000 IT engineers, while demand reached 450,000 IT workers in 2021, resulting in a 20,000-person shortfall. This whitepaper helps businesses understand the talent gap, salary benchmarks, in-demand technologies, developer behaviors, recruitment priorities, and candidate experience factors needed to compete for tech talent in Vietnam.

What’s Inside

Vietnam Overview: The “New Normal” State: An overview of Vietnam’s socio-economic context, post-COVID business recovery, and ICT industry growth.
2021 & ICT Industry: Key indicators on Vietnam’s ICT revenue, export strength, internet economy growth, and national target to reach 100,000 digital technology companies by 2030.
Developer Profile – How Things Have Changed in 2021: Insights into Vietnam developers’ demographics, experience levels, locations, skills, learning behaviors, and technology preferences.
Vietnam in the Global Indexes of Software Development Outsourcing: A snapshot of Vietnam’s global ranking, outsourcing position, developer competence, and software talent supply.
IT Jobs Market: Salaries, Demands & Trends: Salary benchmarks by technology, experience level, industry, and job position, helping businesses understand market compensation expectations.
IT Recruitment Target 2021: A view of hiring demand, planned recruitment volume, and the most difficult IT roles to recruit, including DevOps, Full-stack, Back-end, Architect, Cloud, and Cybersecurity.
Demand by Position & Technology: Analysis of popular tech stacks and job roles, with JavaScript, Java, PHP, Python, Back-end, Full-stack, and Front-end among key market signals.
Candidate Personas & 2021 Trends: Insights into developer job-search behavior, career motivations, soft skills, and expectations when evaluating new opportunities.
IT Recruitment Process & Candidate Experience: Why candidate experience, clear job descriptions, relevant roles, salary transparency, and mobile-friendly recruitment matter for employer branding.
HR / IT Recruiter Concerns: The report shows recruiters’ main challenges, including finding qualified candidates, expanding the IT talent pool, improving candidate experience, and building employer branding in the tech community.