Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) manpower surveys underpin this collection on infocomm employment in Singapore from 2000 through 2017. CSV datasets break the workforce down by discipline of study, gender, highest qualification, and residential status, following the official definition of infocomm workers engaged in ICT or telecom roles. HR analysts and education planners can study talent pipelines using stratified establishment samples aligned to SSIC. Methodology notes in the official description explain sampling from the Department of Statistics establishment frame.
Infocomm manpower surveys have been carried out by IDA annually since 1999. An infocomm manpower is a person engaged primarily in infocomm-related work including infocomm data analytics work either in an ICT or telecommunication equipment and/or services provider, or user organisation (such as in a bank). He/She must be employed by the Singapore-based enterprise on a full time/parttime/casual/temporary basis either as a permanent or direct contract staff to work in Singapore or to station overseas. The work of the person may include the development, distribution, implementation, support, operation, sales or marketing of telecommunication, computer hardware/software, IT services or multimedia contents. __Methodology__ The sample, covering all industrial sectors, was selected from the Establishment Sampling Frame maintained by the Department of Statistics. The sample was stratified by the Singapore Standard Industrial Classification (SSIC).
Info-communications Media Development Authority CSV of Singapore infocomm manpower by discipline of study from 2003 through 2017, with year, field of study, and percentage or count figures. Education and industry planners assess which academic pipelines feed the ICT workforce; rounded shares may not total 100%.
Info-communications Media Development Authority CSV of Singapore infocomm manpower by gender and year from 2000 through 2017. ICT workforce analysts track gender balance in the infocomm sector over time.
Info-communications Media Development Authority CSV of Singapore’s infocomm manpower by highest qualification attained from 2001 through 2017, with year, qualification category, and percentage or count figures. Industry and education planners track the skills profile of the ICT workforce; rounded shares may not sum to 100%.
Info-communications Media Development Authority CSV of Singapore infocomm manpower by residential status and year from 2005 through 2017. ICT workforce analysts compare citizen, permanent resident, and foreign manpower shares over time.