Labor Shortage in the IT Industry
First written in FY2017-Q1. 10 of 17 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
System Integrator Corp. moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2022, 3 years before the typical company in this theme (2025).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 34 of 109 companies on the "Worse" side.
29 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「Although the global economy remains subject to various sources of instability, the IT industry is increasingly adopting advanced technologies such as AI, cloud computing, and SaaS, accelerating digitalisation and automation. As a result, demand for the rebuilding and enhancement of corporate systems is rising, and IT investment continues to trend upward. While these new technologies substantially improve development efficiency, increasingly sophisticated and diverse customer needs, together with rapidly rising demand, are causing a severe shortage of engineers to emerge across the industry.」
The company stated that the shortage of engineers is becoming increasingly severe across the industry, driven by increasingly sophisticated and diverse customer needs and rapidly rising demand. - 2026-04-14WorsenedRevision of earnings forecasts
「Against the backdrop of a serious shortage of IT personnel expected toward 2030, demand for corporate-system reconstruction and the automation of operations using AI is increasing further, and IT investment is expected to remain firm.」
The IT personnel shortage is described as a serious shortage toward 2030, with its timing and severity specified and positioned as a driver of demand for corporate-system reconstruction and AI automation. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「The increasing sophistication and diversification of customer needs, together with a sharp rise in demand, are accelerating the shortage of engineers.」
The company continues to recognise that the shortage of engineers is being accelerated by increasingly sophisticated and diverse customer needs and rapidly rising demand. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「The shortage of engineers in the IT industry is becoming increasingly severe. To address this issue, we have established a development centre in Vietnam and actively recruited new graduates and mid-career employees, but delays in employee development have arisen, making the rapid deployment of productive staff a new challenge.」
The company explicitly identifies the delay in employee development, despite continued recruitment and the establishment of a development centre, as a new challenge in quickly bringing staff up to full productivity amid the ongoing shortage of engineers. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In the ERP business, we recruited a large number of new graduates and mid-career employees to address growing demand to renew core business systems. However, building systems that centrally manage a company's management resources is highly challenging, and it is taking time for these employees to become fully productive.」
The company stated that the shortage of IT professionals is constraining operations by delaying the time required for employees recruited for the ERP business to become fully productive. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The IT industry has faced a severe shortage of engineers in recent years. In the ERP business in particular, the shortage of development resources has constrained business expansion, including through declining proposals in response to growing demand to renew core business systems.」
The company stated that the shortage of IT professionals is manifesting itself as a lack of development resources and declined proposals in the ERP business, constraining business expansion. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Japan is expected to face a shortage of 780,000 IT professionals by 2030, and the IT industry is already experiencing a severe labour shortage.」
The company reiterates its explanation of the IT talent shortage, including the outlook for a shortfall of 780,000 people in 2030. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Japan is expected to face a shortage of 780,000 IT professionals by 2030, and the IT industry is already experiencing a severe labour shortage.」
The company reiterates its explanation of the IT talent shortage, including the outlook for a shortfall of 780,000 people in 2030. - FY2020-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Japan is expected to face a shortage of 780,000 IT professionals by 2030, and the IT industry is already experiencing a severe labour shortage.」
The company newly quantified the outlook for the IT industry labour shortage, stating that Japan is expected to face a shortage of 780,000 IT professionals in 2030. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in the IT industry become more severe, the product is attracting attention as a productivity-enhancing tool, and sales are gradually expanding.」
The company continues to cite the increasingly severe labour shortage in the IT industry as the backdrop to demand for productivity-enhancing tools. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in the IT industry become more severe, the product is attracting attention as a productivity-enhancing tool, and sales are gradually expanding.」
The company continues to cite the increasingly severe labour shortage in the IT industry as the backdrop to demand for productivity-enhancing tools. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in the IT industry become more severe, the product is attracting attention as a productivity-enhancing tool, and sales are gradually expanding.」
The company continues to cite the increasingly severe labour shortage in the IT industry as the backdrop to demand for productivity-enhancing tools. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in the IT industry become more severe, the product is attracting attention as a productivity-enhancing tool, and sales are gradually expanding.」
The company continues to cite the increasingly severe labour shortage in the IT industry as the backdrop to demand for productivity-enhancing tools. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in the IT industry become more severe, the product is attracting attention as a productivity-enhancing tool, and sales are gradually expanding.」
The company continues to cite the increasingly severe labour shortage in the IT industry as the backdrop to demand for productivity-enhancing tools. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in the IT industry become more severe」
The company reiterates the increasingly severe labour shortage in the IT industry as the backdrop to demand for more productive design tools. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in the IT industry become more severe」
The company reiterates the increasingly severe labour shortage in the IT industry as the backdrop to demand for more productive design tools. - FY2017-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「As labour shortages in the IT industry become more severe」
The company cites the increasingly severe labour shortage in the IT industry as the backdrop to demand for greater productivity from design tools.