Personnel Shortages in the Information Services Industry
First written in FY2016. 20 of 33 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-07.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 35 of 110 companies on the "Worse" side.
- 2026-08-07RestatedEarnings
「Competition for talent is intensifying, labor mobility is increasing and wages are rising. Strengthening personnel responsible for advanced technologies and project management and adapting to in-house IT development are becoming key to business growth.」
The company reconfirms its recognition of competition for talent, labor mobility, wage increases and the need to secure personnel for advanced technologies and project management. - FY2026WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, as competition for talent, labor mobility and wage growth increase further, strengthening the workforce responsible for various advanced technologies and project management, and adapting to in-house IT development, have become key to industry development.」
In addition to an environment of intensifying competition for talent, increased labor mobility and rising wages, adapting to customers’ in-house IT development has been explicitly identified as an industry challenge. - 2026-05-15AdvancedEarnings
「We are also promoting D&I and fostering an organizational culture that embraces diverse values, seeking to strengthen the organization’s capacity for transformation through the appointment of women to management positions and the recruitment of mid-career hires.」
Measures to address labor shortages and competition for talent have been specified as a compensation system, flexible work styles, health-oriented management, D&I, and the appointment of women managers and mid-career hires. - FY2026-H1ReframedAnnual report
「In addition, as competition for talent and labor mobility increase further, strengthening the workforce responsible for various advanced technologies and project management, and adapting to customers’ in-house IT development, have become key to business growth.」
In addition to recognizing the shortage of human resources and competition for talent, strengthening advanced technology and project management talent and adapting to customers’ in-house IT development are explicitly identified as factors in business growth. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, as competition to acquire personnel and employee mobility continue to intensify, strengthening the workforce responsible for advanced technologies and project management has become the key to the industry's development.」
The industry’s recognition of intensifying competition for talent, increased labor mobility, and shortages of advanced technology and project management talent has been reaffirmed. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, as competition to acquire personnel and employee mobility continue to intensify, strengthening the workforce responsible for advanced technologies and project management has become the key to the industry's development.」
The industry environment relating to the shortage of human resources explicitly cites further intensification of competition for talent and increased labor mobility. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, the use of digital technologies including automation through robotics and low-code and no-code development processes, as well as IoT, AI, the metaverse and 6G, is expected to accelerate further. At the same time, the shortage of people capable of working with various advanced technologies has become entrenched.」
The accelerating use of digital technologies and the entrenched shortage of people capable of working with advanced technologies continue to be described as industry conditions. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, the use of digital technologies including automation through robotics and low-code and no-code development processes, as well as IoT, AI, the metaverse and 6G, is expected to accelerate further. At the same time, the shortage of people capable of working with various advanced technologies has become entrenched.」
The recognition that the shortage of people capable of working with advanced technologies has become entrenched has been reaffirmed alongside the accelerating use of digital technologies. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, the use of digital technologies including automation through robotics and low-code and no-code development processes, as well as IoT, AI, the metaverse and 6G, is expected to accelerate further. At the same time, the shortage of people capable of working with various advanced technologies has become entrenched.」
The recognition that the shortage of people capable of working with advanced technologies has become entrenched has been reaffirmed alongside the accelerating use of digital technologies. - FY2023Entrenched shortage of advanced technology talentAnnual report
「The shortage of people capable of working with various advanced technologies has become entrenched.」
The description of the shortage of advanced technology talent has changed from “a pronounced problem” to one that has become entrenched. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, as the high demand for IT personnel is expected to become even more serious, competition for highly skilled talent is intensifying and labor costs are trending higher.」
The expected further worsening of high demand for IT personnel, intensifying competition for highly skilled talent and upward trend in labor costs are explicitly identified as industry-wide risks related to the shortage of human resources. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The shortage of people capable of working with various advanced technologies remains a pronounced problem.」
The shortage of people capable of working with advanced technologies continues to be described as a pronounced problem. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「While the new normal has prompted increasingly diverse efforts to create new businesses and transform existing businesses using IT, the shortage of personnel, including specialists in advanced technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, and AI, as well as project managers, has become an increasingly serious problem.」
The shortage of advanced technology talent and project managers continues to be described as a pronounced problem. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, ICT has become more important and demand has increased more than ever as activities across industries shift toward digital and remote operations in response to the spread of COVID-19. In addition, transformation through the use of ICT and the creation of new value are required, and the use of digital technologies such as IoT, cloud computing and AI is expected to advance. At the same time, the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills and project managers has become an even more pronounced problem.」
The shortage of advanced technology talent and project managers continues to be described as a pronounced problem, as in previous quarters. - FY2022-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition, transformation through the use of ICT and the creation of new value are required, and the use of digital technologies such as IoT, cloud computing and AI is expected to advance. At the same time, the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills and project managers has become an even more pronounced problem.」
In addition to the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills, the shortage of project managers is explicitly identified as “an even more pronounced problem.” - FY2021WorsenedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, ICT has become more important than ever as activities across industries shift toward digital and remote operations in response to the spread of COVID-19. In addition, transformation through the use of ICT and the creation of new value are required, and the use of digital technologies such as the “fifth-generation mobile communications system (5G),” which enables high speeds, low latency and massive connectivity, as well as IoT, big data and AI, is expected to advance. At the same time, the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills has become an even more pronounced problem.」
The wording regarding the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills has been strengthened from “more pronounced than ever” to “an even more pronounced problem.” - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Competition for highly skilled talent in the information services industry remains intense, and as a company for which human resources are an indispensable management resource, we are required to further strengthen recruitment and take initiatives to improve employee retention.」
The recognition that competition for highly skilled talent remains intense has been reaffirmed. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「While demand for ICT investment continues to expand across industries, problems including the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills and the aging of engineers have become more pronounced than ever.」
In addition to the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills, the aging of engineers is explicitly cited, and the shortage is described as more pronounced than ever. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, while demand for IT investment is expanding, the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills has become more pronounced than ever.」
The shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills continues to be described as more pronounced than ever, as in the previous quarter. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, while demand for IT investment is expanding, the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills has become more pronounced than ever.」
The wording regarding the shortage of engineers with advanced technology skills has been strengthened from an ongoing shortage to “more pronounced than ever.” - FY2020-Q1SoftenedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, demand for IT investment continues to expand as technological innovation in AI, IoT, RPA, X-Tech, and other areas promotes the formation of new markets amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution, supporting the creation of higher value-added products and services and productivity improvements in an era of population decline, but shortages of engineers continue.」
Regarding shortages of engineers, this filing uses the wording “shortages of engineers continue,” compared with “the labor shortage problem is becoming increasingly severe” in the previous fiscal year. This is a change in wording, not a statement indicating an improvement in conditions. - FY2019WorsenedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, demand for IT investment continues to expand as technological innovation in AI, IoT, RPA, X-Tech, and other areas promotes the formation of new markets amid the Fourth Industrial Revolution, supporting the creation of higher value-added products and services and productivity improvements in an era of population decline, but the labor shortage problem is becoming increasingly severe.」
Regarding labor shortages in the information services industry, the wording has intensified from the previously continuing shortage to “becoming increasingly severe.” - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「There were no new events among the matters described in this quarterly report concerning the business and financial conditions that could materially affect investors' decisions, and no material changes to the matters described under "Business and Other Risks" in the annual securities report for the previous fiscal year.」
It is stated that there have been no material changes to the existing risk of labor shortages in the information services industry. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「During the cumulative second quarter of the current fiscal year, there were no occurrences of matters concerning the business situation, accounting situation or other matters described in the quarterly report that could have a material impact on investors’ decisions, and no material changes to the “Business and Other Risks” described in the annual securities report for the previous fiscal year.」
It is stated that there have been no material changes to the existing risk of labor shortages in the information services industry. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, new markets are being formed across industries through the spread of AI and IoT and the advancement of X-Tech, while labor shortages persist.」
The industry environment of market formation driven by advances in AI, IoT, and X-Tech, alongside continuing labor shortages, has been reaffirmed. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, appetite for information-systems investment remains high against a backdrop of developments in cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and fintech, while labor shortages persist.」
The coexistence of strong appetite for information-systems investment, driven by AI, IoT, and fintech, and labor shortages has been reaffirmed. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, appetite for information-systems investment remains high against a backdrop of developments in cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and fintech, while labor shortages persist.」
The industry environment of high information-systems investment and continuing labor shortages has been reaffirmed. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, appetite for information-systems investment remains high against a backdrop of developments in cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and fintech, while labor shortages persist.」
The industry environment of high information-systems investment and continuing labor shortages has been reaffirmed. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, appetite for information-systems investment remains high against a backdrop of developments in cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and fintech, while labor shortages persist.」
The industry environment of high information-systems investment and continuing labor shortages has been reaffirmed. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the information services industry, appetite for information-systems investment continues to recover and remains firm against a backdrop including the adoption of My Number, big data and AI, and moves toward the practical application of IoT, although shortages of engineers persist.」
The industry's firm appetite for investment and continuing shortage of engineers have been reaffirmed. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Although appetite for information-systems investment continues to recover and remains firm, shortages of engineers persist.」
The industry's firm appetite for investment and continuing shortage of engineers have been reaffirmed. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Although appetite for information-systems investment continues to recover and remains firm, shortages of engineers persist.」
Shortages of engineers in the information services industry continue. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Although appetite for information-systems investment continues to recover and remains firm, labor shortages persist.」
It is stated that labor shortages across the industry continue.