During 2021, Barcelona Activa, the municipal economic agency of the Barcelona City Council, managed more than 1,800 job offers, of which 1,600 were for new labor contracts and 200 for internship contracts. According to the entity, an average of 5 vacancies per day were managed, resulting in 800 people joining a job position throughout 2021.
38% of the managed vacancies are permanent positions, 55% for contracts longer than six months, and 7% for a shorter period. 87% of the offers correspond to companies in the city of Barcelona itself and the rest to other metropolitan municipalities. It stands out that most of the managed job positions correspond to areas linked to business services, telecommunications and ICT, commerce, and tourism.
The 10 most demanded profiles
1.- Developer in programming
2.- Versatile retail assistant and sales
3.- General administrative assistant
4.- Departmental administrative assistant: Accounting, Commercial, Production, Logistics
5.- Retail assistant in the food sector
6.- Commercial salesperson, marketing sector
7.- Waiter/waitress in restaurants
8.- Kitchen assistant, in tourism, hospitality, and restaurants
9.- Administrative assistant in offices
10.- Computer engineering in programming and systems technician
Profiles linked to the information technology (ICT) sector accounted for 17.6% of the managed offers. According to Barcelona Activa, people with a high component of digital skills are demanded in the fields of telecommunications, advertising and marketing, audiovisual and multimedia communication, and business management. Specifically, the most requested vacancies are for programmer, IT specialist, product manager, and journalism and advertising professional, among others.
Barcelona Activa has also organized labor marketplaces in the last year, with the participation of more than 130 companies and 2,500 candidates, of whom 253 have been hired. "One out of every 10 people participating in the marketplaces ends up being hired thanks to an innovative format that values professional skills, offering more opportunities to people with a junior profile or who have made a career change. Thus, around 25% of the candidates inserted into the labor market through this process are under 25 years old and more than 30% are people over 45 years old," the agency explained this Sunday.