Job prospects Application Support Analyst in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Region

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as "User support technicians" in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Region or across Canada.

Current and future job prospects

These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.

Recent trends from the past 3 years

Undetermined

We were not able to determine labour market conditions for User support technicians in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Region over the past few years (2021-2023) because of low employment levels in this occupation.

Source Labour Market Information | Recent Trends Assessment Methodology

Job outlook over the next 3 years

Moderate

The employment outlook will be moderate for User support technicians (NOC 22221) in the Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine region for the 2023-2025 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
Several positions will become available due to retirements.
There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Employment in this occupational group will benefit from the growth in IT services. Several other sectors employ these workers, such as the information, finance and insurance industries, given the prevalence of computer equipment in various workplaces.

Changing work methods in the private and public sectors thanks to digital technologies provide a clear advantage to these workers. The fact that more and more companies are using cloud computing will also create new jobs.

Telework, the underlying support for using remote equipment, the increasing complexity of networks and the growing number of computer applications and communications software are driving the need for this workforce.

While the employment outlook for this occupation is good at the provincial level, it will be moderate in five regions.

Here are some key facts about User support technicians in the Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine region:

Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
User support technicians mainly work in the following sectors:
- Ambulatory health care services and hospitals (NAICS 621-622): 51%
- Finance, insurance and Real estate and rental and leasing (NAICS 52-53): 47%

Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology