Karriere: KI bedroht viele Jobs in der IT – diese halten Experten für zukunftssicher

In Berlin, Dirk Stöckmann recently celebrated a 25-year milestone in his career with Cisco, a networking equipment manufacturer. Starting as a system engineer in 2001, Stöckmann specialized in data center technologies and later became a technical solutions architect in a data analytics group. He earned one of the most prestigious IT certifications, CCIE, which only 100,000 people worldwide hold.

Now 57, Stöckmann is a Hypershield Solutions Engineer, specializing in cybersecurity architecture for AI-based IT to better protect data centers and cloud environments. His current salary is in the six-figure range.

Stöckmann attributes his success to continuous learning. The CCIE certification, renewed every three years, provides a substantial bonus. He advises those pursuing IT careers to be curious about technology and committed to lifelong learning. "With Artificial Intelligence, this is even more crucial," he says. AI can write code, analyze data, find errors, and test software - tasks previously performed by specialists.

The good news is that IT experts remain in demand. In a Bitkom survey of 850 companies, eight out of ten believe the skilled shortage in the industry will intensify. Forty-two percent anticipate AI will create additional demand for specialists, while nearly one in four companies reports that applicants do not meet specific requirements due to new technologies.

What IT talents need to possess now and what profiles are becoming more important while others lose significance has been discussed with experts and heard from various companies.