73% IT professionals willing to pay Rs 10,000-20,000 per year for upskilling

NEW DELHI: About 73% of IT professionals are willing to pay Rs 10,000-20,000 per year for upskilling, according to a TechGig survey. About 87% of survey respondents are looking to learn or adopt a new software development technology in this year.

TechGig surveyed 1,057 IT professionals to understand their preference for learning new-age software development technologies. Most respondents (57%) of this survey belonged to the 25-34 age group.

“This is a critical finding because it shows the seriousness of software developers towards staying relevant at work floors,” said Sanjay Goyal, Business Head, TimesJobs & TechGig. Python emerged as the top choice for learning, with as many as 35% of respondents saying that they would learn the language. This was followed up by Java, as voted by 15% of respondents and C++ as voted by 12% of respondents.