Demand and employability study of the data science engineering career in Ecuador

Resumen

With the advancement of communications, the information and communication technologies sector has developed rapidly in recent years, governmental and non-governmental organizations require qualified personnel with knowledge of computer techniques and tools for handling new computing technologies, information processing, computer control and security, professionals who can incorporate Big Data, data analytics into organizations and facilitate decision-making at the executive and managerial level. The present work aims to respond to the following research objective: "Determine the demand and employability of the creation of the Data Science Engineering career in Ecuador", for which, through a survey applied to the educational institutions of the center of the country, using virtual resources, 4,210 responses were obtained from students and 81 responses from public and private institutions; From the resulting analysis, the objective is fully met with a favorable trend to justify the creation of the Data Science Engineering career in Ecuador.