Uruguay heads the list of Latin American countries in which international contracting grew the most (204%)followed by Argentina (174%) and Mexico (162%), during the first half of 2022, according to the latest report from Deel, a global company that offers contracting and payment services for companies.
The professions that were hired the most to work remotely from Uruguay to foreign markets were system engineers and developers software. Also, the countries that most hire Uruguayan professionals are the United States, Canada and the United Kingdomindicated the report prepared by the company that operates in America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania, and is based on data from more than 100 thousand contracts made in more than 150 countries through the contracting platform.
Regarding the ages, the report shows that they are 25-34 year olds most prefer to work remotely (58%)followed by those between 35 and 44 years old (30%).
In Latin America, the international hiring of professionals grew by 161% in the last semester and continues to increase, indicated the analysis. This region is the one with the highest number of companies hiring abroad, followed by Asia Pacific with 159%. In third place was Europe, the Middle East and Africa (155%) and finally North America (149%).
“Due to the high demand for talent and the scarcity of available candidates, companies are looking outside high-cost countries to find quality professionals,” said the Global Report on International Recruitment, which studies what happened in the first half of the year. of 2022. As a result, salaries are also rising around the world. In the case of Uruguay, systems engineers and developers who work abroad increased their income by 119%.
The functions related to product and design are the most contracted. According to the report, the five most sought-after professions in the world are software engineers and developers. software in first place, followed by product designers, product managers in third position, then come graphic designers and UX/UI designers who complete the top five —these last professionals are in charge of supervising the user experience that interact with company websites or applications.
Regarding the region, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico are the countries that make up the top three countries by number of hired workers.
Deel formally opened its doors in Uruguay on June 20 of this year. The fintech It was founded in 2018 and currently has a valuation of US$5.5 billion, according to calculations by Forbes International, published at the end of 2021.
