One of the most anxious trends in the technical position of the Israeli authority that published today is the increasing number of technology employees who have left Israel since the beginning of the war. Between October 2023 and July 2024, 8,300 technical employees left for a long period of at least a year, representing 2.1 % of the entire technical workforce in Israel. 1207 Technical employees left Israel in October 2023 alone.
The report reveals other disturbing directions in addition to transportation. According to the report, for the first time in no less than a decade of time, the Israeli technology industry witnessed a decrease in the number of employees, where about 5,000 industry employees leave in 2024. The report confirms that the total number of employees in high technology in Israel decreased to 390,847 in 2024, a decrease of 1.2 % from 2023-the first time the employees reached in the industry Just to contract with ever. This is a change in the consistent growth pattern that described the industry for more than a decade, and during that time the number of technology employees doubled from 213,493 in 2012.
“The high -tech recruitment report confirms the need for the continued concentrated investment in the industry, which is the main growth engine of the Israeli economy. In a period of security, the political and economic uncertainty, data indicates the challenges that require immediate interest: stagnation in employment, a change in the mixture of roles and increased the scale to move.
The report found that Israeli technology companies have 440,000 employees abroad compared to 400,000 in Israel. Israeli technology companies include 190,000 employees in Israel and 242,000 abroad, while Israeli technology companies that are circulating publicly have only 63,000 employees in Israel and 199,000 abroad. This distribution varies greatly by role – in sales, marketing and customer service, and 75 % of employees abroad, while in research and development positions more balanced with 52 % in Israel. Sigher management roles remained mainly in Israel (64 %). Despite these trends, 59 % of new appointments by high -tech Israeli companies in 2024 were in Israel.
Changes in the formation of jobs and wages
The report also finds a major change in technology function. The percentage of employees in research and development roles increased from 37.4 % in 2012 to 50.6 % in 2024, indicating the increasing focus on the development of basic technology. In 2024 alone, research and development jobs increased by about 7,000 jobs. Meanwhile, the percentage of employees in the roles of the main office and products decreased significantly, from 41.1 % in 2012 to 28.9 % in 2024. This change contradicts the goal of expanding companies’ activities until after research and development to establish full companies operating from Israel.
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The report also found that the wage gap between technology employees and the rest of the economy still expanded. In 2024, the average monthly wage in the technology industry reached 32341 NIS, or 2.8 times the average wage in other economics sectors (11491 NIS). This gap increased 2.3 times in 2012, when the average technical salary was 18,920 NIS. The report also indicates that despite the general decline in employment, there are some positive signs, including the fact that the number of vacancies for technology has risen to about 17,000 in December 2024. This number reflects the recovery, given that the industry witnessed a radical decrease in vacancies immediately after the war erupted in October 2023, when it reached a decrease in 8,000 vacancies in July 2023.
The report emphasizes the need to implement the recommendations of the PerLMTER Committee to increase the number of employees who have the required technical skills. It also emphasizes the urgent need to enhance the skills of non -technical workers, especially in the spoken English, to support the growth in employment, other than research and development jobs in Israel. The Innovation Authority’s report concludes that maintaining Israel’s position at the forefront of innovation in the global economy will require a joint effort by the government and the industry to invest in human capital, improve skills, return the employees who left Israel, and expanding business activity inside the country.
It was published by Globes, Israel Business News – En.globles.co.il – on April 7, 2025.
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