Out of 621,180 workers with advanced digital skills requested by Italian companies in 2025, 315,560 were found to be difficult to find: 50.8% of the total. This is the main data from a survey by the Confartigianato Research Office, which notes that 71.8% of companies have made investments in at least one of the monitored technological areas – artificial intelligence, cloud computing, Industrial Internet of Things, data analytics and big data, virtual and augmented reality, blockchain – with a propensity rising to 73.4% in services and standing at 70.8% among manufacturing, utilities, and construction.
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In Lombardy more than 60 thousand unfindable
At the territorial level, Lombardy leads the regional ranking both in volume and in absolute difficulty of finding: 60,960 professionals unfindable out of 121,440 requested (50.2%). Followed by Campania (31,130 out of 66,950, 46.5%), Lazio (30,780 out of 66,760, 46.1%), Veneto (26,030 out of 47,150, 55.2%) and Emilia-Romagna (25,640 out of 45,700, 56.1%).
The highest percentages in Trentino Alto Adige, Umbria and Friuli Venezia Giulia
In percentage terms, however, Trentino-Alto Adige (60.9%), Umbria (60.7%) and Friuli-Venezia Giulia (58.3%) record the greatest tensions between demand and supply, indicating that the difficulty of finding does not only concern large industrial basins.
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The situation by Province
Among the provinces, Milan remains in first place for the absolute number of unfindable skills, 29,840 out of 64,320 requested (46.4%), ahead of Rome (24,580 out of 55,240, 44.5%), Naples (16,200 out of 36,010, 45%), Bari (9,300 out of 19,830, 46.9%) and Turin (9,050 out of 17,950, 50.4%). On the difficulty rate front, Trento reaches the highest value among the provinces surveyed, with 64.2% of the 4,920 sought figures found to be unfindable, followed by Padua and Treviso, both at 59.9%.
“People capable of governing AI are needed”
“Artificial intelligence can become a powerful factor of productivity and competitiveness,” according to the president of Confartigianato, Marco Granelli, “but to seize its opportunities, people capable of governing it are needed.” Granelli indicated the need to strengthen training and the connection between school, university, the training system, and companies, also ensuring micro and small businesses access to the necessary skills.
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