Dubai, Abu Dhabi among top 10 'most attractive cities for digital talent'

Friday, 10 December 2021 12:51

By ARN News Staff

A new global study that ranks the world's most 'attractive cities for digital talent' has placed Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the top 10.

Dubai took the sixth position, while Abu Dhabi stepped in at nine, in the study by Boston Consulting Group and The Network, which looked at most appealing global cities that digital workers are keen to relocate to.

London, Singapore, Amsterdam, Berlin and Tokyo made it to the top 5 after the 9,864 workers in digital fields were surveyed and analysed.

The rankings were determined by the percentage of respondents willing to move to each city.

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Here's the top 30:

London
Singapore
Amsterdam
Berlin
Tokyo
Dubai
New York
Sydney
Abu Dhabi
Barcelona
Melbourne
Los Angeles
Toronto
Vancouver
Zurich
Kuala Lumpur (new entrant)
Paris
San Fransisco
Beijing (new entrant)
Silicon Valley
Hong Kong
Vienna
Copenhagen
Seoul (new entrant)
Munich
Brussels
Geneva
Stockholm
Oslo (new entrant)
Montreal

The study also revealed that digital workers increasingly embrace flexibility in where and when work gets done, correspondingly paving the way for openness to virtual mobility – with 68 per cent of digital workers willing to work remotely for a company based in a different country.

The survey also observed that:

As many as 40 per cent of employees working in digital fields are actively job hunting, and nearly 75 per cent are expecting to leave their current role in the near future.
The opportunity to advance their careers is the main driver for technology employees looking to switch roles (63 per cent), followed by looking for new challenges (49 per cent).
For digital employees, having a good work-life balance continues to be the most valued aspect of their job.