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Quanten-Fachkräfte

Quantum technology needs people who combine physics with engineering, software, cryogenics, photonics and business skills. Demand is growing faster than training programmes, and talent concentrates in a few countries and firms. This page sets out how the quantum workforce is formed, where gaps lie, how skills are measured, and what evidence serves universities, employers and governments building it.

01Registrieren

Quantum workforce on the record.

02Die Frage

Quantum workforce: how the risk develops.

Research capacity and scarce skills. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.

Mechanismus

Training is concentrated

Most quantum specialists train in a few research universities. Countries without such programmes rely on recruiting from abroad.

Mechanismus

Roles go beyond physics

Building quantum Systeme needs engineers, technicians, software developers and product staff, not only physicists, and these roles are often overlooked.

Mechanismus

Talent is mobile and contested

Researchers move between countries and between academia and industry, and immigration and security rules affect where they can work.

Mechanismus

Diversity is limited

The field draws from disciplines with low representation of women and some groups, which narrows the talent pool.

03Monitoring

Tracker der Post-Quanten-Migration.

Die Ansicht, die ein Team nutzen würde, um dieses Thema zu verfolgen: seine Messgrößen, Zustände und Entscheidungen. Namen sind Beispiele, Werte sind illustrativ.

Tracker der Post-Quanten-Migration

Quantum workforce · Crypto inventory · Wave 2

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Migration

  1. Bestandalle Kryptografie
  2. PriorisierenDatenlebensdauer
  3. AuswählenStandardalgorithmen
  4. Hybrider Einsatzklassisch und PQC
  5. TestenInteroperabilität
  6. Umschaltenaußer Betrieb nehmen

Systeme nach Priorität

ArchivsignierungRSA-204829ML-DSA hybridPilotierung
VPN-GatewayECDH8ML-KEM hybridGeplant
Zahlungs-HSMRSA-30727Anbieter-RoadmapBlockiert
Web-TLSECDHE3Hybrider SchlüsselaustauschErledigt

Fortschritt

Inventarisiert, %92 of 100 requiredHybrid eingesetzt, %14 of 50 requiredAußer Betrieb, %10 of 25 required
Post-quantum migration tracker: the screen’s structure, terms and states for Quantum workforce.Beispielnamen und beispielhafte Werte; ein Entwurf, kein Eintrag und kein Live-System.
04Domänenübergreifend

Quantum skills are scarce and unevenly spread.

05Methoden und Evidenz

How quantum workforce is modelled, measured and tested.

Das Modell, seine Annahmen, seine Daten und seine Unsicherheit in der Form, in der eine Wissenschaftlerin oder ein Ingenieur sie prüfen würde. Die Strukturen folgen veröffentlichten Methoden. Die dargestellten Werte sind illustrativ, keine Befunde.

Systemmodell

The couplings between the systems in quantum workforce: signs of influence, a reinforcing and a balancing loop, and cross-links where stress jumps.

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Causal loop diagram from the page’s systems; signs show the direction of influence. Illustrative structure for a system dynamics or network model, not estimated couplings.
FAIR-Leitprinzipien · GO FAIR und FORCE11W3C PROV · World Wide Web ConsortiumHinweise zur einheitlichen Behandlung von Unsicherheiten · IPCCCEOS Analysis Ready Data · Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
06Indikatoren

Was gemessen wird und wie gut.

Jeder Indikator trägt seine Einheit, seinen Rhythmus, die Art der zugrunde liegenden Quelle und die Evidenzkennzeichnung, die ein Wert tragen würde. Es werden keine Werte gezeigt: Ein Programm liefert sie unter seiner eigenen Autorität.

IndikatorEinheitTaktQuellentypKennzeichnung
Quantum-related degree programmesAnzahljährlichUniversity programme surveysBERICHTET
Quantum job postingscount by role typevierteljährlichJob posting dataBEOBACHTET
Graduates in quantum-relevant fieldsAnzahljährlichBildung statisticsVeröffentlichte Statistiken
Women in quantum researchpercent of researchersper surveyWorkforce surveysBERICHTET
Vacancies reported hard to fillpercent of vacanciesper surveyEmployer surveysBERICHTET
Short courses and reskilling placesAnzahljährlichTraining provider recordsBERICHTET
07Quellen

Woher die Evidenz stammt.

Benannte öffentliche Datensätze und institutionelle Aufzeichnungen, jeweils mit ihrer Lizenzklasse. Quellen auf Vereinbarungsbasis werden nur zu ihren Bedingungen genutzt und niemals weiterveröffentlicht.

QuelleWas es liefertLizenzklasse
QED-C and industry workforce surveysEmployer needs and hiring difficultiesPublic reports, terms to check
European Quantum Flagship education and training workCompetence framework and training programmesPublic, EU terms
UNESCO Institute for Statistics and national education statisticsGraduates in science and engineeringOpen, terms per source
Job posting data summariesDemand for quantum skillsCommercial; public summaries (to check)
OECD science and innovation indicatorsResearch personnel and mobilityPublic, OECD terms
08Entscheidungen

Wer entscheidet und wozu die Evidenz dient.

Quantum Technologies prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.

Wer entscheidetDie FrageEvidenz, der diese Seite dient
HochschulenWhich programmes and courses to createCompetence maps; demand analyses
EmployersHow to train and recruit for quantum rolesHiring difficulty evidence
RegierungenHow to fund training and manage talent mobilitySupply, demand and mobility evidence

Ergebnisse, die dieses Thema hervorbringt

  • Competence maps of roles beyond physics
  • Workforce supply and demand analyses
  • Training programme reviews
  • Evidence notes on mobility and diversity
09Kernfragen

Was Fachleute fragen.

Workforce questions ask who can build, test and govern the technology.

  • Which skills are scarcest: quantum physics, hardware engineering, control electronics, software, cryptography or policy?
  • Where is research capacity concentrated, and who lacks access?
  • How do education pathways, including vocational and technician routes, feed the field?
  • How do mobility, visas and research security rules shape the talent pool?
  • Is there enough cryptographic expertise to carry out the post-quantum migration across all sectors?
10Mechanismen

Mechanismen und Treiber.

Quantum technology requires depth in several disciplines at once, and its growth has outpaced the rate at which universities produce specialists. Demand comes from academia, industry and government simultaneously, so salaries and opportunities concentrate talent in a few places. The field also depends on technicians and engineers whose skills, such as vacuum, laser and cryogenic work, are often overlooked.

The post-quantum migration creates a separate and broader skills need: many organisations need people who understand where cryptography sits in their Systeme and how to change it, without needing to understand quantum physics.

11Methoden und Daten

Wie es untersucht wird und wo die Methoden enden.

Methode oder DatenWas es zeigtGrenzen
Labour market and job posting analysisDemand by skill and locationPostings are an imperfect proxy for need
Bildung and graduate dataSupply of trained peopleProgramme labels vary and miss interdisciplinary routes
Bibliometrics and patent analysisWhere research capacity sitsMeasure outputs, not capacity or quality directly
Surveys of employers and researchersPerceived gaps and barriersResponse bias and small samples
12Methoden

Wie es untersucht wird und was die Methoden nicht sagen können.

13Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

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14Fragen

Fragen und Antworten.

What skills does quantum technology need?
Physics and quantum information science, but also electronics, cryogenics, photonics, software engineering, manufacturing and business skills.
Is there a quantum skills shortage?
Employer surveys report difficulty filling roles, especially for experienced engineers and scientists, but the size of the gap is hard to measure.
What is a competence framework?
A structured description of the knowledge and skills needed for roles in a field, used to design training and recruitment, such as the European Competence Framework for Quantum Technologies.
Do you need a physics doctorate to work in quantum technology?
No. The field also needs engineers, technicians, software developers, cryptographers, project managers and policy specialists.
Why does the cryptographic migration need its own workforce?
Because almost every organisation must inventory and replace vulnerable cryptography, which requires security and systems expertise rather than quantum physics.
Does the platform offer training or credentials?
Not at this service level. Learning resources appear on the learning page as they are published. GCRI does not certify individuals.
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