A GLOBAL survey, conducted by market research agency GWI in Q3 of 2021, reveals that the Philippines has ranked second overall, as 36.7 percent of the country's internet users, ages 16 to 64, use social media for work-related research and activities, which is more than the world average.

These numbers reflect a heightened demand for tech-related skills and pose a need for people to upskill to fill in the vacancies within the information technology (IT) industry. This is also driven by the increasing expansion of the tech industry where the growth rate shows to be much higher than it was pre-pandemic.