A Spatial Analysis of the Relationship between IT Jobs and Regions in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Saudi Arabia has vast area with sprawling regions. As a result of diversification of kingdom's land-use (such as agriculture, residential, commercial and industrial), the employment opportunities are varied from one region to another. Saudi Arabia struggles with both high aggregate unemployment rates and persistent regional unemployment rate differentials. In this paper, we focus on Saudis’ male and female job seekers who imposes IT certifications or capabilities and sectors either public or private which provide IT job opportunities in Saudi’s regions. Using GIS-based analysis, in this research, we attend to examining spatial distributions of IT jobs and IT jobs seeker, and analyze relationship between IT jobs and Saudi’s regions in order to help both IT job seekers and providers to identify their destination for fill or provide suitable job vacancies and alleviate unemployment. This research shows that the regions with high residential density are highly centralized IT jobs and IT job seekers.