The Digital Sector

Overview of the Sector

The digital sector encompasses hardware and related software that fully support the development and operation of information and communications technology. The sector covers a wide range of activities and professions closely related to information and communications technology.

A. Safaa Al-Rashid

Acting Undersecretary for Future Capabilities and Jobs
“The Digital Sector Skills Council plays a strategic role in aligning advanced digital skills with market needs and enhancing the competitiveness of national talent capable of developing and leading the digital economy. Through partnerships with government agencies, the private sector, and education and training institutions, the Council contributes to enhancing the readiness of the digital workforce, boosting the competitiveness of the digital economy, and achieving the objectives of the labor market strategy.”

Members

A. Makhlad bin Hamad al-Makhlafi
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Iyad Katib
Representative of the National Committee of Deans of Computer and Information Science Colleges at Saudi Universities
A. Basil Al-Dosari
Chair of the Communications and Information Technology Committee
M. Abdulaziz Bawazir
Executive Director of Human Resources
Mr. Faisal Ayad Al-Otaibi
Director General of Human Resources
A. Majid Bakermann
Director General of Human Resources
Mr. Anas Al-Ghanim
Advisor to the CEO on Human Resources
Mr. Khalid Al-Bassais
Director of the Capital Management Division
A. Nader Al-Shanawi
Head of the Training Support Program
Dr. Alaa Al-Saif
Advisor
Mr. Abdullah Al-Said
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Muhammad al-Qarni
Representative of the National Committee of Workers' Committees—Digital Sector
A. Naif Al-Salman
Representative of the General Organization for Technical and Vocational Training
Mr. Emad Ahmed Turkistani
Executive Director of the Local Workforce Development Program
Mr. Nasser Al-Humaid
Executive Director for the Middle East
Ms. Reham Al-Mousa
Director of Oracle Saudi Arabia
Ms. Zainab Al-Amin
Vice President of Digital Transformation at Microsoft
Mr. Husam Al-Mughtham
Vice President of Human Resources

Sectoral Skills Framework

 A sectoral skills framework serves as a comprehensive tool for identifying the skills required in a sector; it specifies the skills needed for each job family within the sector’s value chains. The sectoral skills framework follows a systematic approach to identifying the skills required in the sector: first, job groups were identified within the subsectors, followed by the identification of key job roles, career paths, and priority skills. 
Groups and Career Paths
Develop an overview of the sector and its subsectors, the major trends in the sector, and the skills required in line with those trends, as well as identify job categories and career paths in the digital sector.
Skills Dictionary
Provide details on the technical and soft skills associated with the main job categories in the Kingdom’s digital sector.
Skills Database
The Excel tool serves as a supplementary publication to the Digital Sector Skills Dictionary report and the introduction to the Digital Sector Skills Framework. The tool focuses on two main types of skills: general skills and technical skills.

Professional Standards Framework

National documents outlining standards for the description of occupations and their associated jobs, including the knowledge, skills, requirements, and competencies necessary to perform job roles and tasks. This includes the application and use of these standards in various contexts depending on the users, such as human resources professionals, training centers, and others interested in human capacity building.
Issued by: Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority
The Saudi Framework for Data and Artificial Intelligence—SADAYA

Partnerships

Strategic partnerships for sectoral skills councils are a fundamental pillar for helping to meet the evolving needs of the labor market, Integration between the public and private sectors and training and educational institutions is one of the cornerstones of the sectoral skills councils’ work; it helps bridge the skills gap between supply and demand, improves the quality of educational and training outcomes, and enhances the efficiency of human capital as the primary driver of national development.

Training Programs

Programs that have been aligned with the skills framework to ensure that learning and training outcomes are consistent with the technical and general skills identified by the sectoral skills councils and included in the sectoral skills frameworks.