IT Employment Continues Ascent; Bucks Broader Economic Trends

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bucking the broader economic trends, IT employment continued its month-over-month climb last month growing for the 18th consecutive month.

According to a monthly index of IT jobs developed and published by TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers, the number of IT jobs increased by 1,800 to 4,053,600 jobs in July and is up by more than 120,000 jobs from July 2010.

Due to regularly reported revisions of BLS data upon which the IT Index analysis is based, the previously reported 300 job June decline is now an 800 job gain—continuing the month-over-month growth trend.

"Despite the tepid recovery, IT employment remains a bright spot.  Both the data and the anecdotal reports of our member companies confirm that demand for IT professionals remains robust with an acute shortage of qualified professionals in certain skill sets," stated Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance.  "While mindful that the IT employment is not immune to the broader macroeconomic trends, we remain optimistic about the prospect of continued growth in IT employment for the foreseeable future," commented Roberts.

For a complete July 2011 IT Index, please visit http://www.techservealliance.org/research/documents/IndexreleaseJuly2011.pdf

ABOUT TechServe Alliance
TechServe Alliance is a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers dedicated to advancing excellence and ethics within the IT services industry. Hundreds of IT staffing, IT solutions and IT consulting firms and tens of thousands of affiliated professionals, count on TechServe Alliance to keep their leadership informed, engaged and connected. TechServe Alliance serves as the voice of the industry before the policymakers and the national and trade press. By providing access to the knowledge and best practices of an entire industry and tapping the "collective scale" of hundreds of companies, TechServe Alliance supports its members in the efficient delivery of best-in-class IT services for clients and exceptional professional opportunities for every IT consultant.

SOURCE TechServe Alliance

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