IT Employment Grows Again in February; Nearing 4 Million Job Mark

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Continuing its 14th consecutive month-over-month climb, IT employment added more than 3,000 jobs in February.

According to a monthly index of IT jobs developed and published by TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers, in February, IT employment stood at 3,998,500 jobs; reflecting incremental growth of 0.1 percent.  On a year-over-year basis, IT employment was up 4.3 percent.

"The strength in demand for highly skilled IT professionals is unmistakable," commented Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance.  "During the last 14 months, we have added more than 180,000 IT jobs, bringing total IT employment close to the 4 million mark. The resurgence in demand has begun to create shortages in certain skill sets; a challenge employers have not had to deal with for some time," added Roberts.

For complete February 2011 IT Index, please visit http://www.techservealliance.org/research/documents/IndexreleaseFeb2011.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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