IT Employment Growth Accelerates; Up More Than 5% in a Year

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With strong growth in May and significant upward revisions of April's number, IT employment crossed another milestone posting more than 5% growth year-over-year.   

The number of IT jobs grew 0.27 percent sequentially last month to 4,449,200, according to TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions firms, clients, consultants and suppliers. With the upward revision in April's numbers from 0.24 to 0.53 percent, IT employment has grown by 5.43% since May 2012 adding almost 230,000 IT workers.    

"I am pleased to see accelerating growth in IT employment reflecting robust demand for talent," stated Mark Roberts, the CEO of TechServe Alliance. "Going forward, the greatest risk potentially inhibiting the full potential for IT employment growth in the U.S. is an inadequate supply of talent.  As a nation, we need to dramatically increase education and training in STEM occupations and enact reasonable immigration policies that encourage well educated foreign nationals in high-demand skillsets to live and work in the US," added Roberts.

For the complete May 2013 IT Index please visit: http://www.techservealliance.org/pressroom/documents/IndexreleaseJune2013-MBR.pdf

About TechServe Alliance
TechServe Alliance is a collaboration of IT & Engineering staffing and solutions firms, clients, consultants and suppliers dedicated to advancing excellence and ethics within the IT & Engineering staffing and solutions industry. Hundreds of IT & Engineering staffing and solutions 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 & Engineering staffing and solutions for clients and exceptional professional opportunities for every IT & Engineering consultant.

www.techservealliance.org

SOURCE TechServe Alliance

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