IT Employment Jobs Up Almost 75,000 in 2010

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 grew by 5,600 in August to 3,886,200. The number of IT jobs in August 2010 was 2.0 percent higher year-over-year, compared to an only 0.3 percent overall private-sector job growth from a year earlier. Year to date, IT employment has grown by 73,900 jobs since the number of IT jobs began to recover in January.

"In the face of generally lackluster job growth, both the data and anecdotal reports from our member companies continue to reflect strong demand for IT professionals. While taking nothing for granted, our sector remains upbeat about future growth prospects for IT employment as we begin the last four months of the year," stated Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance.

For complete August 2010 IT Index, please visit http://www.techservealliance.org/research/documents/ITIndexreleaseAugust2010.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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