IT Employment Posts Gains in January; Approaches 4 Million Jobs

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following a strong 2010, IT employment continued its pattern of month-over-month growth by adding more than 6,000 jobs in January.  

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 January, IT employment stood at 3,997,400 jobs; reflecting incremental growth of 0.2, while overall non-farm employment only rose by .03 percent.  On a year-over-year basis, IT employment was up 4.5 percent, compared to only a 0.8 percent increase in total non-farm employment.

"With January's strong IT employment numbers, 2011 is off to a good start. With increased demand, we are again hearing of shortages of qualified IT professionals in certain skill sets," commented Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance. "We continue to maintain a very bullish outlook for IT employment in 2011," added Roberts.  

For complete January 2011 IT Index, please visit http://www.techservealliance.org/research/documents/IndexreleaseJanuary2011FINAL.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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