US IT Job Growth Comes To Full Stop

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- IT job growth stalled last month with no sequential change, holding at 5,341,600 jobs, according to TechServe Alliance, the national trade association of the IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions industry. On a year-over-year basis, IT employment grew by 0.54% since August 2017 adding 28,900 IT workers.

Engineering employment increased by 0.09 percent sequentially to 2,605,500. On a year-over-year basis, growth in engineering employment increased by 2.12% since August 2017 or 54,200 engineering workers.

"After months of decelerating growth rates, IT employment completely stalled in August," stated Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance.  "As previously observed, this is totally a supply side phenomenon. There are simply not enough qualified workers to meet demand---with the shortage only further exacerbated by restrictive immigration policies," added Roberts.

For the complete September 2018 TechServe Alliance Employment Indices please visit: https://www.techservealliance.org/files/September%202018%20Index%20MBR.pdf  

About TechServe Alliance
TechServe Alliance is the national trade association of 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 consultant.

SOURCE TechServe Alliance

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