More Growth for IT Employment
June 10, 2011 11:23 AM
Though the rate of growth slowed in May, IT employment continued its pattern of month-over-month growth by adding 1,100 jobs. According to TechServe Alliance's monthly index, the number of IT jobs grew by 0.03 percent in May to 4 million, and is up more than 100,000 jobs from May.
"May marks the 17th consecutive month that the number of IT jobs has increased,"
observed Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance. “While the rate of growth moderated
last month, the long-term trajectory of IT employment remains decidedly positive.”
The number of jobs in the computer systems and design services realm increased to 1.5 million, up 0.55 percent from the previous month and 4.52 percent since May 2010. The number of data processing and hosting jobs rose to 240,500, up 0.29 percent sequentially, but down by 0.74 percent in the year-over-year timeframe. The number of telecom jobs shrank to 867,600, down 0.39 percent from April and 3.71 percent from May 2010.
