{"id":37619,"date":"2019-12-12T10:44:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=37619"},"modified":"2019-12-12T10:44:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T18:44:24","slug":"u-s-tech-sector-hiring-pace-quickened-in-november-comptia-analysis-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2019\/12\/u-s-tech-sector-hiring-pace-quickened-in-november-comptia-analysis-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Tech Sector Hiring Pace Quickened in November, CompTIA Analysis Shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Washington, DC (Dec. 6, 2019)<\/em> \u2014 Hiring in the U.S. technology sector bounced back in November after two months of modest employment gains, according to analysis by CompTIA, the leading technology industry association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sector added an estimated 15,500 jobs last month, CompTIA\u2019s examination of today\u2019s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report finds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The positive performance within the tech sector was countered by the loss of an estimated 65,000 information technology occupations across all other sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTech industry employment growth is tracking ahead of last year\u2019s rate,\u201d said Tim Herbert, executive vice president for research and market intelligence at CompTIA. \u201cTelecom aside, all the major categories \u2013 tech services, software, manufacturing and data \u2013 are performing reasonably well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to CompTIA\u2019s \u201cIT Industry Outlook 2020\u201d report, software development is the area where most companies expect to place their hiring focus in the upcoming year, but there is also strong demand for cybersecurity, data and technology infrastructure talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November\u2019s job gains in the tech sector were powered by two employment categories that accounted for 80% of the growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sub-group of other information services, which includes search engines and portals and other businesses that supply, store and provide information, added an estimated 6,200 new jobs, the category\u2019s strongest month of hiring in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiring in custom software development and computer systems design occupations grew by some 5,800 positions in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer and electronics product manufacturing, grew by 2,700 positions, with about half of the new hiring occurring in the semiconductors and electronic components sub-group. Data processing, hosting and related services added 2,100 jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employment in the telecommunications category by 1,300 positions last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through November tech sector employment has grown by an estimated 115,200. If not for the consistently weak showing in telecommunications hiring throughout 2019 the sector\u2019s job gains for the year would total 144,600.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of employer job postings for core IT positions declined by nearly 42,000 from October to November. Still, job postings totaled 320,890 in November, with software and application developers the most sought-after professionals (104,700).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California (50,158), Texas (30,057) and Virginia (17,719) were the top three states for core IT job postings last month, while Texas, North Carolina and Illinois recorded the largest numerical change in postings from November 2018 to November 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top three metro markets for core IT job postings last month were Dallas (2,233), Charlotte (1,807) and Boston (1,500).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CompTIA IT Employment Tracker for December is available here<\/a>. For all the latest news from CompTIA, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About CompTIA<\/strong>
The Computing Technology Industry Association<\/a> (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the more than 50 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world\u2019s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for advancing the tech industry and its workforce. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington, DC (Dec. 6, 2019) \u2014 Hiring in the U.S. technology sector bounced back in November after two months of modest employment gains, according to analysis by CompTIA, the leading technology industry association. The sector added an estimated 15,500 jobs last month, CompTIA\u2019s examination of today\u2019s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Jobs Report finds. The positive performance within the tech sector was countered by the loss of an estimated 65,000 information technology occupations across all other sectors of the economy. \u201cTech industry employment growth is tracking ahead of last year\u2019s rate,\u201d said Tim Herbert, executive vice president for research and market intelligence at CompTIA. \u201cTelecom aside, all the major categories \u2013 tech services, software, manufacturing and data \u2013 are performing reasonably well.\u201d According to CompTIA\u2019s \u201cIT Industry Outlook 2020\u201d report, software development is the area where most companies expect to place their hiring focus in the upcoming year, but there is also strong demand for cybersecurity, data and technology infrastructure talent. November\u2019s job gains in the tech sector were powered by two employment categories that accounted for 80% of the growth. The sub-group of other information services, which includes search engines and portals and other businesses that supply, store and provide information, added an estimated 6,200 new jobs, the category\u2019s strongest month of hiring in 2019. Hiring in custom software development and computer systems design occupations grew by some 5,800 positions in November. Computer and electronics product manufacturing, grew by 2,700 positions, with about half of the new hiring occurring in the semiconductors and electronic components sub-group. Data processing, hosting and related services added 2,100 jobs. Employment in the telecommunications category by 1,300 positions last month. Through November tech sector employment has grown by an estimated 115,200. If not for the consistently weak showing in telecommunications hiring throughout 2019 the sector\u2019s job gains for the year would total 144,600. The number of employer job postings for core IT positions declined by nearly 42,000 from October to November. Still, job postings totaled 320,890 in November, with software and application developers the most sought-after professionals (104,700). California (50,158), Texas (30,057) and Virginia (17,719) were the top three states for core IT job postings last month, while Texas, North Carolina and Illinois recorded the largest numerical change in postings from November 2018 to November 2019. The top three metro markets for core IT job postings last month were Dallas (2,233), Charlotte (1,807) and Boston (1,500). The CompTIA IT Employment Tracker for December is available here. For all the latest news from CompTIA, click here. ### About CompTIAThe Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the more than 50 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world\u2019s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for advancing the tech industry and its workforce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[146],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37619"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37620,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37619\/revisions\/37620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}