{"id":51338,"date":"2022-09-08T07:36:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=51338"},"modified":"2022-09-08T07:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:36:36","slug":"tech-employment-increases-as-companies-keep-up-pace-of-hiring-comptia-analysis-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2022\/09\/tech-employment-increases-as-companies-keep-up-pace-of-hiring-comptia-analysis-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Employment Increases as Companies Keep Up Pace of Hiring, CompTIA Analysis Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Downers Grove, IL (Sept. 2, 2022)<\/em> \u2014 New employment data shows that employers continue to grow their technology teams, reaffirming tech\u2019s essential role in powering business and industry, according to CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech sector companies added 25,500 net new workers in August, with growth in five major occupation categories, CompTIA\u2019s analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) \u201cEmployment Situation\u201d report reveals. Tech industry employment has increased by 175,700 jobs in 2022 and is tracking 46% ahead of last year and 92% ahead of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies throughout the economy added an estimated 21,000 tech workers for the month. [1] The unemployment rate for tech occupations edged up to 2.3% paralleling the directional change of the national unemployment rate (3.7%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStability in tech hiring continues to be an over-arching theme this year,\u201d said Tim Herbert, chief research officer at CompTIA. \u201cDespite all the economic noise and pockets of layoffs, aggregate tech hiring remains consistently positive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employer job postings for tech positions eased back in August, coming in at just under 320,000. Companies are seeking a range of tech skills, including software development and engineering, IT support, IT project management, systems engineering and network engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among industries, the largest numbers of job postings occurred in professional, scientific and technical services, finance and insurance, manufacturing, information and retail trade. Employment opportunities in tech are available across the country, in markets large, medium and small. The New York City, Washington, Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles metro areas had the most job postings for tech positions, while Allentown (Pennsylvania), Raleigh (North Carolina) and Columbus (Ohio) recorded the largest month-over-month increases in tech job postings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CompTIA\u2019s analysis also shows that options for remote work and work from home continue to increase for technology workers. From January through August 2022, tech job postings where employers specify remote work is up 56% over last year and 281% from the pre-pandemic year of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the tech sector, new hiring in the IT services and custom software development occupation category, which expanded by 14,400 workers, paced August\u2019s job gains. Solid growth also occurred in computer and electronic products manufacturing (+4,500), data processing, hosting and related services (+3,200) and other information services, including search engines (+3,000). Telecommunications jobs increased by a modest 400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cCompTIA Tech Jobs Report\u201d is available here<\/a>. For more analysis and perspective visit the CompTIA Tech Job Report video series<\/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 estimated 75 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 unlocking the potential of the tech industry and its workforce. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Downers Grove, IL (Sept. 2, 2022) \u2014 New employment data shows that employers continue to grow their technology teams, reaffirming tech\u2019s essential role in powering business and industry, according to CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce. Tech sector companies added 25,500 net new workers in August, with growth in five major occupation categories, CompTIA\u2019s analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) \u201cEmployment Situation\u201d report reveals. Tech industry employment has increased by 175,700 jobs in 2022 and is tracking 46% ahead of last year and 92% ahead of 2019. Companies throughout the economy added an estimated 21,000 tech workers for the month. [1] The unemployment rate for tech occupations edged up to 2.3% paralleling the directional change of the national unemployment rate (3.7%). \u201cStability in tech hiring continues to be an over-arching theme this year,\u201d said Tim Herbert, chief research officer at CompTIA. \u201cDespite all the economic noise and pockets of layoffs, aggregate tech hiring remains consistently positive.\u201d Employer job postings for tech positions eased back in August, coming in at just under 320,000. Companies are seeking a range of tech skills, including software development and engineering, IT support, IT project management, systems engineering and network engineering. Among industries, the largest numbers of job postings occurred in professional, scientific and technical services, finance and insurance, manufacturing, information and retail trade. Employment opportunities in tech are available across the country, in markets large, medium and small. The New York City, Washington, Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles metro areas had the most job postings for tech positions, while Allentown (Pennsylvania), Raleigh (North Carolina) and Columbus (Ohio) recorded the largest month-over-month increases in tech job postings. CompTIA\u2019s analysis also shows that options for remote work and work from home continue to increase for technology workers. From January through August 2022, tech job postings where employers specify remote work is up 56% over last year and 281% from the pre-pandemic year of 2019. Within the tech sector, new hiring in the IT services and custom software development occupation category, which expanded by 14,400 workers, paced August\u2019s job gains. Solid growth also occurred in computer and electronic products manufacturing (+4,500), data processing, hosting and related services (+3,200) and other information services, including search engines (+3,000). Telecommunications jobs increased by a modest 400. The \u201cCompTIA Tech Jobs Report\u201d is available here. For more analysis and perspective visit the CompTIA Tech Job Report video series. ### About CompTIAThe Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 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 unlocking the potential of 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\/51338"}],"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=51338"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51339,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51338\/revisions\/51339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}