{"id":57276,"date":"2023-10-11T19:52:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T02:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=57276"},"modified":"2023-10-11T19:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T02:52:46","slug":"tech-employment-lags-in-latest-national-jobs-report-comptia-analysis-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2023\/10\/tech-employment-lags-in-latest-national-jobs-report-comptia-analysis-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Employment Lags in Latest National Jobs Report, CompTIA Analysis Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Downers Grove, IL (Oct. 6, 2023)<\/em> \u2014 The up-and-down trends that have characterized technology employment throughout 2023 continued in September, analysis by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, reveals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tech sector companies reduced staffing by a net 2,632 positions last month, according to CompTIA\u2019s analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics #JobsReport data. Tech occupations among all sectors across the economy fell by an estimated 20,000.[1] At 2.2% the tech unemployment rate remains well below the national rate of 3.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is no sugar-coating the off month of tech employment data,\u201d said Tim Herbert, chief research officer, CompTIA. \u201cDespite the persistently high demand for tech skills on many fronts and positive forward-looking projections, there is a lag in hiring at the moment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employer job postings for future tech hiring fell to 184,077 in September.[2] Demand for software positions continues to drive the largest volume of hiring activity. In the aggregate volumes are equally large in positions spanning IT project management, IT support, data analytics and systems\/cloud infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Positions in emerging technologies or jobs requiring emerging tech skills accounted for 26.5% of all tech jobs postings last month, up from 22% in August. Within emerging tech job postings, 36% were associated with artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employers in the professional, scientific and technical services, manufacturing, administrative support, finance and insurance and information sectors had the largest share of tech job postings. California, Texas and Virginia had the largest volumes of tech job postings at the state level, while Washington, New York City and Dallas led metro markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cCompTIA Tech Jobs Report\u201d is available here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About CompTIA<\/strong>
The Computing Technology Industry Association<\/a> (CompTIA) is the world\u2019s leading information technology (IT) certification and training body. CompTIA is a mission-driven organization committed to unlocking the potential of every student, career changer or professional seeking to begin or advance in a technology career. Each year CompTIA, directly and through its global network of partners, provides millions of people with training, education and certification. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Downers Grove, IL (Oct. 6, 2023) \u2014 The up-and-down trends that have characterized technology employment throughout 2023 continued in September, analysis by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, reveals. Tech sector companies reduced staffing by a net 2,632 positions last month, according to CompTIA\u2019s analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics #JobsReport data. Tech occupations among all sectors across the economy fell by an estimated 20,000.[1] At 2.2% the tech unemployment rate remains well below the national rate of 3.8%. \u201cThere is no sugar-coating the off month of tech employment data,\u201d said Tim Herbert, chief research officer, CompTIA. \u201cDespite the persistently high demand for tech skills on many fronts and positive forward-looking projections, there is a lag in hiring at the moment.” Employer job postings for future tech hiring fell to 184,077 in September.[2] Demand for software positions continues to drive the largest volume of hiring activity. In the aggregate volumes are equally large in positions spanning IT project management, IT support, data analytics and systems\/cloud infrastructure. Positions in emerging technologies or jobs requiring emerging tech skills accounted for 26.5% of all tech jobs postings last month, up from 22% in August. Within emerging tech job postings, 36% were associated with artificial intelligence (AI). Employers in the professional, scientific and technical services, manufacturing, administrative support, finance and insurance and information sectors had the largest share of tech job postings. California, Texas and Virginia had the largest volumes of tech job postings at the state level, while Washington, New York City and Dallas led metro markets. The \u201cCompTIA Tech Jobs Report\u201d is available here. ### About CompTIAThe Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is the world\u2019s leading information technology (IT) certification and training body. CompTIA is a mission-driven organization committed to unlocking the potential of every student, career changer or professional seeking to begin or advance in a technology career. Each year CompTIA, directly and through its global network of partners, provides millions of people with training, education and certification.<\/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\/57276"}],"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=57276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57277,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57276\/revisions\/57277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}