IT Employment Reaches All-Time High

IT employment reached an all-time high with an increase of 13,300 jobs in January. January’s record surpasses the previous all-time high set in September 2008 when IT employment reached 4,088,600.

The number of IT jobs grew 0.3 percent sequentially last month to 4,107,700, according to TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers. On an annual basis, IT employment grew by 3.4 percent in 2011 and 1.5 percent in 2010. These latest numbers are based on the rebenchmarked data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) this month.

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