The number of IT jobs grew 0.05% sequentially last month to 5,335,200 according to TechServe Alliance, the national trade association of the IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions industry. On a year-over-year basis, IT employment grew by 0.96% since†April 2017†adding 50,700 IT workers.
Engineering employment increased by 0.22 percent sequentially to 2,586,500. On a year-over-year basis, growth in engineering employment increased by 1.88% since†April 2017†or 47,700 engineering workers.
“While economic downturns result in slow or negative job growth because of lagging demand, we are seeing anemic job growth in IT because of a lack of supply,” stated†Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance.† “Despite robust demand in many IT skill sets, we simply do not have enough qualified IT professionals.† This is the result of insufficient long-term investment in growing our domestic talent supply in STEM fields and highly restrictive immigration policies of this Administration.† It is unfortunate we are not fulfilling the growth potential of one of our most dynamic employment sectors,” added Roberts.
