IT employment continues to gain

07.09.2012
WASHINGTON -- IT employment increased last month, and there may be signs in the latest data of high demand for some specific IT occupations.

Groups that study U.S. Labor Dept. jobs data mix and match labor categories and arrive at different numbers, but they do agree on the trend: .

TechServe Alliance, an industry group, reported a gain of 5,100 IT jobs in August over the previous month, bringing overall IT employment to almost 4.2 million.

"While the month over month rate of growth is not quite as robust as it was earlier in the year, IT employment overall remains strong," said Mark Roberts, the CEO of TechServe.

Janco Associates, a research and consulting firm, counted a gain of 12,400 IT jobs last month, or nearly 13% the 96,000 jobs the Labor Dept. says were added overall in the U.S. in August.

In its report, TechServe alliance included unpublished Labor unemployment data for some specific job categories.