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IT employment strong in March; engineering job growth decelerates

April 10, 2014

The number of information technology jobs in the U.S. rose in March at the same strong pace as February. The TechServe Alliance’s IT employment index reported that IT jobs in the U.S. rose by 0.38 percent — or 17,700 jobs — in March from February. On a year-over-year basis, IT employment increased 2.38 percent since March 2013, adding 107,500 IT workers.

Meanwhile, the number of U.S. engineering jobs rose by 0.09 percent — or 2,200 jobs — in March from the previous month to approximately 2.5 million jobs, according to TechServe Alliance. On a year-over-year basis, engineering employment rose 1.65 percent since March 2013, adding 40,500 engineering workers.

“While engineering jobs grew at a more tepid rate in line with the overall U.S. job market, IT employment finished the first quarter on a strong note,” said TechServe Alliance CEO Mark Roberts. “Beyond BLS’ numbers, we see this strong demand for IT talent play out in the complete exhaustion of the H-1B visa cap in just days. With a significant number of petitions expected to be rejected due to oversubscription, H-1B visas subject to the cap will not again be available until FY 2016. Plainly, we need to address the talent shortage in key IT skill sets.”

The TechServe Alliance is a national trade association of the IT and engineering staffing solutions industry.