The number of U.S. information technology jobs rose by 0.3 percent month over month in July to a total of approximately 4.67 million, TechServe Alliance reported. The number was up 3.4 percent on a year-over-year basis.

In addition, the number of engineering jobs in the U.S. rose 0.3 percent month over month in July to more than 2.51 million. The number was up 2.1 percent on a year-over-year basis.

“IT and engineering job growth remains strong on nearly all fronts. For IT, more than 10,000 jobs were added for the ninth consecutive month,” said TechServe Alliance CEO Mark Roberts. “Engineering job growth continued to accelerate with more than 7,500 jobs added for the second time this year.”

“In addition to the positive data on job growth, we are starting to see unemployment rates in many IT and engineering disciplines in the low single digits. While on balance good news, it highlights the growing challenge of a tight labor supply in many technical skill sets,” Roberts said.

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