The number of IT and engineering jobs in the US rose in November compared to October, the TechServe Alliance reported.

IT jobs rose 0.1 percent sequentially in November to a total of approximately 4.70 million, according to the TechServe Alliance. The number was up 3.3 percent on a year-over-year basis.

The number of engineering jobs in the US rose 0.2 percent month over month in November to about 2.52 million. The number was up 1.7 percent on a year-over-year basis.

“While the rate of growth in IT employment ebbs and flows month-over-month, we have now had a stretch of 56 consecutive months of posting positive numbers,” said TechServe Alliance CEO Mark Roberts. “Based on all the data we see as well as the front-line reports of my member companies, I believe future growth in many IT and engineering skill sets will actually be impeded more by the lack of supply of qualified candidates than by lack of demand.”

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