The number of IT jobs in the US rose 0.3% in June from May, according to the TechServe Alliance, the trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry in the US. That compares to a 0.2% increase in total nonfarm jobs in the US.

Year over year, IT jobs rose by 4.4% since June 2014, adding 208,200 workers for a total of more than 4.9 million jobs.

Engineering jobs edged up slightly less than 0.1% in June from the previous month and 0.7% year over year, adding 18,600 engineering workers since June 2014 for a total of more than 2.5 million US engineering jobs.

“IT employment continued its modest growth trajectory in June while the rate of growth in engineering employment remained sluggish,” said TechServe Alliance CEO Mark Roberts. “With the IT growth rate coming within a narrow range for the last 10 months, it seems we have fallen into a pattern of modest but consistent growth. Though demand has not abated, an inadequate supply of IT professionals in high-demand skill sets continues to be a major factor in restricting the rate of growth.”