Plans to hire accounting, finance and IT professionals have eased but remain high, according to the third-quarter accounting, finance and IT hiring forecast study conducted by staffing provider Brilliant and Richard Curtin, professor and director of surveys at the University of Michigan.

The survey found 16% of companies plan to hire temporary IT staff, down from 35% in the second-quarter survey. Additionally, 40% plan to fill full-time, permanent IT positions, down from 58% in the previous survey.

“In fact, 12 percent of firms have needs for more than 10 IT positions,” said Curtin. “This represents a significant source of unmet demands for IT teams.”

The survey also found 15% of the third-quarter study participants plan to increase the number of temporary accounting/finance professionals from what they were already utilizing, unchanged from the second-quarter survey. And 36% of respondents plan to fill full-time, permanent accounting/finance positions, down from 39% in the second quarter.

The survey included hundreds of human resources professionals and hiring managers. It was conducted between April 23 and May 8, 2015.