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TechServe Alliance: IT jobs up modestly in April

May 14, 2015

The number of IT jobs in the US rose 0.3% in April from March, 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 5.0% since April 2014, adding 234,900 workers for a total of more than 4.9 million jobs.

Engineering jobs edged up by 0.04% in April from the previous month 0.9% year over year, adding 22,400 engineering workers since April 2014 for a total of more than 2.5 million US engineering jobs.

“While the rate of IT employment grew modestly in April, we saw continuing deceleration in the rate of growth. Engineering employment was even more sluggish, barely posting positive numbers,” said TechServe CEO Mark Roberts. “While IT employment continues to outperform the growth rate of the overall workforce, engineering employment has recently been underperforming the general job market.”

“With that said, it is important to keep the data in perspective — this is a slowing of the rate of growth — not a contraction. If the economy continues to strengthen after a sluggish first quarter, I am optimistic that strength will be reflected in improving IT and engineering employment numbers in the coming months,” Roberts said.