1. Key Trends
TechServe Alliance IT Employment Index & Computer Systems Design and Related
Services (in 1,000s)
(November 2010 to November 2011)
4,080 1,580
4,060 1,560
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4,020 1,520
4,000 1,500
3,980 1,480
3,960 1,460
IT Employment Computer Systems Design & Related Services
3,940 1,440
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2. Unemployment by IT Occupation
Q3 2011
Occupation
Unemployment Rate
Computer hardware engineers 1.9
Computer systems analysts 2.3
Computer and information systems managers 3.2
Network and computer systems administrators 4.7
Software developers, applications and
3.3
systems software
Web developers 5.6
Computer occupations, all other 8.2
Computer programmers 2.5
Computer support specialists 6.8
Sources: Unpublished tabulations of Current Population Survey data furnished by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

3. IT Job Demand Projections
Employment Change
Number 2008-18
Job Title 2008 2018 Number Percent
All computer and mathematical science occupations 3540.4 4326.1 785.7 22.19%
Network systems and data communications analysts 292 447.8 155.8 53.36
Computer software engineers, applications 514.8 689.9 175.1 34.01
Computer software engineers 909.6 1204.8 295.2 32.46
Computer software engineers, systems software 394.8 515 120.2 30.44
Computer and information scientists, research 28.9 35.9 7.0 24.18
Network and computer systems administrators 339.5 418.4 78.9 23.23
Computer specialists 3424.3 4187 762.7 22.27
Computer systems analysts 532.2 640.3 108.1 20.31
Database administrators 120.4 144.7 24.4 20.26
Computer support specialists 565.7 643.7 78.0 13.80
All other computer specialists 209.3 236.8 27.5 13.14
Computer programmers 426.7 414.4 -12.3 -2.87
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

4. IT Job Demand Projections
Where IT and Computer-Related Occupations Rank by
Fastest and Largest Job Growth (2008-2018)
Ranked by all job growth Employment Change, 2008-18
Occupation
Fastest Job Largest Job
2008 2018 Number Percent
Growth Growth
Network systems and data
2 23 292,000 447,800 155,800 53.36
communications analysts
Computer software engineers,
15 18 514,800 689,900 175,100 34.01
applications
Computer software engineers,
24 ~ 394,800 515,000 120,200 30.44
systems software
Source: Employment Projections Program,
U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

5. Diminished North America Pipeline
Newly Declared Computer Science/Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Majors in the U.S. and Canada (000s)
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Source: May 2010 Computing Research News

6. The Demand Side of the IT Landscape:
Are you recruiting in one of the
dark blue states?
Source: CareerBuilder’s Supply & Demand Portal

7. Poll: IT positions posted most frequently?
Java Developer?
.Net Developer?
Cloud Architect?
Project Manager? Software Engineer?
Web Developer?
Systems Administrator?
Systems Engineer?
Network Engineer?

8. Most Posted Jobs in IT Over Last 6 mos:
Source: CareerBuilder’s Supply & Demand Portal

9. Most Difficult to Fill Positions in IT
•Requires multiple skills:
IT Security •Programming, hardware, network and database expertise
•With Java/J2EE skills:
Software Engineer •In high demand in every industry
•Companies are going through major upgrade, causing Oracle and SAP revenue
SAP/Oracle ERP to jump
•Most companies are bringing these projects in-house
• The volume of data and information is doubling every year
Database Administrator • Companies need more BI and DBA resources to manage the data flood
• Similar to Database Administrators, Cloud Engineers are needed to
Storage/Cloud Engineer manage the data flood
• EMC estimates data will grow by 44X over the next 10 years
SEO Developer/Website • Increased spending in online advertising has increased the demand for
SEO and website design
Design • Companies with a large online presence are bringing these skills in house

10. Most Difficult to Fill Continued
SharePoint
• Fastest growing product of MS
Administrator & • SharePoint being integrated into all MS products
Developer
C# or .Net • Companies are continuously building more products
• As they adopt MS tools like SQL Server and Sharepoint,
Software Engineer they need C# and .Net to manage them
• These languages are going through a revival through
mobile technology
C++/C and Linux • Android and iPhone developers must have C++ and Linux
skills
• Any job which requires FED Clearance – especially those
FED Clearance with Security and Network expertise
• FEDS are spending more than $40 billion on IT security

11. Fastest Growing Positions in the IT Space:
• PHP/Python, Ruby on Rails Developer
• C++/C Developer
• MYSQL DBA
• Software QA
• ETL Developer
• BI Analyst
• Data Architect
• Information Architect/SEO Developer/Website
Design
• Storage Engineer/Cloud Computing