The CompTIA IT Industry Outlook presentation provides a snapshot of employment, technology and growth trends for the year ahead. It was presented as part of the TechAmerica DC Fly-in event on February 11-12.  

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2015
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INDUSTRY
OUTLOOK
Tim
Herbert
VP,
Research
&
Market
Intelligence
CompTIA
therbert@comp1a.org

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2015
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Proper1es,
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If
we
have
data,
let’s
look
at
data.
If
all
we
have
are
opinions,
let’s
go
with
mine…
-­‐
Jim
Barksdale,
former
Netscape
CEO

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2015
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Leveraging
Mul1ple
Data
Sources
to
Tell
a
Complete
Story

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Copyright*(c)*2015*CompTIA*Proper8es,*LLC.**|**CompTIA.org**|**Cyberstates*Page*31*
TECH*INDUSTRY*JOBS* 227,675*
TECH*COMPANY*ESTABLISHMENTS* 23,534*
TECH*COMPANY*PAYROLL* $20.9*B*
AVERAGE*WAGE*IN*TECH*INDUSTRY* $91,835*
%*OF*PRIVATE*SECTOR*WORKERS*IN*TECH* 4.6%*
STATE*RANKINGS:*TECH*EMPLOYMENT* 8th**
STATE*RANKINGS:*AVERAGE*TECH*WAGE* 16th**
16,200*
27,600*
26,900*
35,300*
71,700*
17,700*
26,900*
27,900*
33,500*
72,500*
2014% 2013%
COMPUTER*SYSTEMS*DESIGN*(IT*SERVICES)*
TELECOMMUNICATIONS*
ENGINEERING*SERVICES*
R&D*AND*TESTING**
INTERNET*SERVICES*
STATE%OF%TECHNOLOGY%IN%ILLINOIS%
ILLINOIS%
0*
125,000*
250,000*
2008* 2009* 2010* 2011* 2012* 2013* 2014*
TECH*
INDUSTRY*
JOBS*
227,700*
TECH*
OCCUPATION*
JOBS*
272,600*
TECH%INDUSTRY%EMPLOYMENT%TRENDS%
[*
+400*JOBS*
+0.2%*
POSTINGS%FOR%TECH%OCCUPATIONS%JOB%OPENINGS%(NET)* TECH%INDUSTRY%WAGES%
$52,400*
$91,800*
$0*
$50,000*
$100,000*
PRIVATE*SECTOR*
WAGES*
TECH*INDUSTRY*
WAGES*
*30,900**
*34,900**
0*
20,000*
40,000*
Q4*2013* Q4*2014*
5.2%*OF*
ILLINOIS’S*
ECONOMY*IS*
FROM*THE*TECH*
INDUSTRY*
[*
+12.7%*
44%*of*Tech*Industry*Jobs**
Are*in*Tech*Occupa8ons*
TECH%
WAGES%
ARE%75%%
MORE%
LEADING%OCCUPATIONAL%JOB%CATEGORIES%
Socware*Developers,*Applica8ons* 28,600* 1.6%*
Computer*Programmers* 20,200* g0.6%*
Computer*User*Support*Specialists* 19,900* 1.5%*
Computer*Systems*Analysts* 19,800* 1.3%*
Telecom*Equipment*Installers*and*Repairers* 15,900* g1.1%*
YoY%%%
Change%2014%
Sources:*U.S.*Bureau*of*Labor*Sta8s8cs*|*EMSI*|*Burning*Glass*Technologies*Labor*Insights* All*data*covers*the*2014*8me*period,*except*where*specified*as*2013*
LEADING%TECH%INDUSTRY%SECTORS%(BY*EMPLOYMENT)*
State
Summary
Page
Overview
Leading
Tech
Industry
Sectors
Tech
Industry
vs.
Tech
Occupa1ons
Overview
Tech
Industry
Employment
Trending
Leading
Tech
Occupa1on
Job
Categories
Pos1ngs
for
Tech
Occupa1on
Job
Openings
Tech
Industry
Wages
State
of
Technology
Summary
State
Rankings
Sources:
BLS
|
EMSI
|
Burning
Glass
|
CompTIA

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h]p://comp1a.cartodb.com/viz/72913ef0-­‐abd6-­‐11e4-­‐a82e-­‐0e9d821ea90d/embed_map
Sources:
BLS
|
EMSI
|
Burning
Glass
|
CompTIA

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h]p://www.comp1a.org/
resources/cyberstates-­‐2015
h]p://www.comp1a.org/
resources/it-­‐industry-­‐outlook-­‐2015
2014 National Survey
of Technology, Policy
and Strategic Issues
www.technologycouncils.org
© 2014 Technology Councils of North America. All rights reserved.
h]p://www.technologycouncils.org/
technology-­‐based-­‐economic-­‐
development/na1onal-­‐survey1.html
Research
Resources:

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Proper1es,
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The
$3.7
Trillion
Global
Informa1on
Technology
Industry
30%
29%
21%
9%
11%
Based
on
2014
Revenue
Source:
IDC

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Proper1es,
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CompTIA’s
IT
Industry
Business
Confidence
Index
Shows
Momentum
Con1nuing
Into
2015
44.0
49.0
54.0
59.0
64.0
69.0
Q3
'09
Q4
'09
Q1
'10
Q2
'10
Q3
'10
Q4
'10
Q1
'11
Q2
'11
Q3
'11
Q4
'11
Q1
'12
Q2
'12
Q3
'12
Q4
'12
Q1
'13
Q2
'13
Q3
'13
Q4
'13
Q1
'14
Q2
'14
Q3
'14
Q4
'14
Q1
'15
Forecast
CompTIA’s
IT
Industry
Business
Confidence
Index
is
calculated
on
a
100-­‐point
scale
using
an
aggrega1on
of
three
metrics:
1).
Percep1ons
of
the
state
of
the
U.S.
economy,
2).
The
state
of
the
IT
industry,
and
a
3).
Self-­‐assessment
of
one’s
own
company.

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Tech
Industry
Hits
6.5
Million
in
Employment
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Telecommunica7ons
&
Internet
Services
sector
So?ware
[packaged]
sector
IT
Services
sector
R&D,
Tes7ng,
&
Engineering
Services
sector
Tech
Manufacturing
sector
4.7%
17.5%
19.6%
25.9%
32.3%
Percent
of
Tech
Sector
Tech
Industry
grows
2.0%
in
2014,
adding
130,000
workers
Employment
Sources:
BLS
|
EMSI
|
CompTIA
Data
covers
employer
level
workers
only
(aka
firms
with
payroll);
self-­‐employed
and
sole
proprietors
add
1.1
million
to
the
total.

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The
Importance
of
SMBs
in
the
IT
Space
0.3%
2.0%
15.4%
82.4%
Large
IT
establishments
[~1,000]
500+
employees
Medium-­‐size
IT
establishments
100-­‐499
employees
Small
IT
establishments
10-­‐99
employees
Micro-­‐size
IT
establishments
1-­‐9
employees
~360,000
Number
of
IT
establishments
with
payroll*
*Employer
firms
only.
Self-­‐employed,
sole
proprietors
are
not
included
in
this
chart
NET
SMB
99.7%
Sources:
BLS
|
EMSI
|
CompTIA

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The
Other
Side
of
the
Equa1on:
Tech
Occupa1ons
Tech
Industry
Tech
Occupa7ons
Within
the
tech
industry,
there
are
many
tech
occupa1ons
6.5
million
employed
6.8
million
jobs
Sources:
BLS
|
EMSI
|
CompTIA

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Q3
2013
Q4
2013
Q1
2014
Q2
2014
Q3
2014
Q4
2014
Majority
of
TECNA
Member
Companies
Experiencing
Shortages
of
Tech
Talent
11%
14%
44%
25%
8%
12%
49%
27%
Surplus
NET
Equilibrium,
supply
=
demand
Moderate
shortage
Significant
shortage
2013
2014
Perceived
NET
tech
talent
shortage
=
76%
581K
Pos1ngs
for
IT
Job
Openings
in
Q4,
up
4.2%
650K
550K
450K
Source:
TECNA
Base:
1,561
senior
U.S.
technology
and
business
execu1ves

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Many
Forces
Shaping
the
Tech
Landscape
Cloud
Automa7on
Cybersecurity
and
Privacy
So?ware-­‐
Defined
Mobile
Devices,
Systems
&
Apps
Everything-­‐
as-­‐a-­‐Service
Data-­‐Driven
Interconnec7vity

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-­‐ Containers
[Docker]
-­‐ Natural
language
processing
-­‐ Selfie
s1ck
-­‐ Cyber-­‐insurance
-­‐ WebRTC
-­‐ Machine
learning
-­‐ Cryptocurrency
-­‐ Growth
hacking
-­‐ Hack1vism
-­‐ Maker
movement
-­‐ Data
stewardship
-­‐ Commercial
drones
-­‐ Enterprise
mobility
mgt.
(EMM)
-­‐ Digital
Out-­‐of-­‐Home
(DOOH)
-­‐ Cloud
burs1ng
-­‐ Virtual
private
cloud
(VPC)
-­‐ Smart
building
technologies
-­‐ Sensoriza1on
of
everything
-­‐ Sowware
defined
networking
(SDN)
-­‐ All
SSD
-­‐ Data
industrial
complex
-­‐ Quan1fied
Self
-­‐ Dronies
-­‐ Raspberry
Pi
-­‐ Neuromorphics
-­‐ Self-­‐healing
systems
-­‐ New
gTLD
/
nTLD
-­‐ SPOC
(small
private
online
courses)
-­‐ Loca1on-­‐based
authen1ca1on
-­‐ Zerotrust
security
-­‐ Hap1cs
-­‐ DuckDuckGo
-­‐ Driveless
cars
-­‐ Quantum
compu1ng
-­‐ Flexible
displays
-­‐ iBeacon
-­‐ WiGig
-­‐ Addi1ve
manufacturing
-­‐ IFTTT
-­‐
If
This
Then
That
-­‐ Gesture
tech
-­‐ Next-­‐gen
robo1cs
-­‐ Fast-­‐laning
-­‐ Rapid
Unscheduled
Disassembly
Early
/
Niche
Gaining
Trac7on
On
Its
Way
-­‐ Mobile
wallets
-­‐ Phablets
-­‐ Gamifica1on
-­‐ MOOCs
-­‐ Consumer
tech
inspired
UX
-­‐ Omnichannel
engagements
-­‐ Adap1ve
learning
-­‐ Interac1ve
digital
signage
-­‐ NoSQL
-­‐ Wearables
-­‐ 3D
prin1ng
-­‐ Internet
of
Things
-­‐ Uber-­‐fica1on
of
services
-­‐ Telemedicine
-­‐ Big
data
+
Small
data
-­‐ Business
transforma1on
-­‐ Content
marke1ng
-­‐ Object
based
storage
-­‐ Data
visualiza1on
-­‐ Shadow
IT
-­‐ Social
enterprise
Buzzword
Watch
Source:
CompTIA