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Tech Hiring p Almost 50 Percent Since 2009, Dice Says
According to the latest monthly report from tech recruitment site Dice, the number of available full-time tech jobs has increased 46 percent over the past year, and contractors' hourly rates are rising in response to the ongoing IT skills shortage. The number of full-time positions advertised on Dice.com rose from 29,101 in October 2009 to 42,502 in October 2010. Total tech jobs, including full-time, contract and part-time positions, rose from 51,439 to 70,798 over the past 12 months. Throughout the tech sector, both full-time and contract hiring have risen in lock-step with recruitment activity, with both up about 50 percent since the lows reached in mid-2009.
The tech hiring outlook has been especially robust in places like Silicon Valley and Seattle. Silicon Valley posted its highest job count on Dice in two years, with 4,567 jobs, up 64 percent from a year ago. The Seattle region, home of Microsoft, Amazon, Nintendo and others, saw open tech positions double in the past year to 2,355. Despite the increase in job availability, hiring managers are finding it difficult to locate skilled applicants, potentially making it difficult to fill open jobs. Java developers, database administrators, virtualization specialists and project managers are among the most in-demand IT pros.
Although Dice numbers show substantial increases in the number of full-time positions, the best post-recession opportunities may lie in contracting work. The imbalance in supply and demand has led to a situation where contractors' hourly rates have begun creeping up across the board. Two years of recession meant two years of limited hiring, if hiring at all. Attrition, while dampened by the lack of opportunities, still left many IT organizations understaffed. But businesses continued to require technology upgrades, and the backlog of projects only grew at most companies, who now need contractors to step in.
From Network World
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