CompTIA: IT Sector Employment Inches Upwards in November

The U.S. IT sector recorded its fifth consecutive month of job growth in November, according to the IT Employment Tracker released today by CompTIA, a technology industry association based in suburban Chicago.

The software and technology services category led November job growth, adding 5,400 new positions, according to CompTIA’s analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Situation report. For the year, the IT sector has added 79,500 new jobs in software and services.

Reversing nine months of declines, computer and electronics products manufacturing employment increased in November, albeit by a modest 900 positions. For the year manufacturing jobs are down 8,100.

Job losses in data processing, hosting and related services (down 2,100), telecommunications (down 2,000) and other information services, including search portals (down 800) offset the November employment gains in the other categories.

The second component of the nation’s IT workforce – IT occupations across all other industries – had a strong showing in November, with an estimated net gain of 114,000 jobs. For 2016, IT occupations show an estimated net gain of about 200,000 jobs.

Channel Impact^®
Despite widespread industry workforce issues, the latest numbers suggest IT employment is moving in the right direction.