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Tinabeth Burton (703) 284-5305 tburton@itaa.org
Arlington, VA -- U.S. companies shed over 500,000 IT workers in the past year, according to Bouncing Back: Jobs, Skills and the Continuing Demand for IT Workers, a major new study released today by the Information Technology Association of America. The size of the IT workforce dropped from 10.4 million to 9.9 million, with tech workers at IT companies substantially more likely to receive a pink slip than their counterparts working in non-IT companies. At the same time, the study found estimated demand for IT workers in the next 12 months to be increased substantially over 2001. Hiring managers told ITAA that they would seek to fill 1.1 million jobs in the next year.
揟his is obviously a good news/bad news report for IT workers,?said ITAA President Harris N. Miller. 揜evenue growth in the IT industry stalled in the past year, and now we know that IT employment has actually lost ground. We think the situation will be short lived, with employers filling positions they were forced to cut in the recession. The latest data from the federal government and other sources indicates that the economy has turned a corner, and today抯 report shows the level of demand for skilled IT workers is on the rise too. We may have seen a bubble burst, but the digital economy is here to stay. Despite the slump of 2001, the IT workforce is bouncing back.?
Since 1997, ITAA抯 studies have provided the nation抯 most comprehensive analysis of IT workforce trends. The report this year features statistics on demand, gap, skills development, and worker retention.
Among the most notable findings of the new report are:
When their customers sneeze, IT companies get the flu. IT firms reduced their ranks of IT workers by 15 percent compared to only 4 percent for non-IT workers.
There is nowhere to run. The IT workforce lost five percent of employment, with reductions felt equally in all regions of the country
Optimism is in. Hiring managers estimate that they will attempt to fill 1.1 million positions in the next 12 months, up 27 percent over the level measured last year. Of this total, almost 600,000 will go unfilled due to a lack of qualified workers.
Programmers rule. Companies employ more programmers than any other type of IT worker. Technical support workers were the most likely to be hired and let go last year.
Call it the Silicon Sunbelt. IT work appears to be migrating south. Demand for IT workers in the Midwest and West has dropped 68 percent and 71 percent respectively since 2000.
Just do it. Hiring managers continue to place a premium on previous experience as the best means of skill development. The importance of certifications has also increased in the eight job categories measured;
Money talks. On average, companies expect to hold on to their IT workers for just over two years. Forget special parking spaces or plaques on the wall; hiring managers indicate money is the best glue for making employees stick to the job.
Bouncing Back also includes a new feature, the ITAA/Dice Tech Skills Profile. The profile helps job-seekers drill down to the specific technical competencies most in demand today. In terms of specific competencies, the profile, a compilation of approximately 30,000 technical jobs listed on the Dice job board, finds that the C++ programming language is the most in demand technical skill, followed by Oracle, SQL, Java and Windows NT. The profile will be updated quarterly to measure ongoing IT employment, demand and top skills.
ITAA contracted with Market Decisions Corporation of Portland, Oregon to collect the workforce statistics in Bouncing Back. The survey is based on telephone interviews with 532 hiring managers, selected at random at IT and non-IT companies. Results have sampling variability of +/-3.6 percent at the 90 percent confidence level.
Bouncing Back: Jobs, Skills and the Continuing Demand for IT Workers is sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges, Brainbench, the Chubb Institute, Cisco Systems, Dice Inc., Intel, ITT Technical Institute, Microsoft, ProsoftTraining and SRA International.
The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) provides global public policy, business networking, and national leadership to promote the continued rapid growth of the IT industry. ITAA consists of over 500 corporate members throughout the U.S., and a global network of 46 countries' IT associations. The Association plays the leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration, online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources and e-commerce policy. ITAA members range from the smallest IT start-ups to industry leaders in the Internet, software, IT services, ASP, digital content, systems integration, telecommunications, and enterprise solution fields. For more information visit www.itaa.org.
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For More Information Contact:
Tinabeth Burton (703) 284-5305 tburton@itaa.org
Arlington, VA -- U.S. companies shed over 500,000 IT workers in the past year, according to Bouncing Back: Jobs, Skills and the Continuing Demand for IT Workers, a major new study released today by the Information Technology Association of America. The size of the IT workforce dropped from 10.4 million to 9.9 million, with tech workers at IT companies substantially more likely to receive a pink slip than their counterparts working in non-IT companies. At the same time, the study found estimated demand for IT workers in the next 12 months to be increased substantially over 2001. Hiring managers told ITAA that they would seek to fill 1.1 million jobs in the next year.
揟his is obviously a good news/bad news report for IT workers,?said ITAA President Harris N. Miller. 揜evenue growth in the IT industry stalled in the past year, and now we know that IT employment has actually lost ground. We think the situation will be short lived, with employers filling positions they were forced to cut in the recession. The latest data from the federal government and other sources indicates that the economy has turned a corner, and today抯 report shows the level of demand for skilled IT workers is on the rise too. We may have seen a bubble burst, but the digital economy is here to stay. Despite the slump of 2001, the IT workforce is bouncing back.?
Since 1997, ITAA抯 studies have provided the nation抯 most comprehensive analysis of IT workforce trends. The report this year features statistics on demand, gap, skills development, and worker retention.
Among the most notable findings of the new report are:
When their customers sneeze, IT companies get the flu. IT firms reduced their ranks of IT workers by 15 percent compared to only 4 percent for non-IT workers.
There is nowhere to run. The IT workforce lost five percent of employment, with reductions felt equally in all regions of the country
Optimism is in. Hiring managers estimate that they will attempt to fill 1.1 million positions in the next 12 months, up 27 percent over the level measured last year. Of this total, almost 600,000 will go unfilled due to a lack of qualified workers.
Programmers rule. Companies employ more programmers than any other type of IT worker. Technical support workers were the most likely to be hired and let go last year.
Call it the Silicon Sunbelt. IT work appears to be migrating south. Demand for IT workers in the Midwest and West has dropped 68 percent and 71 percent respectively since 2000.
Just do it. Hiring managers continue to place a premium on previous experience as the best means of skill development. The importance of certifications has also increased in the eight job categories measured;
Money talks. On average, companies expect to hold on to their IT workers for just over two years. Forget special parking spaces or plaques on the wall; hiring managers indicate money is the best glue for making employees stick to the job.
Bouncing Back also includes a new feature, the ITAA/Dice Tech Skills Profile. The profile helps job-seekers drill down to the specific technical competencies most in demand today. In terms of specific competencies, the profile, a compilation of approximately 30,000 technical jobs listed on the Dice job board, finds that the C++ programming language is the most in demand technical skill, followed by Oracle, SQL, Java and Windows NT. The profile will be updated quarterly to measure ongoing IT employment, demand and top skills.
ITAA contracted with Market Decisions Corporation of Portland, Oregon to collect the workforce statistics in Bouncing Back. The survey is based on telephone interviews with 532 hiring managers, selected at random at IT and non-IT companies. Results have sampling variability of +/-3.6 percent at the 90 percent confidence level.
Bouncing Back: Jobs, Skills and the Continuing Demand for IT Workers is sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges, Brainbench, the Chubb Institute, Cisco Systems, Dice Inc., Intel, ITT Technical Institute, Microsoft, ProsoftTraining and SRA International.
The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) provides global public policy, business networking, and national leadership to promote the continued rapid growth of the IT industry. ITAA consists of over 500 corporate members throughout the U.S., and a global network of 46 countries' IT associations. The Association plays the leading role in issues of IT industry concern including information security, taxes and finance policy, digital intellectual property protection, telecommunications competition, workforce and education, immigration, online privacy and consumer protection, government IT procurement, human resources and e-commerce policy. ITAA members range from the smallest IT start-ups to industry leaders in the Internet, software, IT services, ASP, digital content, systems integration, telecommunications, and enterprise solution fields. For more information visit www.itaa.org.
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