The document provides an overview of IT job postings and employment trends for July 2020, highlighting a total of 140,000 postings in core IT occupations, a decrease of 20,300 from June. It details the top five IT occupations, IT sector employment breakdown, and provides insights on states and metro areas with the most job postings. Additionally, it discusses remote work trends and unemployment rates in the IT sector.

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CompTIA’s definition of core IT occupations excludes knowledge worker positions, such as graphic designers, technical sales, or business analysts.
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TOP 5 IT OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS JULY vs. JUNE
Software developers, applications 70,600 -13,900
IT support specialists 21,400 -1,000
Systems engineers/architects 19,100 -2,100
Systems analysts 15,600 -1,700
IT project managers 13,300 -1,600
TOTAL OF TOP 5 IT OCCUPATION POSTINGS 140,000 -20,300
COMPTIA IT EMPLOYMENT TRACKER
Monthly Core IT Sector and Core IT Occupation Employment Analysis
Published August 2020
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The IT sector is the largest employer of IT occupations.
Approximately 44 percent of positions within the IT
sector are IT occupations. The remaining 56 percent of
occupations in the IT sector are comprised of sales,
marketing, finance, HR, R&D, and related positions.
IT SECTOR EMPLOYMENT BREAKOUT JULY vs. JUNE
Computer, electronics, & semiconductor mfg. 1,085,500 -6,400
Telecommunications 681,200 -2,300
Data processing, hosting, & related services 342,900 -1,900
Other info services, including search portals 355,900 +300
IT & software services | computer sys. design 2,152,200 -7,000
TOTAL 4,617,700 -17,300
IT SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
IT OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENTCOMPONENTS OF THE IT WORKFORCE DISCUSSION
IT OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS
Source:BurningGlassTechnologiesLaborInsights|DatainthousandsSource:BureauofLaborStatisticsCPS|Datainmillions|Notseasonallyadjusted
Source:BureauofLaborStatisticsCES|Datainmillions|Seasonallyadjusted
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TOP STATES FOR IT JOB POSTINGS COUNT
TOP 10 STATES JULY vs. JUNE
California 36,749 -7,787
Texas 22,433 -2,085
Virginia 13,829 -3,266
New York 13,658 +38
North Carolina 11,118 -1,602
Florida 9,546 -1,169
Illinois 8,638 -837
Pennsylvania 7,979 -736
Georgia 7,969 -650
Colorado 7,443 -1,892
STATE SUBTOTAL 139,362 -19,986
TOP STATES FOR IT JOB POSTINGS CHANGE
TOP 10 STATES JULY vs. JUNE
Louisiana 1,595 +164
Mississippi 632 +147
West Virginia 368 +68
Maine 320 +48
North Dakota 257 +45
Idaho 850 +42
Nevada 1,537 +41
Arkansas 668 +40
Montana 263 +40
New York 13,658 +38
STATE SUBTOTAL 20,148 +673
TOP METRO AREAS FOR IT JOB POSTINGS COUNT
TOP 10 METRO AREAS JULY vs. JUNE
New York 17,015 -1,600
Washington 16,897 -3,743
Dallas 11,010 -897
San Francisco 10,320 -2,618
Los Angeles 9,733 -1,954
San Jose 8,395 -1,200
Chicago 7,382 -961
Atlanta 6,935 -771
Boston 6,489 -1,720
Philadelphia 5,564 -450
METRO SUBTOTAL 99,740 -15,914
TOP METROS FOR IT JOB POSTINGS CHANGE
TOP 10 METRO AREAS JULY vs. JUNE
Albany 756 +276
Baton Rouge 829 +234
San Antonio 2,176 +100
Boise City 670 +68
Kansas City 1,699 +44
Indianapolis 1,573 +7
Urban Honolulu 571 +5
Las Vegas 1,182 -43
Colorado Springs 1,334 -45
Oklahoma City 870 -47
METRO SUBTOTAL 11,660 +599
TOP EMPLOYERS FOR IT JOB POSTINGS COUNT
TOP 10 U.S. EMPLOYERS JULY
Amazon 2,605
Humana 2,051
Anthem Blue Cross 2,048
Stanley Black & Decker 1,707
Applied Materials 1,652
IBM 1,537
Raytheon 1,057
Leidos 933
Guidehouse 899
General Dynamics 871
TOP INDUSTRIES FOR IT JOB POSTINGS COUNT
TOP 10 U.S. INDUSTRIES JULY
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 39,956
Finance and Insurance 18,756
Manufacturing 17,473
Information 11,095
Retail Trade 7,042
Public Administration 6,779
Health Care and Social Assistance 5,873
Educational Services 3,774
Administrative and Support 3,281
Transportation and Warehousing 2,011
Source: CompTIA analysis of job posting data from Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights | For metro area data, a minimum of 500 job postings used in analysis

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ITOcc. Unemployment Rate National Unemployment Rate
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TOP STATES FOR REMOTE/WFH IT JOB POSTINGS
TOP 10 STATES JULY vs. JUNE
California 6,719 -406
Texas 4,104 -11
New York 2,962 +658
Virginia 1,974 -207
North Carolina 1,893 -36
Florida 1,844 -72
Pennsylvania 1,685 +76
Georgia 1,584 -65
Illinois 1,579 -103
Massachusetts 1,317 -174
STATE SUBTOTAL 25,661 -340
TOP IT POSITIONS FOR REMOTE/WFH JOB POSTINGS
TOP 10 OCCUPATIONS JULY vs. JUNE
Software Developers, Applications 13,226 -466
IT Support Specialists 5,072 -373
Systems Engineers and Architects 2,907 -282
Web Developers 2,747 -150
Systems Analysts 2,664 +262
Cybersecurity Analysts 2,258 +189
Database Administrators 2,019 -16
IT Project Managers 1,974 -398
Network and Systems Administrators 1,692 -230
Business Intelligence Analysts 1,381 -134
STATE SUBTOTAL 35,940 -1,598
Note: not all employer job postings specify whether positions are partial or full remote or work from home (WFH), so there is a degree of uncertainty with the data.
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Note: non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate as defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics captures individuals actively looking for work in the
past four weeks. Furloughed workers may have an expectation for returning to their employer and therefore are not actively looking and not counted in
unemployment rate figures.