The document provides a comprehensive analysis of employment trends in the tech sector, highlighting job postings, hiring activity, and employment changes from November to October 2021. It indicates a total tech sector employment of 4,834,400 with particular decreases in software development roles and shifts in various states and metro areas regarding job postings. Additionally, it emphasizes the significance of viewing workforce trends over longer periods due to data volatility.

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Note: there are certain limitations in using monthly data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Not all information technology occupation and industry categories are
available on a monthly basis so this data should be viewed as a proxy. Additionally, there tends to be higher levels of volatility and variance in monthly data, so CompTIA
advises viewing workforce trends over a longer period of time.
HIRING ACTIVITY FOR TOP TECH JOBS NOV vs. OCT
Software developers, applications 96,800 -7,600
Other (e.g. emerging tech, data, etc.) 86,000 -4,400
IT support specialists 28,400 -1,100
Systems analysts 21,300 -400
Web developers 19,000 +1,000
TOP 5 SUBTOTAL 251,500 -12,500
COMPTIA TECH JOBS REPORT
TECH SECTOR
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The tech sector is the largest employer of tech occupations.
Approximately 44 percent of positions within the tech sector
are tech occupations. The remaining 56 percent of occupations
in the tech sector are comprised of sales, marketing, finance,
HR, R&D, and related positions.
TECH SECTOR EMPLOYMENT DETAILS NOV vs. OCT
Computer, electronics, & semiconductor mfg. 1,091,800 -1,300
Telecommunications 669,600 -2,700
Data processing, hosting, & related services 379,800 -200
Other info services, including search portals 385,700 +4,100
IT & software services | computer sys. design 2,307,500 +9,500
TOTAL 4,834,400 +9,400
TECH SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
TECH OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENT
COMPONENTS OF THE TECH WORKFORCE DISCUSSION
TECH OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS
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Monthly analysis of BLS #JobsReport data covering information technology (IT) employment trending
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2. TOP STATES FOR TECH JOB POSTINGS
TOP 10 STATES NOV vs. OCT
California 42,969 +570
Texas 29,533 -6,300
Florida 15,708 +299
New York 15,686 -1,087
Georgia 14,876 +1,984
Illinois 13,982 +1,052
Virginia 13,242 -2,000
North Carolina 11,461 -1,288
Massachusetts 10,575 -694
Colorado 9,971 -558
STATE SUBTOTAL 178,003 -8,022
TOP STATES FOR TECH JOB POSTINGS CHANGE
TOP METRO AREAS FOR TECH JOB POSTINGS
TOP 10 METRO AREAS NOV vs. OCT
New York 19,699 -1,526
Washington DC 16,668 -1,106
Dallas 13,816 -4,671
Los Angeles 12,236 -28
Chicago 11,788 +369
San Francisco 11,737 +741
Atlanta 10,600 +137
Boston 9,348 -743
San Jose 8,172 -95
Phoenix 7,038 +395
METRO SUBTOTAL 121,102 -6,527
TOP METROS FOR TECH JOB POSTINGS CHANGE
TOP EMPLOYERS FOR TECH JOB POSTINGS
TOP 10 U.S. EMPLOYERS NOV
Deloitte 4,212
Ukg Ultimate Kronos Group 3,949
Humana 3,396
Pearson 2,785
Anthem Blue Cross 2,384
Array 1,968
PricewaterhouseCoopers 1,925
Wells Fargo 1,716
Change Healthcare 1,568
The Home Depot Incorporated 1,504
TOP INDUSTRIES FOR TECH JOB POSTINGS
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TOP 10 STATES NOV vs. OCT
Georgia 14,876 +1,984
District of Columbia 5,604 +1,163
Illinois 13,982 +1,052
California 42,969 +570
Indiana 4,501 +546
Arkansas 1,598 +390
Alabama 3,419 +372
Nevada 2,806 +366
Wisconsin 4,750 +346
Nebraska 2,165 +315
STATE SUBTOTAL 96,670 +7,104
TOP 10 METRO AREAS NOV vs. OCT
San Francisco 11,737 +741
Orlando 2,501 +481
Phoenix 7,038 +395
Chicago 11,788 +369
Lynchburg 273 +190
Tampa 3,868 +161
Las Vegas 1,833 +157
San Diego 4,909 +145
Atlanta 10,600 +137
Miami 4,583 +103
METRO SUBTOTAL 59,130 +2,879
TOP 10 U.S. INDUSTRIES NOV
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 54,972
Finance and Insurance 33,680
Manufacturing 25,138
Information 18,812
Health Care and Social Assistance 8,874
Retail Trade 8,531
Educational Services 8,307
Public Administration 7,704
Administrative and Support 3,831
Transportation and Warehousing 3,401

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TOP STATES FOR REMOTE/WFH TECH JOB POSTINGS TOP TECH POSITIONS FOR REMOTE/WFH JOB POSTINGS
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.
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TOP 10 STATES NOV vs. OCT
California 12,956 +564
Texas 9,572 -1,273
Georgia 6,285 +1,889
Florida 5,085 +450
New York 4,572 -29
Illinois 4,521 +538
North Carolina 3,475 -138
Massachusetts 3,319 +89
Virginia 3,270 -394
Colorado 3,253 +45
STATE SUBTOTAL 56,308 +1,741
TOP 10 OCCUPATIONS NOV vs. OCT
Software Developers, Applications 32,496 +472
User Support Specialists 9,386 +143
Web Developers 8,498 +1,830
Systems Engineers/Architects 7,887 +1,154
Systems Analysts 6,429 -89
IT Project Managers 6,277 +402
Information Security Analysts 4,393 +272
Business Intelligence Analysts 4,331 +395
Database Administrators 3,897 -571
Software Quality Assurance Engineers 2,847 +26
STATE SUBTOTAL 86,441 +4,034

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TOP 10 STATES NOV vs. OCT
California 2,410 +18
Texas 1,260 -235
New York 847 +2
Virginia 716 +66
Massachusetts 713 +12
Florida 656 +26
Illinois 618 +93
Georgia 520 +110
New Jersey 482 +25
Washington 472 -132
STATE SUBTOTAL 8,694 -15
TOP EMPLOYERS FOR AI JOB POSTINGS
TOP 10 U.S. EMPLOYERS NOV
Jerry Services Inc. 792
Deloitte 696
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 340
PricewaterhouseCoopers 311
UKG Ultimate Kronos Group 287
Travelers 276
Lumen 222
KPMG 211
Wells Fargo 201
Indotronix International Corporation 185
TOP 10 METRO AREAS NOV vs. OCT
New York 1,136 +83
Washington DC 955 +172
San Jose 739 +37
San Francisco 704 -2
Boston 596 -37
Los Angeles 522 -35
Chicago 501 +36
Dallas 477 -235
Seattle 400 -144
Austin 399 +18
STATE SUBTOTAL 6,429 -107
TOP INDUSTRY SECTORS FOR AI JOB POSTINGS
TOP 10 U.S. INDUSTRIES NOV
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 3,047
Finance and Insurance 2,287
Manufacturing 1,550
Information 1,013
Educational Services 959
Health Care and Social Assistance 458
Administrative and Support 442
Public Administration 435
Retail Trade 348
Construction 132
EMERGING TECH JOB ROLE AND SKILLS POSTINGS
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AI JOB ROLE AND SKILLS POSTINGS
Artificial intelligence (AI) job and skill citations as
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Source: CompTIA analysis of job posting data from Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights