This document contains charts and tables analyzing employment trends in the IT sector and core IT occupations from February 2015 to December 2016. It shows that overall IT sector employment increased slightly from November to December 2016 while job postings for the top 5 IT occupations all declined over that period. The document also provides background on CompTIA as an organization and notes limitations of using monthly employment data.

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Note: there are certain limitations in using monthly data. Some job and industry categories are not available from the BLS, and there tends to be higher volatility in monthly data.
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 DEC vs. JAN
Software developers, applications 42,400 -5,800
Computer systems engineers/architects 12,300 -1,700
Computer systems analysts 11,400 -900
Computer user support specialists 11,100 -1,200
IT project managers 10,100 -800
TOTAL OF TOP 5 IT OCCUPATION POSTINGS 87,300 -10,400
COMPTIA IT EMPLOYMENT TRACKER
Monthly Core IT Sector and Core IT Occupation Employment Analysis
Published January 2017
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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 DEC vs. NOV
Computer, electronics, & semiconductor mfg. 1,032,400 -900
Telecommunications 779,900 -2,100
Data processing, hosting, & related services 299,200 1,600
Other info services, including search portals 266,100 2,400
IT & software services | computer sys. design 2,030,100 4,100
TOTAL 4,407,700 +5,100
IT SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
IT OCCUPATION EMPLOYMENTCOMPONENTS OF THE IT WORKFORCE DISCUSSION
IT OCCUPATION JOB POSTINGS
Source: Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights | Data in thousandsSource: Bureau of Labor Statistics CPS | Data in millions | Not seasonally adjusted
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics CES | Data in millions | Seasonally adjusted
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Source: BLS CES | Seasonally adjusted
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Source: Burning Glass Technologies Labor Insights