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IT Job Market Prospects

By Baselinemag on 2009-05-07


An inside look at online job posting statistics from employment site Dice.com. All figures are as of May 1, 2009.
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1. Big Picture Looks GrimAvailable Tech Jobs: 49,016 Percent change in last three months: -14.5 %

2. Full Time Jobs Descent is the SteepestFull-time Positions: 30,039 Percent change in last three months: -21.8 %

3. Part Time Jobs Also SufferingPart-time Positions: 1,040 Percent change in last three months: -10.1 %

4. Contractors See Smallest DeclinesContract Positions: 21,742 Percent change in last three months: -9.2 %Contract positions make up 44 % of the job market, compared to 40 % a year ago

5. Operating Systems SpecialtiesWindows positions available: 8,445Percent change in last three months: 13.7 %

6. Operating Systems SpecialtiesUnix positions available: 6,997Percent change in last three months: 12.8 %

7. Database SpecialtiesOracle positions available: 9,119Percent change in last three months: 18 %

8. Database SpecialtiesSQL positions available: 7,389Percent change in last three months: 11.6 %

9. Programming SpecialtiesC, C++, C# positions available: 9,354Percent change in last three months: 10.6 %

10. Programming SpecialtiesJ2EE/Java positions available: 8,676Percent change in last three months: 12.7 %

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