IT Market Reports
From the Dice Employer Blog
April: IT Budgets, Salaries and Retention Concerns Up
Dice IT Market Report: IT budgets, salaries and staff retention concerns are on the rise. Plus, the tech hiring outlook thru 2020, and the struggle to find Web Developers. continue…
February: App Development Spurs Job Creation
Demand for smartphone and social networking apps has created 466,000 jobs since 2007. Learn more in the February IT Hiring Market Report. continue…
January: Data Management Market Skyrockets
Dice IT Market Report The Data Management Software Market Is Surging Worldwide master data management (MDM) software revenue will reach $1.9 billion in 2012, up 21 percent from 2011, according to Gartner. The number could hit $3.2 billion by 2015. While the market today is dominated by IBM, Oracle and SAP, half of its revenue comes from smaller vendors who design custom solutions. Gartner says the current growth rate is the biggest since 2008. Healthcare IT Employment Is On the… continue…
November: Colleges See More Computer Science Majors
Dice IT Market Report: The Computer Science Pipeline Grows High school seniors are showing renewed interest in Computer Science as an undergraduate major. And why not? While most of the economy remains stagnant, computer science grads are getting hired at good salaries. Carnegie Mellon expects to receive 4,000 applications in the area this academic year, though it will only accept only 400 and enroll about 140. That’s up from 3,500 applications in 2011 and 3,200 in 2001. Other schools report… continue…
October: Positive Outlook for Technology Jobs
IT MARKET REPORT Observers say 2012 will be a good year for IT employment. InfoWorld, for one, thinks it’s a great time to be in IT. It notes Gartner’s claim that global IT spending will rise by 7.1 percent, higher than its original estimate of a 5.6 percent increase. And a recent survey by the Society for Information Management reveals that boosting productivity and cutting costs will be the No. 4 priority for CIOs in 2012. Why is that good?… continue…
September: IT Hiring Rises Despite Wider Economy
DICE IT MARKET REPORT CIOs Are Increasingly Optimistic on Hiring Twelve percent of CIOs plan to hire more technology professionals in the fourth quarter, while 6 percent expect to cut back, according to the latest Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index. That’s a net 6 percent increase, up 2 points from the previous quarter. Some 92 percent of CIOs are confident in company growth prospects through the end of the year, up 5 points from three months ago. 88 percent… continue…
August 2011: Technology Temp Hiring Moves Higher
DICE IT MARKET REPORT Forty percent of technology executives expect to add temp IT headcount in the next three months, up from 36 percent last quarter. TEKsystems says that 38 percent will increase permanent IT headcount during the third quarter. Among the positions recruiters are trying hardest to fill are Enterprise Architects, Cloud Architects, Security Specialists and BI Specialists. Minorities Are Underrepresented in Tech The number of African Americans, Hispanics and women working in Silicon Valley decreased between 2000 and… continue…
July 2011: Overseas Firms Hiring in Silicon Valley
It’s not just American companies on the talent hunt in Silicon Valley. Foreign firms are increasingly turning to American engineers to help with their R&D, in great part because the new wave of communication tools and apps is a specialty that was born and bred there. Ericsson has 1,200 R&D employees in San Jose, and Huawei Technologies recently opened a Santa Clara R&D center with 430 engineers. Other overseas firms in the area include SAP AG, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent and Fujitsu.… continue…
June 2011: IT Employment Reach Pre-Crash Levels
In November 2008, IT employment reached 4 million for the first time. Then the economy tanked, and 200,000 jobs disappeared within nine months. Now, says the TechServe Alliance — an industry group that analyzes Bureau of Labor Statistics data — IT employment has returned, surpassing the November 2008 high point. The number of IT jobs now stands at 4,009,900, and has increased for 16 straight months. The streak may come to an end, however, when large companies like HP and… continue…
May 2011: Companies Pay to Retain Talent
Companies in Silicon Valley are going to nearly endless lengths to keep critical employees. The most dramatic example: Google paying upwards of $150 million in retention bonuses to a couple of “indispensible” employees. MarketWatch says salaries are rising so quickly that shareholders and investors are growing concerned. Higher salaries increase the cost of benefits and health insurance, adding pressure to businesses just as they’re trying to gain profitability or establish a positive record with shareholders. The console game business has… continue…
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