U.S. IT Sector Adds 3,600 Jobs in April, CompTIA Analysis Finds

Employment in the sector of Information Technology US (TI) increased by 3,600 jobs in April, according to an analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by CompTIA, the non-profit organization for industry technology.

In the first four months of 2016, the IT sector added 24,400 jobs and employs 4.37 million people.

"The category of IT services, boosting job growth, adding 7,300 new jobs in April," said Tim Herbert, vice president of research and market intelligence, CompTIA. "At the other end of the spectrum, telecommunications continues to lose jobs, down 3,200 jobs last month."

Other specific job categories, computer and electronic products manufacturing increased by 500 jobs in April. Data processing, hosting and related services (down 600 jobs) and other information services, including search portals (down 400 jobs) recorded falls in employment.

The IT workforce has two components: employment in the IT sector and occupations in all other industries. The IT sector is the largest employer in the occupation of IT workers. the use of IT occupation is estimated at 4.548 million in April, up 2.9 percent from the previous month.

For the year to date, professions added a net 64,000 new jobs.

The number of IT jobs occupation in April totaled 138,700, down 17,200 from March. The most important category of jobs last month was software and application developers, 69,000 screens, indicating a strong demand for software talents. Other rating categories include computer systems engineers and developers (18,600), web developers (18,200), computer systems analysts (16,600) and technology projects (16,300).

Each work will not lead to a new location, and companies often have multiple jobs for a single post. But the number of jobs is another indicator that companies focus their technological efforts.

CompTIA's report on the use of US technology is based on an analysis of the work report of the current status of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment in general, non-farm payrolls rose by 160,000 in April and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.0 percent.

CompTIA IT Job Tracker is the latest research report published by the Association in the use of technology, skills and trends of the labor force