Tech feels labor market crunch – By Margaret Harding McGill (Axios) / Oct 7 2021
Openings for tech jobs like engineer or software developer have spiked as an already tight U.S. job market weathers the economy-wide effects of the pandemic.
The big picture: Tech workers were in high demand pre-pandemic, and the COVID era’s rapid moves to digital further intensified that need.
By the numbers: There were more than 1.2 million unique active job vacancy postings as of early September in computer occupations such as software developer or programmer in the U.S., according to an analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy based on data from Emsi Job Posting Analytics.
- That’s up 15% from six months earlier, NFAP found.
- Employment website Indeed told Axios U.S. software development job postings in September were up 73% compared to February, while total U.S. job postings are up about 43%.
- LinkedIn says the the number of U.S. job openings for the software and IT industry has grown 119% since the start of the pandemic.
- Recruiting software company iCIMS told Axios job openings for tech occupations are up 69% since January.
What they’re saying: “Recruiting tech is very different,” iCIMS director of data insights Rhea Moss told Axios. “It’s a finite number of people with that skill set. They were always in very, very high demand.”
