IT Contracting Growth in Jobs – 4% in 2010
I know that many of you are contractors/consultants like myself. So when I found a press release posted this week by Corp-Corp.com on the IT Consulting market [here], I just had to share and give IT PM’s and BA’s some hope for the coming year. Corp-Corp.com reports there was a steady growth in 2009 that will continue into 2010. A 4% growth to be exact.
With these types of reports I tend to focus on the obvious trends…
- PM & BA skills “combined” are in the TOP 5 demanded
– PM & BA skills total 9% of the total IT jobs hired in 2009
– The top 5 skill-sets hired make up over 50% of the IT jobs in 2009
- Demand for Project Management Skills
- …was highest from June to September of 2009
- Top States hiring PM’s are: CA, NJ, NY, TX, and Pennsylvania – way to go if you are in one of those states !
- Demand for Business Analyst Skills
- …was highest starting just a little before PM’s (this is not surprising since BA work will preceed PM work especially in the contracting market)
- Top States hiring BA’s are: CA, NJ, NY, TX, and Virginia – why VA -v- CA for PM’s? who knows?
- Top 10 states for consulting jobs are: CA, NJ, NY, TX, PA, IL, VA, MA, MN, GA
– California alone hires 13% of the PM’s and 14% of the BA’s in the USA
– All Top 5 states combined hire ~50% of the IT PM’s and BA’s in the USA.
** See the full report by Corp-Corp.com [here].
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