Si bien la economía estadounidense en su conjunto mostró vislumbres continuos de la recuperación en febrero, el mercado laboral de TI continuó el repunte que comenzó en el otoño, aunque a un ritmo más lento que en enero.
Growth last month was 13.700, according to the latest figures from IT employment consultancy Janco Associates. In January, 8.600 new IT jobs were created. Seasonally adjusted, February saw 6,000 new IT jobs and January 10,900 a dramatic drop from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) initial estimate of 18,200. However, the general trend of information technology, with 3,6 million jobs in the United States, continues on an upward trajectory. Janco's figures are consistent with a report published by industry association CompTIA. It estimated there were 7.700 new tech jobs in the United States in February, after a gain of 19.500 in January. CompTIA estimates technical and non-technical positions with technology providers, while Janco looks at IT positions, including software developers, across all industries. Using a much broader definition of IT, including sales positions, CompTIA estimated that 178.000 IT-related jobs were added in February across all industries, following a gain of 78.000 in January. This reflects an unemployment rate of 2,4%, up from 3,0% in December 2020. Nationally, for all jobs, the US unemployment rate fell from an adjusted 6,3% in January to 6,2% in February, according to the BLS. But the national unemployment rate is closer to 9% if those who have given up searching are included, Oxford Economics estimates; the BLS reports that the level of these discouraged workers has remained stable. CompTIA also saw the number of IT-related job openings increase by around 44,300 in February, topping 277,000, following a 26,000 increase in registrations in January. Software developers made up the largest pool of job openings listed at 88,000, with systems engineers and architects listing second at 22,700. But Janco CEO Victor Janulaitis expects coders to find more scarce jobs like low-code development in the coming years. he's gaining traction, even as demand for software developers grows across the board.