Where the IT Jobs Are

NetworkingStudent

I think it's interesting to see where the growth is at.

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Where the IT Jobs Are

North Carolina has become a hotbed for IT jobs; Denver, Atlanta and Chicago keep growing and St. Louis has emerged as one of the top IT job markets, according to TEKsystems.

Below is TEKsystems ranking of the top 10 markets where it has seen the most demand for IT workers. The company reports that the majority of IT worker demand is in specialized job roles: business analysts, project managers, .NET developers and mobility application developers, for example.

Across the 10 top IT job markets, TEKsystems Market Research Analyst Jason Hayman sees common denominators driving IT job growth: industries—such as healthcare, finance and energy—responding to new regulations or legislations. “They have to hit new levels of efficiency or reporting, and/or they’re moving information from paper forms to electronic storage,” says Hayman. “In all of those instances, that’s were people need IT. That’s where we are seeing demand.”

Zartanasaurus

My goal is to move to NC and get a job in the Raleigh area. I'm actually pretty open moving just about anywhere. I think I'm going to get in contact with TekSystems and other companies like that and just let them know what type of job I want and that I'm willing to move just about anywhere to get it. Mrs. Zartan is pretty much on board with this. I'd love to be a traveling consultant.

darkerz

Surprised not to see Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond there, the job postings here are literally on fire and helpdesk can make 15-17 an hour with no experience, easily.

eansdad

darkerz wrote: »

Surprised not to see Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond there, the job postings here are literally on fire and helpdesk can make 15-17 an hour with no experience, easily.

This is just TEKsystems outlook. They might not do a lot of business in Oregon or with M$. When a staffing company puts out a list like this I would look at where "they" need people and not so much where the big growth areas are. I've been watching the NC job market looking to leave NJ but it doesn't look much different then it does here.

Ivanjam

darkerz wrote: »

Surprised not to see Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond there, the job postings here are literally on fire and helpdesk can make 15-17 an hour with no experience, easily.

darkerz: where exactly are those jobs advertised? I checked craigslist and dice and couldn't find one helpdesk job paying $15-17 an hour with no experience in the Seattle/Bellevue/Redmond area.

YuckTheFankees

Denver is booming.

WafflesAndRootbeer

Remember that a lot of these jobs are specialized stuff that requires significant experience, so don't look at a place and say "Hey I can move there and get a job!" without looking carefully at what is in demand and what you are capable of.

N2IT

Minneapolis should be ahead of St. Louis

Zartanasaurus

WafflesAndRootbeer wrote: »

Remember that a lot of these jobs are specialized stuff that requires significant experience, so don't look at a place and say "Hey I can move there and get a job!" without looking carefully at what is in demand and what you are capable of.

Demand for high level jobs like that will create demand for entry level jobs as the people occupying the lower ranks move up to take the higher skilled jobs.

Ivanjam

Zartanasaurus wrote: »

Demand for high level jobs like that will create demand for entry level jobs as the people occupying the lower ranks move up to take the higher skilled jobs.

Zartanasaurus: I can't fault your logic, so I hope you are right.

ptilsen

N2IT wrote: »

Minneapolis should be ahead of St. Louis

Agreed. The Twin Cities is definitely a hot IT market, in my experience.

Even looking at Washington, sure, you have MS. MN has UHG, Target, and Best Buy just to start. There are 20 Fortune 500s in MN, more than most other states and more per capita than almost any other state.

Ironically, my career has largely been with smaller businesses. IT in general has always been good here.

headshot

would like too see the equivalent for canada. my city is a dead end.

N2IT

ptilsen wrote: »

Agreed. The Twin Cities is definitely a hot IT market, in my experience.

Even looking at Washington, sure, you have MS. MN has UHG, Target, and Best Buy just to start. There are 20 Fortune 500s in MN, more than most other states and more per capita than almost any other state.

Ironically, my career has largely been with smaller businesses. IT in general has always been good here.

PT

I have direct experience with both areas. My bill rate is automatically 10 dollars an hour more in the cities and the cost of living is nearly the same. Business analyst positions pay 35-40 an hour in St. Louis I was offered one for 24 an hour. I ended up taking a team lead position for a little more, as pathetic as that might seem.

kremit

headshot wrote: »

would like too see the equivalent for canada. my city is a dead end.

man i tried helping out. I know bioware is in the Alberta region, Ontario has blackberry, British Columbia is close to Seattle. I know those are regions not cities, but it's a start

eserfeliz

I'm looking to move the family to NC or back to SC, perhaps. I've found a lot of job openings in Charleston, SC.

blargoe

There are no jobs in NC, please go back where you came from! J/K... it does seem like more jobs are being posted over the past year or so, but since I only follow jobs in NC, I have no idea how proportional the growth is in other states.

j86cici

There was an article posted on CIO.com recently listing the top 10 U.S. for tech jobs:

Atlanta
Seattle
Philadelphia
Chicago
Los Angeles
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Boston
San Jose / Silicon Valley
Washington, DC
NYC

Source: CIO.com - Geek America: The Top 10 U.S. Cities for Technology Jobs - 10. Atlanta, Ga.

Sponx

Not.

Maine.