Tech Employment Remains Flat Despite Demand

The following table presents information about the total number of jobs in certain sectors that provide a significant amount of employment for IT and engineering professionals.

Comparisons of TechServe Alliance’s IT Employment Index to employment in some key sectors with significant numbers of IT jobs as well as to all non-farm jobs
August 2022	TechServe Alliance IT Employment Index	Computer systems and design services	Management and technical consulting services	Data processing, hosting and related services	TechServe Alliance Engineering Employment Index	Computer and electronic product manufacturing	Professional and technical services	Federal, State, and Local Government (excluding state and local schools and hospitals)	Total non- farm jobs
number of jobs	5,408,300	2,445,500	1,767,100	425,600	2,733,000	1,091,700	10,537,900	10,845,800	152,744,000
change from previous month	– 0.05 %	+0.6 %	+ 0.7 %	+ 0.8 %	+ 0.30 %	+ 0.4 %	+ 0.4 %	+ 0.2 %	+ 0.2 %
change from same month, one year earlier	+ 0.19 %	+ 5.5 %	+ 8.1 %	+ 7.0 %	+ 4.04 %	+ 3.0 %	+ 5.8 %	+ 0.6 %	+ 4.0 %
note: all figures are subject to revision Sources: Department of Labor/U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and TechServe Alliance

Technical note: TechServe Alliance’s IT Employment Index and Engineering Employment Index are the first specific measurements of IT and engineering employment. These unique measurements of total IT and engineering employment are created monthly by studying the ongoing staffing patterns of a dozen IT and computer related occupations in 22 industries and industry sectors employing significant numbers of IT workers and nearly two dozen engineering occupations in 30 select industries and industry sectors employing significant numbers of engineering workers. Both the monthly IT Employment and Engineering Employment Indices are based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, which is subject to monthly revisions, and is revised accordingly. Both indices are also subject to periodic revisions and annual revisions / benchmarking that includes revisions to several years of employment data, which also may incorporate new occupational definitions. Both indices were revised / benchmarked going back several years starting with January 2022 data and published in February 4, 2022. In addition, both indices are subject to minor revisions to March and April data. The next major revision will be published in February 2023.