The Connecticut Technology Council’s annual look at information technology job trends shows no significant change. Daily job postings remained at a disappointing level, according to the council.
The report said 2015 ended on a low note for Connecticut’s employment-seeking IT professionals. December job postings stayed flat against November numbers. Analyzing the month’s 630 job postings by industry, the Insurance, IT services and healthcare sectors were the most active, while employers in high-tech and banking held off on adding IT talent.
Daily job openings year over year dropped from 750 in Dec. 2014 down to 630 in Dec. 2015. The biggest drop came in IT management from 200 job listings down to 100.
The top 5 needed job skills in 2015, according to the report, were:
- Business Analysis – 180, down from 260 in December 2015;
- SQL – 150, down from 190;
- Oracle DBMS – 130, down from 170;
- Java – 120, down from 140; and,
- Large System Technologies – 110, the same at 110.
The council said over the past 12 months, IT employment offerings were more numerous than previous years in specific skill areas, but financial services, information and professional and business services opportunities stayed flat.
