The Connecticut Technology Council’s monthly IT job market report for January showed less demand from employers, who posted a daily average of 570 job openings (estimate) on their websites.
That’s down 9.5 percent from December, when an average of 630 positions were posted, CTC said. Jan. 2016 numbers are down 21.9 percent from 730 in Jan. 2015.
A drop of published employment opportunities in January is not unusual and should not be interpreted as a decline of the job market, CTC said. Posting volume over the next few months will provide a better picture of IT employers’ moods.
According to the IT jobs report, the largest contribution of negative demand came from the financial services/banking industry. Other sectors with fewer postings included IT services and health care. Job opportunities from employers in insurance and high tech remained unchanged.
The top five job openings by category are:
- software development,
- IT architects/consultants,
- IT management,
- systems engineering/support,
- and systems administration.
The top five needed skills by job openings are:
- business analysis,
- SQL,
- Oracle DBMS,
- Java, and
- Flash.
