IT adds 25,000 jobs so far this year

It's beginning to look a lot like spring in the IT job market. The latest employment numbers show that IT added 25,000 jobs to the market in January and February--a good sign as the economy emerges from the recession.

IT employment still remains some 200,000 jobs below its 2008 peak of 4 million jobs, but the signs are promising.

"I am seeing a lot more demand out there," Scott Archibald, managing director of Bender Consulting, a Houston-based management consulting firm, told InfoWorld. "As a general trend, I would believe what the numbers are saying at this point."

Recruiters are also noticing an increased demand, according to Ben Blanquera, vice president of information services at Progressive Medical Inc., a Westerville, Ohio firm. According to InfoWorld, he's says there "seems to be a steady uptick" for hiring, but it's "not dramatic."

We've been telling you for several weeks already that the trend is looking positive. The latest numbers--25,000--are a sweet harbinger of things to come.

For more on IT job market:
- see this InfoWorld.com article

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