The number of IT pros in the past four quarters reached 3,901,000, the highest its been since the first quarter of 2009. However, the unemployment rate for the fourth quarter rose to 5.4 percent, up from 5.1 percent in the third quarter. The IT workforce – those employed and the unemployed seeking jobs – rose to 4,122,000 in fourth quarter. One of the forces driving IT employment is information security, says Tom Silver, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Dice.com.”]
Source: https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/employment-ends-2010-near-2-year-high-a-3268