Friday, November 7, 2008

Wages for IT Pros Decline in Q3

The Yoh Index of Technology Wages dropped 6.21 percent from the same time last year.

"It appears that the demand for technology workers continues to ebb," says Bill Yoh, President and CEO of Yoh. "We believe we'll continue to see softening in certain sectors as the state of the economy leads companies to tighten budgets and delay projects."

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Sunday November 2, 2008, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted: (Prior 4 months moving average in parentheses)

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 2,529 (2,795), +SAP 352 (471), +Microsoft 417 (479)
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 1,172 (1,226), +SAP 65 (90), +Microsoft 270(304)
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 2,156 (2,277), +SAP 185 (290), +Microsoft 445 (521)
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 337 (377), +SAP 14 (27), +Microsoft 61 (74)