Alexandria, VA, July 7, 2008 – While the overall employment market continued to deteriorate, IT employment reached an all-time high in June, according to the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB), which tracks monthly IT employment.
The association reported IT employment reached 3,907,800 in June, a record high. While the June gain was modest (1,700), May’s figure was revised upward reflecting a very strong gain of nearly 43,000 ITjobs—an impressive monthly increase of over one percent. So far this year, IT has grown by almost 90,000 jobs compared to the overall employment market that has lost 438,000 jobs.