Tech jobs and advertised job postings rose in March, according to CompTIA’s analysis of data from the US Bureau of Statistics.
New job postings for technology positions in March reached the highest level since August 2023, CompTIA reported on April 8. Employers posting for tech hiring totaled 191,000 in March, an increase of 8,000 from the previous month; in total, there were an estimated 438,000 active tech job postings in March.
In addition, tech occupations throughout the US economy increased by 203,000 jobs in March, pushing the unemployment rate for tech occupations down to 3%.
“With all four key tracking metrics in the positive for the month, it’s a welcome return to stability in the tech employment data,” Tim Herbert, CompTIA’s chief research officer, said in a press statement.
Technology companies added an estimated 6,000 workers in March, led by new hiring in technology services, software development, cloud infrastructure and related positions, according to the analysis. By occupation category, software developers and IT support specialists saw the largest increases in openings from February to March.
Meanwhile, jobs in artificial intelligence or for occupations that require AI skills accounted for 41% of March postings in the emerging technologies sub-category.