DURHAM – The number of advertised high-tech job openings across North Carolina fell slightly in September to 24,113 from a year-long high of 24,762 in August, but job demand is still 20 percent higher year-over-year.
So says the latest Tech Talent Trends Alert from the North Carolina Technology Association.
Noting that openings have stayed consistently above 20,000 in recent months, NC Tech CEO Brooks Raiford sees a “durable trend.”
“September IT job openings were up over 20% from the same month in 2017, though dipped slightly from August of this year,” Raiford said in a statement. “Over the past twelve months, the most recent five had the highest job openings which suggests a durable trend,” he noted.
Topping demand is for software developers with 4,774 open positions. That’s up a whopping 48.8 percent from a year ago.
Hottest job market is the Charlotte metro area with 8,597 openings. That’s a 10 percent year-over-year increase and reflects data reported in a new CompTIA analysis that says Charlotte is the hottest “Tech Town” in the state.
Report: Charlotte tops nation, Triangle as No. 1 ‘Tech Town’
Openings surged nearly 27 percent from 2017 to 8,010 in Raleigh.
But the biggest jump came in Durham-Chapel Hill where posted openings jumped more than 88 percent from last September to 3,403.
Job openings by metro
- Charlotte/Concord/Gastonia: 8,597, +10.3%
- Raleigh: 8,010, +27.6%
- Durham/Chapel Hill: 3,403, +88.5%
- Fayetteville: 927, -0.1%
- Greensboro/High Point: 765, -3.0%
- Winston-Salem: 395, +5.3%
- Wilmington: 205, -15.3%
- Hickory/Lenoir/Morgantown: 182, +49.2%
- Asheville: 149, -19.0%
- Greenville: 130, +27.5%
- Totals Including All Others: 24,113, +20.2%
Top 10 Occupations
Occupations: Sep ‘18, difference from Sep ‘17
- Software Developers: 4,774, +48.8%
- Computer Systems Analysts: 2,622, +0.6%
- Computer User Support Specialists: 2,514, -1.8%
- Network + Computer Systems Administrators: 2,504, +23.1%
- Information Technology Project Managers: 2,352, +31.3%
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects: 1,700, +34.7%
- Web Developers: 1,631, +10.3%
- Computer + Information Systems Managers: 1,464, +21.0%
- Information Security Analysts: 1,384, +10.5%
- Software Quality Assurance Engineers: 984, +25.2%
- Totals Including All Others: 24,113, +20.2%
Most needed skills: Openings
- Java 4,829
- Software Development 4,603
- Structured Query Language 3,793
- Linux 3,623
- Python 3,263
- JavaScript 2,964
- Systems Development Life Cycle 2,646
- Application Development 2,567
- Quality Assurance 2,466
- Microsoft Office 2,404
Top hiring companies
- Oracle
- IBM
- Bank Of America
- Wells Fargo
- Cisco
- Deloitte
- Covance
- Verizon
- VenCore
- Perspecta
The new and previous reports are available at: www.nctech.org/research