RALEIGH – Companies across North Carolina continue to look for high-tech talent, a new report finds.
More than 27,000 jobs were available in August – nearly the same as in July – says the trade group NC Technology Association in its monthly Tech Talent Trends Alert.
“After declining sharply in the early months of COVID-19, North Carolina IT job openings began to track upward over the summer,” said Brooks Raiford, CEO of NC TECH, in a statement. “August openings held relatively even with July, so we’ll be interested to see whether the upward trajectory resumes in September,” he added.
Openings have surged more than 5,000 from a COVID-19 pandemic low of 22,500 in May.
Most skills in need are:
- Software Developers, 7,788
- Network + Computer Systems Administrators, 3,063
Top hiring companies:
- Oracle
- IBM
- UNC Health Care
- HCL Technologies
- IQVIA
- Wells Fargo
- Change Health Care
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Humana
- Thoughtwave Software + Solutions
However, openings were down nearly 2,000 from August 2019, with positions falling in the Triangle and Charlotte.
Metro, Aug. 2020 openings, change from 2019:
- Charlotte/Concord/Gastonia: 8,735 -17.4%
- Raleigh: 8,634 -6.1%
- Durham/Chapel Hill: 3,497 -10.4%
- Fayetteville: 1,075 +31.3%
- Greensboro/High Point: 801 -35.0%
- Winston-Salem: 665 +23.8%
- Wilmington: 445 +61.2
- Jacksonville: 265 +159.8%
- Burlington: 248 +4.6%
- Asheville: 231 +17.3%
- TOTALS Including All Others: 27,608 -6.1%
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