Industry Statistics
IT Job Market Will Continue Growth in the Future
Careers in Information Technology (IT) continue to head up the newest, hottest and most exciting jobs in professional industries. IT jobs are also the backbone of many companies and are quickly becoming crucial to success as companies place more emphasis on integrating IT with business structures.
Due to this current and continuing need for professionals, the IT job market is undergoing an unprecedented expansion. Hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created to fill this growing need.
CIW certification can be the stepping stone to a new career path in IT. With a CIW certification in hand, you can prove to potential employers that your skills are exactly what they need. You will also join a worldwide community with more than 115,000 CIW certifications.
IT professionals are in demand everywhere. But don't just take our word for it. Consider the following statistics and trends in the IT job environment:
- "Web Designer: Trendsresearch.com reports that the profession is still in its adolescent phase, and for 2007 it's going to be a new era of web design. Monster.com charts a 26 percent growth rate in this field for the past year, which will continue to blossom for the coming year." (10 Hot Jobs for 2007, Fast Company, Jan. 2007)
- "The lion's share of certifications available today to IT workers is vendor-driven, although the vendor-independent certifications are among the highest-paying and most popular." (Finding Your Career Coordinates, Certification Magazine, Oct. 2006)
- "For workers new to the employment market who do not have a great deal of experience, the combination of an academic degree and an industry-recognized certification puts them in a stronger position when looking for a job." (Finding Your Career Coordinates, Certification Magazine, Oct. 2006)
- "The Computer Systems Design and Related Services industry is expected to experience rapid growth, adding 453,000 jobs between 2004 and 2014." (Career Guide to Industries - U.S. Department of Labor)
- "Computer [-centric] occupations account for 5 out of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the economy." These jobs include Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts, Computer Software Engineers (applications), Computer Software Engineers (systems software network), Computer Systems Administrators and Database Administrators. (Occupational Outlook Handbook - 2004, U.S. Department of Labor)
- "The most rapid [job] growth will occur among computer specialists such as Systems Analysts, Network and Computer Systems Administrators, Computer Support Specialists, and Computer and Information Systems Managers." (Career Guide to Industries - U.S. Department of Labor)
- "[IT] job candidates are receiving multiple offers, and companies are accelerating the hiring process to avoid losing the best people to competing firms." (2006 Salary Guide - Robert Half Technology)
- "Today, businesses across North America are upgrading systems, developing products and restarting projects. To successfully move forward with these initiatives, technology executives are once again hiring - in many cases filling positions for the first time since the end of the dot-com boom." (2006 Salary Guide - Robert Half Technology)
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