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By Sara Jameson
According to a recent survey by Dice.com of IT hiring managers, the job market for It pros is projected to improve in the first half of 2012.
Most surveyed respondents said they plan to hire more IT talent during the first half of 2012 and that those IT pros are likely to command higher salaries.
Senior IT professionals and CIOs will welcome the increase in hiring budgets to offset the years of cost cutting, outsourcing, and offshoring that has taken place across many industries.
This positive hiring forecast is nearly identical to the mid-year prediction tech hiring managers and recruiters gave in May about the second half of 2011. Tech professionals with six to ten years of experience are highly sought after, followed by those with two to five years in the trenches.
"The tech recruiting market is active, although the pace of improvement has been impacted by broader economic concerns," said Alice Hill, Managing Director of Dice.com. "Many companies are chasing mid-career talent. The elevated economic uncertainty makes it tougher for hiring managers to lure tech professionals into leaving their current position."
Approximately 1,200 IT hiring managers and recruiters took part in the research.
Below are some select highlights from the survey:
1. 65% of participants plan on hiring more IT employees in the first half of 2012 than they did in the second half of 2011.
2. 36% surveyed intend to hire up to 10% more IT employees in the first half of 2012 than they did in the second half of 2011.
3. 37% surveyed intend to add 11% to 20% more IT workers than they did in the second half of 2011.
4. 42% of those surveyed report higher starting salaries for new tech workers.
5. 48% say it is taking longer to fill open IT positions today compared to last year.
6. 57% say it takes longer to fill open tech positions because of the inability to find qualified talent to fill them.
7. 70% say layoffs are unlikely over the next six months at their organizations.
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