Employers throughout the U.S. economy remain in hiring mode for tech talent, according to an analysis of the latest labor market data by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce.

Employer job postings for technology occupations surpassed 443,000 in April and total 1.6 million year-to-date, an increase of 40% over the same period last year, CompTIA Tech Jobs Report reveals.¹

CompTIA's analysis of today's "#JobsReport" from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also shows that technology companies added 20,700 workers in April and 75,200 through the first four months of 2022.

"Despite the growing chatter around economic headwinds, it was another solid month of tech employment gains and hiring activity momentum," said Tim Herbert, chief research officer at CompTIA.

Hiring for the month occurred in all five major tech industry categories: tech manufacturing, telecommunications, data and cloud infrastructure services and IT services and software. Year-to-date, tech industry employment is tracking 28% ahead of the same period of the previous year.

Positions for software developers and engineers accounted for nearly 30% of all employer tech job postings in April. Demand was also strong for IT project managers, IT support specialists, systems engineers and architects and network engineers and architects. Three in 10 postings were for positions in emerging technologies or jobs requiring emerging tech skills.