While the general employment market remains anemic, IT employment reached another all-time high in July, according to the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB), which tracks monthly IT employment.


The association reported IT employment reached 3,907,000 in July, a record high. While the July gain was modest (2,800) from the previous month (following a small downward revision in June's numbers), IT employment has turned in a strong performance over the past year. From July 2007 through the current month, IT employment is up 251,000, or 6.7 percent – far outpacing the general employment market.

"While IT has not been immune to the negative macroeconomic trends, it appears that a number of companies in IT and IT employment are outperforming the general economy. This is in stark contrast to the last major economic pullback where IT and IT employment dramatically underperformed the broader economy and job market," commented Mark Roberts, CEO of NACCB.