Tech Jobs to Boom In D.C.
Dice.com <a href="http://career-resources.dice.com/articles/content/entry/virtualization_security_expertise_needed_in">reports</a> that while there has been much speculation that technology jobs in the Washington, D.C., area would boom in the past year, mostly due to new federal health care regulations, overall unemployment in the location stands at 11.4 percent, up from 7.4 percent a year earlier.
Dice.com reports that while there has been much speculation that technology jobs in the Washington, D.C., area would boom in the past year, mostly due to new federal health care regulations, overall unemployment in the location stands at 11.4 percent, up from 7.4 percent a year earlier.
But there's good news for those in the tech community: IT will be one of the top fields as D.C. emerges from the recession. Moody's Investors Services predicts that the financial regulation and health care sectors will lead the way.
In addition, chief information officers in the South Atlantic region, which includes the District, are the most optimistic about hiring, with 4 percent planning new hires, according to a recent survey of chief information officers by Robert Half Technology. The CIOs noted that the skills most in demand in the District market are network administration, desktop support, Windows administration, virtualization, Web 2.0 expertise and computer system design.