Tech jobs increase in June

CNET News.com has several stories out regarding IT employment trends. The first story focuses on the continued increase in hiring trends within the technology sector. Anyone who has been watching this trend has noticed that it hasn't been a steady trend but it has been an upward trend from the begining of the year. Job postings on Dice.com have increase by 26%, with the strongest gains showing up on the east coast. As the year progresses the trend should stay steady and show increases throughout the year.

The second article, IT worker confidence rebounds, looks at the Hudson survey of IT worker's confidence. The 12% rebound has been attributed to more hiring within the IT sector overall and an improvement in personal finances of IT workers. Gong into the end of the year this gauge should steadily improve also from last year's levels.

The final story, California tech job lead grows, covers a study by from job search service NimbleCat. The point the survey is making is that California has been garnering about 26.1% of all job postings. This story seems to fly in the face of an earlier story, Profits, not jobs, on the rebound in Silicon Valley. On nice item from the report is that they list the % increase each major area has seen from the previous month.