SHARE
Facebook X Pinterest WhatsApp

Tech Unemployment Rate Up Slightly

Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile in Seven Steps The tech unemployment rate during the first quarter was 3.5 percent, compared with 7.7 percent in the overall economy, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers analyzed in a Dice.com report. That’s actually a slight increase from the second half of 2012, when the tech rate stood at […]

Written By
thumbnail
Susan Hall
Susan Hall
Apr 16, 2013
Slide Show

Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile in Seven Steps

The tech unemployment rate during the first quarter was 3.5 percent, compared with 7.7 percent in the overall economy, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers analyzed in a Dice.com report.

That’s actually a slight increase from the second half of 2012, when the tech rate stood at 3.3 percent for the final two quarters, while the overall rate fell from 8 percent in Q3 to 7.8 percent in Q4.

Unemployment for specific positions stands this way:

  • Programmers, 6.3 percent
  • Computer support specialists, 5.7 percent
  • Computer systems analysts 3.7 percent
  • Computer and information systems engineers, 3.5 percent
  • Network and system administrators, 3.1 percent
  • Database administrators 2.8 percent
  • Software developers, 2.2 percent
  • Network architects, 1.7 percent
  • Web developers, 1 percent

The report points to the continuing growth in IT consulting, with more than 17,000 new positions added in the quarter, while jobs are still being shed in manufacturing and hosting.

It says 43 percent of new positions in technical consulting during the quarter went to women. Women have gained 156,100 positions in technical consulting since March 2004, but continue to make up 31 percent of that work force.

Dice previously reported that the gender wage gap has disappeared for like jobs. InformationWeek’s 2013 salary survey, however, disputes that. It found female IT staffers overall earn 13 percent less than men and female IT managers earn 10 percent less — the same difference as 10 years ago.

Recommended for you...

Top Managed Service Providers (MSPs) 2022
Observability: Why It’s a Red Hot Tech Term
Tom Taulli
Jul 19, 2022
Top GRC Platforms & Tools in 2022
Jira vs. ServiceNow: Features, Pricing, and Comparison
Surajdeep Singh
Jun 17, 2022
IT Business Edge Logo

The go-to resource for IT professionals from all corners of the tech world looking for cutting edge technology solutions that solve their unique business challenges. We aim to help these professionals grow their knowledge base and authority in their field with the top news and trends in the technology space.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.