The job market is improving at least for technology professionals, and a new wave of opportunities has opened up in every metropolitan market, according to this month's issue of the Dice Report.
The number of jobs posted on Dice since January indicates that technology professionals can find interesting job opportunities in cities like Detroit, Miami, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Detroit currently has 800 available tech positions -- nearly double the number posted last year -- and tech pros can expect to earn an average of $71,445 per year in the Motor City, up 2 percent from just one year ago. Job opportunities in Pittsburgh are up 45 percent over last year, and tech pros there can expect to take home an average annual salary of $65,000.
Still, the highest demand for technology professionals is in the Washington, D.C. area, where job postings are up 33 percent over one year ago. Job postings in the New York/New Jersey area also are up 18 percent over last year, and available jobs in Silicon Valley rose 40 percent over last year, Dice found.
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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