Dice survey predicts hiring uptick

Demand for information technology professionals will remain a bright spot as 2012 begins, according to nearly 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters surveyed by Dice Inc. Some 65 percent of these hiring professionals said their companies or clients will look to add technology pros in the first half of 2012, with about a quarter (27 percent)  of those hiring looking to expand their staffs by more than 20 percent in the six months ahead. This positive hiring forecast is nearly identical to the prediction that tech hiring managers and recruiters gave in May about the second half of 2011. According to the December survey, more than four in 10 (42 percent) of hiring managers and recruiters predicted that salaries for new hires would increase in the coming year – a slight drop from 47 percent in May 2011, but still nearly a dozen percentage points higher than the results of any hiring survey since June 2008.  

Demand for information technology professionals will remain a bright spot as 2012 begins, according to nearly 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters surveyed by Dice Inc. Some 65 percent of these hiring professionals said their companies or clients will look to add technology pros in the first half of 2012, with about a quarter (27 percent)  of those hiring looking to expand their staffs by more than 20 percent in the six months ahead. This positive hiring forecast is nearly identical to the prediction that tech hiring managers and recruiters gave in May about the second half of 2011. According to the December survey, more than four in 10 (42 percent) of hiring managers and recruiters predicted that salaries for new hires would increase in the coming year – a slight drop from 47 percent in May 2011, but still nearly a dozen percentage points higher than the results of any hiring survey since June 2008.