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attributed to the summer season. The job market development in

fall will be a better indicator whether demand continues to rise in

the state.

Employers in the Defense industry cut the most job openings fromtheir inventories followed by firms in Financial Services. Job

openings in HiTech and IT Services increased slightly.

Table 1: IT Job Openings, Georgia*

Jul 11 Jun 11 May 11 Jul 10 Jul 09

5,070 5,200 5,380 4,080 2,040

Other IT job markets in the South East improved. In Florida the

number of job openings grew 7.4% and in Alabama employers

posted 7.5% more opportunities than in June. The national IT job

market was basically flat in July. The national average increased0.7%.

Fig.1: IT Open Positions, Georgia*

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None of the tracked IT occupations showed a strong change in

demand. Job openings for professionals with C++/VC++ skillsgrew 11.3% in July.

The downward slide of job

openings for IT professionals in

Georgia continued in July.Employers posted 2.5% fewer

opportunities than in June. The

slowdown is modest and may be

Table 1: IT Job Opening Estimates byCategory*

Jul 11 Jul 10

Total IT Job Market 5070 4080

Systems Eng./Support 1220 970

SoftwareDevelopment 980 640

ITArchitects/Consultants 850 700

IT Management 820 670

IT Sales andMarketing 460 490

SystemsAdministration 380 250

Business/ProcessDesign 140 140

Training/Tech Writing 80 70

Hardware Engineering 10 30

Misc.IT Job Categories 140 140

Table 2: Top 15 Needed Skills (JobOpenings*)

Jul 11 Jul 10

Oracle DBMS 870 650

SQL 730 560

Windows OS 690 710

Java 680 530

Business Analysis 650 340

Unix 600 490

Microsoft SQL Server 530 370

C++/VC++ 530 650Linux 470 520

HTML 350 260

XML 340 250

JavaScript 270 200

Web Services 260 200

C# 250 220

VirtualizationTechnology 250 170

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August 2011

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National

SkillPROOF surveys the inventories of job openings at large, regional and nationwide direct employers. Job

openings are counted and verified every 24 hours. All data sources have been verified for timely removal of

filled or closed positions. No data from job boards or search firms are included.

For this report SkillPROOF estimates the counts of job openings. Estimates are calculated directly from

SkillPROOFs actual daily counts of job openings. As a base for its calculations, SkillPROOF uses data and

indi gs from reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) ttp://www.bls.gov.

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*) Estimated monthly averages are based on actual count of job openings.

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