Tech sector hiring in December hits second lowest total in 2019

Tech-sector hiring was the lowest in December for all of 2019, according to CompTIA data. Only 3,500 tech jobs were added to the labor market last month, CompTIA said, and the U.S. economy only gained 3,000 IT jobs overall, as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly jobs report revealed. While IT job postings were down by 7,200 from November, employers still listed more than 313,000 IT openings, largely for software and application developers, said CompTIA. Hiring in specific occupations, such as IT services, computer systems design and custom software development, added up to just 700 new jobs last month, association figures showed.