Manpower: Demand for high-tech workers up 40% in third quarter 

Demand for managers was 174% higher than in the corresponding 
period last year. 

by Michal Raveh  
October 01, 2004
Globes
 
Manpower Israel subsidiary Manpower Information Technology has 
reported a 40% increase in demand for high-tech workers in the 
third quarter of 2004, compared with the preceding quarter, 
and a 109% increase compared with the third quarter of 2003. 
The figures are based on a survey of help-wanted ads in Israel's 
leading daily newspapers. 

The figures for the third quarter indicate a clear rise in 
demand for all professions. Demand for programmers was up 59.7% 
in the third quarter, compared with the second, and demand 
for hardware engineers was up 57.7%. 

Demand for network managers and support staff was 291.6% higher 
in the third quarter of 2004, compared with the corresponding 
quarter of last year, the highest increase of any profession. 
Demand for hardware engineers was up 278.6%, the second highest 
increase. 

MIT said that one of the most noteworthy figures was the 
clear increase in demand, albeit slower than for other 
professions, for managers, after a drop in demand of over 
90% in the past three years. Demand for managers was 32% 
higher in the third quarter, compared with the preceding 
quarter and 174% higher, compared with the corresponding 
quarter of last year. 

MIT CEO Idit Padan said the impressive rise in demand for 
high-tech workers was noteworthy, despite the seasonal 
slowdown in August-September, characteristic of summer and 
the Jewish High Holy Days. "The figures indicate that 
high-tech is undergoing clear renewed growth, compared with 
the past two years. However, it should be borne in mind 
that we are still far from the high levels of demand 
characteristic of the 2000 peak," she said. 

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