Manpower: Demand for high-tech workers up 5% in March 
 
Demand for high-tech employees in the first quarter was 
28.7% higher than in the first quarter of 2004. 
 
by Michal Raveh
April 11, 2005
Globes

Manpower Israel subsidiary Manpower Information Technology (MIT) 
reports that demand for high-tech employees in March 2005 was 
5.2% higher than in February. Demand for high-tech employees in 
the first quarter of 2005 was 28.7% higher than in the first quarter 
of 2004, and 1.6% less in the fourth quarter of 2004. The figures 
are based on a survey of help-wanted ads in Israel's leading daily 
newspapers. The largest increase in demand between February 
and March was for managers (55%), followed by hardware engineers 
(24.7%) and software engineers (10.95%). Demand for network 
managers and support personnel dropped by 20.4%. 

The largest increase between the first quarters of 2004 and 2005 
was for hardware engineers (75.9%), followed by network 
managers and support personnel (39%) and managers (35.7%). 
The only profession with lower demand was team heads and 
project managers (down 4.1%). 

Demand fell for all groups except two between the fourth quarter 
of 2004 and the first quarter of 2005: demand for hardware engineers 
rose by 30.1%, and demand for employees from placement 
agencies was up 24.5%. Total demand for all groups was 
down 1.6%. 

MIT CEO Idit Padan said that the increase in demand for high-tech 
employees in March signaled a move towards growth, but that 
figures for the first quarter showed that growth was slow and 
inconsistent. 

Published by Globes