Manpower: Demand for high-tech workers up 14% in Q3 
 
The highest increase in demand in September was for network 
managers and support staff, up 22.2%. 
 
by Michal Raveh    
October 9, 2005
Globes 

Manpower Israel subsidiary Manpower Information Technology (MIT) 
reports that demand for high-tech workers rose by 2.5% in 
September 2005, compared with August, and by 21.6%, 
compared with September 2004. Demand for high-tech workers 
was up 14% in the third quarter, compared with the second 
quarter, and up 9.9% compared with the corresponding quarter 
of last year. The highest increase in demand in September was 
for network managers and support staff, up 22.2%; followed by 
software engineers 19.8%; hardware engineers 10.9%; and 
programmers 6.9%. 

Demand for all professions rose in the third quarter, compared 
with the second quarter, except for hardware engineers. 
Demand for the following professions rose in the third quarter, 
compared with the corresponding quarter of last year: for network 
managers and support staff 47.9%; software engineers 32.1%; 
hardware engineers 10.9%; and hired through personnel 
agencies 46.6%. 

Demand for team leaders and project heads fell by 34.9%, and 
for managers by 20.6%. 

MIT CEO Irit Padan said the quarterly figures were encouraging, 
showing clear growth and ongoing expansion in high tech, and 
that falling demand for workers in some months were one-time 
events. She further said that demand for managers had not yet 
recovered from the recession, and no clear growth trend was 
seen, which even a decline in some months. 

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