About TechFetch.com

Over one million IT consultants and contract programmers are working in the United States. TechFetch (www.techfetch.com) is a fast growing marketplace for IT consulting and contracting opportunities with over 6000 IT consulting companies registering approximately 40,000 Jobs per month.

Key findings from this analysis include:

During Q4, there was a 10% month-over-month decline in the number of new consulting jobs. During Q4, there was an approximately 12% increase in the number of consultants looking for work. Despite the downturn, there are key skills that are in strong demand. Also, some states are showing strong growth in the number of available IT contract jobs.

About this report

This report was compiled from contract positions and resumes posted at www.techfeth.com for IT consulting and contracting positions during the last quarter of 2008. TechFetch analyzed over 33,000 jobs from over 750 employers and resumes from over 12,000 consultants across the US to compile this report. These statistics are specific to IT consulting opportunities and may not reflect the overall IT market or skills.

IT Consulting Skills in demand for all IT Consulting Jobs Click and drag the interactive slider on each chart to change the view of the data range. Java, J2EE Sys Admin/Network SAP Dot NET, VB, ASP, C# Oracle Apps

Top 5 skills as ranked in order of demand growth >>>   EAI - Middleware Sys Admin/Network PeopleSoft Web/Internet Unix, C, Shell Scripting

Top 5 skills where the supply of consultants outstrips demand Click and drag the interactive slider on each chart to change the view of the data range. SAP Java, J2EE Dot NET, VB, ASP, C# QA / Testing Business Analyst

Top 10 states with the greatest number of IT consultants Click and drag the interactive slider on each chart to change the view of the data range. New Jersey (NJ) California (CA) Texas (TX) Illinois (IL) Virginia (VA) Pennsylvania (PA) Michigan (MI) Georgia (GA) New York (NY) Massachusetts (MA)

New Jersey and California are almost tied for the greatest number of IT consultants.

Top 5 states with the greatest number of available consulting jobs Washington,DC (DC) Massachusetts (MA) New York (NY) Maryland (MD) Colorado (CO)

Interestingly, the East coast was the best place to look for IT contract work in Q4. The DC metro showed a strong increase in available projects and promises to be a growing market for IT consulting and contract opportunities in 2009.

States with highest decline in number of IT consulting jobs Arizona (AZ) Missouri (MO) Ohio (OH) Michigan (MI) Washington (WA)

The Midwest was especially hard hit in Q4, with the highest decline in the number IT consulting jobs of any U.S. geographical region.