Fremont, CA - Californiaís share of new high-tech jobs declined slightly in April to 23.6 percent, down from 24.4 percent in March. This is the lowest level of new IT jobs in California since June of 2004. Overall, however, Californiaís share of high-tech job creation has remained steady for the past year. No other state generated more than 10 percent of new high-tech jobs nationally last month, nor did any state or metropolitan area see its share of new high-tech jobs significantly decrease or increase, according to the monthly IT job trends report provided by Silicon Valley firm NimbleCatTM. 
As in March, Texas and Washington, DC continue to be IT jobs leaders, their share of new high-tech positions measuring 6.1% and 5.8%, respectively.
Also mirroring Marchís results, Washington. DC held the number-one spot in April for IT job creation when ranked among metropolitan areas. The other metropolitan areas for IT and software job creation in Marchís top ten, in order of number of jobs created from highest to lowest, were Long Beach, CA; San Jose, CA; Chicago, IL; Boston, MA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Dallas, TX; and Atlanta, GA. These rankings remain the same as Marchís with the exception of Seattle and San Francisco, which switched places in April, Seattle dropping to number eight and San Francisco rising to number seven.
NimbleCat founder and CEO Sunil Mehta, said, At first glance itís somewhat surprising that Californiaís share of IT job growth dipped slightly last month given that the federal governmentís numbers for job growth generally in April were so strong. However, looked at over the longer term, it does not seem to be a significant decrease, especially when Californiaís monthly numbers are looked at over the past year. Also, we have anecdotal evidence from many of our clients about strong IT job growth, not only in California but nationally.
NimbleCat, a privately held company in Fremont, California, was founded by a team of engineering and recruitment professionals to solve the problem of matching the right person with the right job. Having experienced how difficult and time-consuming it is to connect quality professionals with the jobs that they are best suited for, NimbleCatís founders have created, the first job-routing network (JRN) to connect employers with the most qualified candidates, and highly qualified job seekers with the best jobs. The companyís service is free of charge to job seekers. NimbleCat may be found on the Web at
Californias New IT Jobs Decline Slightly in April
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