“[The] jobs report reflects a market that continues to show sluggishness and remains challenging for those looking for new jobs. 2025 is shaping up to be another year of significant changes,” said Ger Koyle, US country manager for global staffing firm ManpowerGroup.
CompTIA
New employer job listings for tech positions increased in January by 51,756 to more than 220,000, according to CompTIA. Active tech job postings in January totaled 476,000, with 8.4% of those jobs AI-related.
There were about 40,000 active AI-related job postings in January, up 1,500 from December. Among all tech roles, 45% of job listings didn’t require a four-year degree. And in some areas, college degrees were even less in demand; 83% of network support specialist listings required no degree; for tech support specialists, that number was 71%; for computer programmers, 57%; for web and digital interface designers, 53%; and for network systems administrators, it was 51%.
