Tech hiring accounts for 10 percent of U.S. employment gains

Hiring of technology professionals has been on the upswing in the first half of this year, with new IT hires accounting for about 10 percent of all the job growth in the U.S. in June, according to two independent assessments.

Total tech employment reached 4.47 million in June, an increase of 22,600 jobs from the prior month, or a .51 percent gain, according to TechServe Alliance, an IT services industry group which tracks employment data month-to-month. The total excludes tech manufacturing employment. Similarly, Foote Partners, which researches IT employment trends, reported a gain of 18,200 new tech jobs last month. These gains are coming at the same time that some tech employers are cutting jobs.