New York City area employers posted almost 170,000 new online job ads jobs in April. Although a drop from March levels, metro NYC hiring demand up 79% over its 4-year low in December 2008.

New York City Metro Area Hiring Demand — 4 year:

Source: WANTED Analytics™

The IT industry leads the metro area in hiring demand, with over 28,400 new job ads posted in April in Computer and Mathematical Occupations. Other high growth occupations include Financial Managers and Marketing Managers, both showing greater than 40% growth over April 2010.

Top 20 Occupations by Hiring Demand —

New York City Metro Area — April 2011 vs 2010:

Source: WANTED Analytics™

 

There are just over 13,000 potential candidates for web developers in the NY area. Five of the top ten employers looking for web developers in metro NYC are financial services firms.  The talent pool shrinks to just over 1,000 for Web Developers with Financial industry experience, making this a hard-to-fill position compared to the national average. The Hiring Scale™ below shows you just how difficult recruiting this position is likely to be compared to national averages.

Hiring Scale for Web Developers with Financial Industry Experience:

Source: WANTED Analytics™