By Charles Thibault on August 4, 2009

Strong Hiring Demand in Washington, DC has pushed Supply/Demand Ratios up for two-thirds of workers in the nation's capital. S/D Ratios are strong in IT, engineering, and specialized business occupations. WANTED's Supply/Demand Ratios measure Hiring Demand for an occupation in a local market, controlling for the national average Hiring Demand for that occupation.

Even as the overall count of new job ads dropped by 19,000 in the United States in June, the number of job ads rose by 3,000 in Washington. The following graph compares the number of new job ads in the US and in the nation's capital, posted on a monthly basis. It is clear from the graphical evidence that as US Hiring Demand fell, it rose in Washington.

Source: WANTED Analytics 2.0

9 of the 10 IT occupations classified by the BLS have seen their S/D ratios increase in Washington. The only decrease was by 2 points on the S/D scale for "Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts" which have a strong S/D ratio of 181 anyway. What's more, 9 of the 10 IT occupations have S/D ratios greater than 150. In other words, an already hot Washington IT labor market is only getting hotter. There were 373 more job ads for "Network and Computer Systems Administrators" and an additional 700 job ads for "Computer Systems Analysts" in July, compared to June.

Source: WANTED Supply/Demand Ratios

Engineers are also sought after. Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, and Civil Engineers have seen increases in Hiring Demand. All of these occupations already had above average Hiring Demand relative to the size of the local labor pool.

Source: WANTED Supply/Demand Ratios

Budget Analysts, Operations Research Analysts, and Logisticians have all seen substantial increases in local Hiring Demand. There were also 279 more job ads in July for Accountants and Auditors, increasing their S/D ratio by 41.

Source: WANTED Supply/Demand Ratios

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