By Ashley Rowe on October 19, 2012 in Computer/Math/IT.

While researching hiring news, we continue to see different regions of the US claiming to be the "next Silicon Valley." A recent article on tech hiring hot spots sheds light on which tech regions really have the most IT jobs. We investigated hiring demand in these areas and included the most advertised IT skills demanded in each region below.

In each location, except the Silicon Valley, Java Developer is the most advertised job title. In Silicon Valley the most advertised job title is Software Engineer. The Silicon Valley is also the only area where Structured Query Language (SQL) isn't the most advertised skill for IT jobs. Otherwise, most of the advertised skills in each "hot" tech area are mostly the same, just varying in order of demand. Interestingly, New York and Southern California match in terms of each 5 most demanded skills and their ranking. However, New York has more job ads posted online, just under 20,000, which is almost twice the amount of hiring demand in Los Angeles. Below, you can see the heat map of job ad volume throughout the US. The Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley are the darkest sections on the map. This indicates highest job volumes.

Heat Map of Job Ad Volume

SOURCE: WANTED Analytics

According to our Hiring Scale, Recruiters looking to hire tech talent will find Dalton, GA to provide the least difficult recruiting conditions. This location has low IT hiring demand in relation to the available qualified candidate supply currently in the workforce.

SOURCE: WANTED Analytics

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