That was up from 10% in January 2022, but the pessimists were far outnumbered, with 71% of tech workers feeling positive.
Many people spent Covid-19 lockdowns developing their digital skills, and plenty wound up switching from other sectors, like retail or education, into tech roles elsewhere.
Professional and business services roles, which include engineering and “computer services,” were down 6,000 last month from November.
Even so, employers’ broad appetite for tech skills could put something of a floor under wages — and prop up the appeal of tech roles in general — even as the economy slows.
Experienced tech workers, rather than those new to the field, largely drove those pay gains, the jobs platform Hired found in research published in September.