Virginia Sees Q2 Tech Job Growth Amid COVID-19, Fueled by Fairfax County; State Shines in Business Climate Rankings
Dice, a leading tech-career hub connecting employers with skilled technology professionals, issued its Q2 Tech Job Report revealing that job postings in Virginia during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic rose 11 percent compared to the second quarter of 2019. Three Virginia-based employers named in the Dice report – General Dynamics, Leidos and Booz Allen Hamilton – are all headquartered in Fairfax County.
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Amazing: Dice.com issued a Q2 report showing that tech-job postings in Virginia rose 11 percent during the coronavirus compared to Q2 2019.
“The Board of Supervisors last year funded the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority’s (FCEDA) talent attraction and retention initiative because of a critical shortage of skilled workers particularly in technology sectors, and with this report we see that vision paying off as many of our companies continue to hire for tech positions even during the pandemic,” said Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeffrey C. McKay.
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In terms of year-over-year changes, Virginia was the only state in Dice’s top four list to report an increase in quarterly job postings. In comparison, Dice reported declines in California, Texas and New York job postings of 28 percent, 2 percent and 34 percent, respectively.
During 2019 and 2020, name-brand tech companies have chosen Fairfax County and Northern Virginia to expand their footprint: Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Google and Facebook all made location decisions in Fairfax County since Q2 2019.
“The fact that companies continued to hire in Virginia for tech talent during the pandemic, as seen in the Dice report, highlights the resilience of the economy here relative to other places – and spotlights how strong a technology community we have here,” said FCEDA President and CEO Victor Hoskins.
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