The D. C. area has a history of being a broad-based tech hotbed, experts say. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/Prostock-Studio) The D. metro area ranked No. 1 nationally for the number of information technology-related job openings in February and ranked No. 4 for the month-over-month increase in new postings, according to D. -based IT industry association CompTIA. At the end of February, there were 16, 135 IT-related job openings at D. -area companies, according to CompTIA data. That's more than any other metro, including Silicon Valley, Austin and New York. The IT profession is broad and varied in the D. region. "We have the government sector here, which has always been a strong hirer of IT professionals, " said Todd Thibodeaux, CompTIA's president and CEO. "You have a lot of companies in the Dulles Corridor area who are providing IT services. But the D. area has always just been a broad-based tech hotbed. " The D. metro also ranked No. 1 last month for help-wanted ads for artificial intelligence positions and skills.
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