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What is the united states market-size (TAM) for the IT staffing industry?
Hello, and thank you for your question about the US market size for the IT staffing industry.
The short answer is that not all the information you requested is available, but where concrete data is not publicly available, I was able to make a triangulated estimate. IT staffing grew at an average rate of 4% in 2016, with some job titles such as Web Developer growing at 22% and others such as Software QA/testing at -4%. Below you will find a deep dive into my methodology and findings.
METHODOLOGY
To answer your question, I consulted corporate websites, trusted media sites, and industry reports with a variety of search strategies. I focused my search and found the most useful data with the preferred search strategy you outlined, the American Staffing Association. I also found a report from Staffing Industry Analysts which may be a resource you are interested in purchasing. I limited results to the US geographically. First, I attempted to find pre-calucated answers, which do not appear to exist specific to the IT segment of the US Staffing Industry in any searchable database. I was able to locate growth rate specific to the US Staffing Industry.
Next, I attempted to locate numbers to triangulate the data. I ascertained that the Engineering, Information Technology, and Scientific segment of the overall US staffing industry represents 13%. Although this includes scientific and engineering positions that are outside of the scope of your request, this is the most concrete figure I was able to locate with which to triangulate the estimates I provide below.
Last, I attempted to find information specific, not to the IT staffing industry but to the job titles you outlined in the question: developers, QA, DBA, project manager, saas, programmer, and business analysts. This also did not turn up any useful results.
CALCULATED US MARKET-SIZE FOR THE IT STAFFING INDUSTRY
The IT staffing industry is represented within the Engineering, Information Technology, and Scientific segment of the overall staffing industry. This segment represents 13% of the total market. There are 20,000 staffing companies in the United States operating approximately 39,000 offices. These companies employ over 15 million people annually. These numbers include the number of IT people hired by temporary IT staffing companies and placed on 6 month to 1 year contracts with their customers.
For these numbers, we are able to arrive at our estimate of the US IT staffing industry market-size. There are approximately 2,600 IT staffing companies in the United States. These companies employ approximately 1.95 million people annually. Staffing Industry Analysts reports that the IT staffing grew at an average rate of 4% in 2016, with some job titles such as Web Developer growing at 22% and others such as Software QA/testing at -4%. The IT staffing industry is projected to grow at 6% in 2017 and reach $30.6 billion in market value.
POSSIBLE PAID REPORT
It appears that members of the website Staffing Industry Analysts have access to more data like the one cited above. If the "full report" has a breakdown of growth in each category of IT professional, you may be able to triangulate a more precise calculation for the market size for the IT staffing industry.
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, although the information you requested is largely not publicly available, I was able to create a triangulation of the answer.
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