<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; color: grey; font-size: 2rem;">Introduction</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 14px; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'open sans', helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7e8c8d;">The Tech Council of Delaware wants to make the First State a national leader in developing and hiring tech talent.&nbsp; This data tool is offered as a reference that describes the size and scope of Delaware&rsquo;s tech industry and provides detail on the tech workforce and IT professionals across a range of metrics. &nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 14px; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'open sans', helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7e8c8d;">The Tech industry is represented by a variety of industries that range from IT, telecommunications and internet/data hosting services to the manufacturing of computer and electronic components.&nbsp; Tech employment refers to total employment in Tech industries broadly, while occupational employment refers to employment of IT professionals specifically.&nbsp; The map on the right displays the concentration of IT occupational employment by zip code across Delaware and how it has changed over the last five years.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 14px; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'open sans', helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7e8c8d;">We have selected some peer regions to provide additional context on industry and employment concentration, compared with regions that have similar economic characteristics or that are in geographic proximity to Delaware.&nbsp; Five-year growth forecasts for IT occupations in Delaware show which categories of workers are expected to grow the fastest through 2026, as well as a few that are predicted to decline, based on historical trends. Visualizations of race, gender, and age ratios by occupation and earnings complete the description of the state&rsquo;s IT workforce.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 14px; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'open sans', helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7e8c8d;">Views of the employment market over the last 30 days reveal companies that are hiring, occupations that are most in-demand, and the specific job skills most sought-after by employers.&nbsp; STEM major graduates at the state&rsquo;s leading institutions of higher education provide a glimpse at how the state&rsquo;s education system is contributing to the talent pool for Delaware&rsquo;s tech industry.&nbsp; Finally, we offer measures of housing trends and broadband access statewide to assist businesses, economic planners, and employment recruiters as they seek to attract new workers to add to Delaware&rsquo;s growing Tech industries and workforce.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-size: 14px; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, 'system-ui', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'open sans', helvetica, sans-serif; color: #7e8c8d;">These dashboard displays and accompanying metrics visualize Delaware&rsquo;s industry and talent infrastructure and will assist the Tech Council of Delaware, industry leaders, and educational institutions in building our future workforce. &nbsp;The dashboard will be updated regularly and quarterly webinars will be hosted to explain the data and discuss trends.&nbsp; We hope you will join us in building a strong, diverse tech talent pipeline that will help make our state a leading tech hub.&nbsp;</span></p>

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Gender Mix of Delaware Tech Workforce by Occupation

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Tech Workforce Distribution by Gender vs. General Delaware Population

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Tech Industry Jobs and Concentration vs. Peer States

Tech Industry Jobs and Concentration vs. Peer MSA's and County Regions

2023 Data

Tech Industry Jobs (Normalized) vs. Peer States

Tech Industry Jobs (Normalized) vs. Peer MSA's and County Regions

5-Year Forecast (based on historical trends)

Tech Job % Growth Forecast by Occupation

Tech Jobs by Age and Occupation

Tech Jobs by Race and Occupation

Total Diversity of Tech Occupation Workforce: 42.0%  vs. General Population: 39.8% (hover to display values)

Tech Workforce Distribution by Race vs. General Delaware Population 

25th to 75th Percentile Salary Range

Annual Wage Ranges by Occupation (25th-75th Percentile)

Trailing 30 days job postings (click legend to display values)

Top 20 Companies Hiring Tech Occupations in Delaware

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Postings vs. Hires by Occupation

Top Tech Skills Companies Are Looking For

Top 20 Tech Employers by Profile Count 

Home Values by County in Delaware

Residential Rental Cost by County

% of DE Residents with Access

Broadband Connectivity in Delaware

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<h6 dir="ltr" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.44; font-size: 14px; padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'open sans', helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; color: #7e8c8d;">Some of the summary data included in the report may not include suppressed data. Data suppression occurs in cases where private, identifying information would be disclosed. In most cases, this does not impact the total values presented in the report, but in cases where there are small industries or areas, data suppressions may reduce the accuracy of the data we can display.</span></h6>
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