Boston Market -- September

The Monster Employment Index for August rose to its highest level ever indicating continued labor market strength as the Fall hiring season approaches. A search of Web development keywords for opportunities in the Greater Boston Area confirms this demand.

Skills in greatest demand include knowledge and experience with the following:

• databases (SQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Access)
• Web page development (HTML, XML)
• Web programming (Java, JavaScript)
• Website / database connectivity (ASP, JSP)

Here is a sampling of the opportunities available (approximate number of listings in parentheses):

• SQL (1,000)
• Oracle (1,000)
• Java (700)
• SQL Server (600)
• HTML (500)
• XML (500)
• ASP (400)
• Access (300)
• JavaScript (200)
• JSP (200)

Skills that continue to lag the marketplace with less than 100 listings each include the following: Flash, Dreamweaver, DHTML, CSS, MySQL, PHP and Cold Fusion.

The links on the right side (under Career Links) provide easy access to Web development opportunities listed at the Monster.com Website which consistently lists twice as many opportunities as BostonWorks.com.