The expansion of healthcare technology and mobile networks in the U.S. will increase demand for software developers, support technicians, and systems analysts so much so that by 2020, employment in all computer occupations is expected to increase by 22 percent, according to the biennial update of employment projections by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Demand for software developers will be the strongest during this period, with increases reaching as high as 32 percent, depending on the type of software developed. Demand for database administrators is expected to increase 31 percent, while employment for information technology (IT) managers is projected to increase 18 percent by 2020. Growth in the healthcare industry and the need for more IT security may spur an increase in the number IT management jobs, and "cloud computing may shift some IT services to computer systems design and related services firms, concentrating jobs in that industry," according to BLS. Employment for computer systems analysts is expected to grow by 22 percent, demand for computer programmers will increase just 12 percent, BLS predicts, which notes it is the occupation most vulnerable to offshoring.
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