Boston Business Journal (04/10/12) Joe Halpern

The Boston market saw an 18% increase in the number of technology
job openings at the beginning of April compared with a year
earlier, according to a survey by Dice Inc. Boston, the sixth
largest technology market in the U.S., saw the largest percentage
increase of tech job openings among the top tech markets. The New
York and New Jersey market, the biggest technology market in the
country, saw a 3% decline in job postings. Technology consulting
added more than 70,000 jobs in 2011 and 16,000 in the first
quarter of 2012, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics.