India, Jan. 27 -- Despite a tiny speed bump to IT and other technology hiring in December 2019, the job market looks pretty sweet for workers across the board. The Bureau of Labor Statistics at the US Department of Labor reported an overall unemployment rate of 3.5% for December, essentially unchanged from the previous month. IT pros are actually very much in demand.

"IT is certainly among the most in demand where unemployment is zero or negative -- where you have more open jobs than people," said Jim Johnson, senior VP of Robert Half Technology told InformationWeek.

On one side, the market is great for IT pros looking to get paid more in their existing positions or by moving elsewhere. But for employers, that low unemployment rate mean...