Dive Brief:

• Health IT job postings for the third quarter 2014 saw a moderate slump, falling 4% from the previous quarter. 
• Despite waning numbers from the previous quarter, health IT did see a modest 5% Q3 increase in job posting growth when compared to Q3 2013. 
• The report, published by healthcare job network HEALTHeCAREERs, includes analysis of nearly 75,000 job postings across 11 sectors in healthcare. Health IT saw the second lowest growth rates in job postings, second only to physician/surgeons. 

Dive Insight:

All evidence suggests the slump is only temporary. And the overall numbers don't tell the whole story. Database management, for example, saw a 54% increase in job postings when compared with last quarter. Also, the demand for "big data," or products and services related to business intelligence technology and analysis, is growing, so we can expect job growth to follow.