<p>[Computer</a> Software Engineers and Computer Programmers](<a href=“http://bls.gov/oco/ocos303.htm]Computer”>http://bls.gov/oco/ocos303.htm)</p>
<p>“Overall, employment of computer software engineers and computer programmers is projected to increase by 21 percent from 2008 to 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations. This will be the result of rapid growth among computer software engineers, as employment of computer programmers is expected to decline.”</p>
<p>“As with other information technology jobs, offshore outsourcing may temper employment growth of computer software engineers. Firms may look to cut costs by shifting operations to foreign countries with lower prevailing wages and highly educated workers. Jobs in software engineering are less prone to being offshored than are jobs in computer programming, however, because software engineering requires innovation and intense research and development.”</p>