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No. 1 Cleveland

Hunting for Talent No. 10 Pittsburgh No. 9 Portland, Ore. No. 8 Tampa No. 7 Miami No. 6 Richmond, Va. No. 5 Salt Lake City No. 4 Jacksonville, Fla. No. 3 Cincinnati No. 2 Detroit No. 1 Cleveland

No. 1 Cleveland

Growth: 107 percent
Companies hiring: IBM, Deloitte & Touche
Skills needed: Systems integration, software engineering, project management

Hiring is strong in this region with 68 percent of companies expecting to add staff in the coming year, according to a recently completed survey by the Northeast Ohio Software Assn.