According to the Information Technology Association of America's May study, "Bouncing Back: Jobs, Skills and the Continuing Demand for IT Workers," U.S. companies will be short nearly 600,000 qualified IT professionals over the next 12 months.

This is a long article that details a lot of complaints about the H1-B program as well as the nature of the employment market for tech workers right now. Some interesting opinions.

Debate over Scarcity – and Skills – of IT Workers