Forget about Silicon Valley. Technology employment in the Las Vegas Valley is projected to grow at the highest rate in the country this year. Net tech employment in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, a rapidly growing tech startup hub, will grow 4 percent — creating 1,529 new jobs and increasing the local tech workforce to almost 40,000 workers — according to a “State of the Tech Workforce 2026” report published by CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association), a global provider of vendor-neutral information technology (IT) training and certifications. Overall in Nevada, tech employment is projected to increase 4.2 percent, the highest percentage increase among all states. “While our forecast reflects the most up-to-date data available at this time, we acknowledge that many factors, domestic and international, known and unknown, may impact economic conditions and labor markets,” Seth Robinson, CompTIA’s vice president of industry research, said in a statement.…