Global Information Technology
ISSUE
08
JobPrep
August 2012
The Voice of Career Insight
How to prepare for the coming IT skills revolution
In this issue Good news for IT: Bonuses are Back P.1-P.2 How to Prepare for the I.T. Revolution P.1/P.3
Call it the tech industry's
The Tech Jobs Begging to be Filled P.2
version of a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: Businesses have job openings, but IT professionals are struggling to land jobs or move to better ones. What
Good news for IT: Bonuses are back, pay rates are up Compensation and hiring for IT profes-
phenomenon
could
tions," he told InfoWorld. "[Also], custom-
sionals are gradually rising and have just
ers are getting very frustrated with off-
knock the hallowed laws of
reached January 2008 levels, according to
shore help desks where non-native
supply and demand off-kilter?
a study from Janco Associates titled "Mid-
speakers do not communicate well with
Two words: "skills gap."
Year 2012 IT Salary Survey." Layoffs have
U.S. English speakers. Many help desks
It seems as though tales of
tapered off, companies are bringing more
already have U.S.-based second-level
this alleged IT skills gap have
IT operations back in-house, and IT pros
support to deal with customers who do
become
especially
common
are even seeing bonuses. However, hiring
not interact well with off-shore help desk
during the past six months. As
overall will remain soft in coming months,
support."
the story goes, employers are
particularly with the presidential election in
desperate to find people with
the United States and eco-
expertise in hot areas like mobile app development, cloud computing and business analytics, while employees, exhausted from staff reductions and increased
workloads,
wonder
what more they must to do to keep current. It's a tragic tale -- but not completely accurate, according to some tech-employment ex-
unemployment rates are Compensation and hir-
nomic turmoil in the Euro-
agement."
have just reached Janu-
for IT pros. Enterprises are
back under their control to
conscience of senior man-
are gradually rising and
The report is a mixed bag
data center operations
tugging at the corporate
ing for IT professionals
pean Union.
bringing help desks and
Additionally, Janulaitis said that "high
Demand for IT executives
ary 2008 levels, according to a study from Janco Associates titled "Mid-Year
improve service levels and
2012 IT Salary Survey."
(leaders and staff IT professionals, in Janco parlance) at midsize companies has also been particu-
reduce costs, which has led to higher de-
larly robust, a precursor for future IT staff
mand for data center managers.
hiring and spending, according to the
According to Victor Janulaitis, CEO of
report. Yet companies are hiring more
perts. The situation is more
Janco, several factors are driving that shift
contractors and part-timers to work on
nuanced than what can be
away from offshoring. Among them, "cost
key projects, which is great if you're a
captured in a headline, and both
savings versus customer service now is
freelance IT worker but
workers and employers share
starting to weigh in favor of on-shore opera-
less so if you're hungry for Continued on page 2.
The tech jobs still begging to be filled Hey there, Java developers: The Q&A website Ask wants you. In fact, lots of companies want you, as they struggle to fill their open positions, according to a July survey of 866 board
Good News for I.T.
Dice.com. It's not just Java develop-
Bonuses are Back!
hiring
manages
by
jobs
er jobs that are going begging.
Continued from Page 1
There are many more openings for mobile and .Net developers than there are qualified applicants. If
Janulaitis said.
full-time work.
According to the study, 92
"Our main conclusion is
IT professionals have wit-
that for information technol-
nessed changes to benefits
percent of IT professionals
Developers aren't alone: Other
ogy, the recession has not
in the past year, most of
now have health insurance,
parts of the technology industry are
bottomed and that hiring of
which are positive though
up from 86 percent in 2011.
also desperate for qualified candi-
IT professionals will remain
still generally below levels
(The number was at 95 per-
dates. Oracle, J2EE/Java, C, C++,
soft for the next several
from a couple of years ago.
cent in 2008.) However,
C#, project management, and SQL
months," said Janulaitis.
Among them, there was a 5
according to the report, IT
positions round out the greatest
"However there still
areas of want. Meanwhile, the seg-
are a number of com-
ments where demand is growing the
panies who will pro-
fastest are iPhone, cloud, Android,
ceed to expand IT de-
mobile applications, and Ruby on
partments in anticipa-
Rails
tion of the start of a
you're a developer, those are the skills you need -- and fast.
positions,
says
Alice
Hill,
Dice's managing director. Despite its status as the heart of the tech industry, Silicon Valley ranks third in the number of jobs
pros are contributing
Mean compensation (including bonuses) for all IT professionals has increased from $77,229 to $78,759 since 2011.
more to those costs. Sixty-five percent of IT pros enjoy 401(k) benefits, up 2 percent from 2011, though down from 71
strong recovery in the first and second quarters of
percent increase in the
percent in 2007. There's
2013."
number of employees re-
been a 2 percent increase
ceiving personal perfor-
in work-related trips (trade
Mean compensation
available on the Dice jobs board,
(including bonuses) for all
mance bonuses and a 4
shows, training, and off-site
with 5,684 openings (an increase of
IT professionals has in-
percent increase in those
meetings, for example), up
6 percent over last year). The most
creased from $77,229 to
receiving enterprise-based
from 49 percent last year
high-tech job openings (8,871) are in
$78,759 since 2011. IT ex-
performance bonuses.
but overall down 63 percent
the New York/New Jersey metro
ecutives at large enterpris-
"Bonuses are a leading in-
in 2007.
area, followed closely by Washing-
es are now earning a mean
dicator that companies are
Meanwhile, there was a 2
ton, D.C./Baltimore with 8,334 open
salary of $140,515, repre-
looking for enterprise reve-
percent dip in the number of
positions. Interestingly, New York
senting a slight decrease
nue improvements and
IT professionals with flex
leads the market despite the fact
from $140,879 in late 2011.
want to motivate employees
time, down from 56 percent
that job listings in the region de-
IT execs at midsize compa-
to focus on improving the
in 2011 and way down from
creased by 9 percent from a year
nies, meanwhile, have seen
company's bottom line over
67 percent in 2008. Only 14
earlier, likely because the financial
a slight increase since 2011
and above everything else,"
percent of IT professionals
services industry.
from $124,967 to $124,363.
receive stock options, down
How to prepare for the coming IT skills revolution cont...
responsibility for the gap, they say. Most portentous, though, is that the gap, whatever its true nature, is rapidly becoming a yawning chasm -- one that IT employees will have to cross sooner rather than later.
Hardware installation super-
Many hiring experts, IT managers
earning a mean total of
visors have seen their annual
and CIOs believe that the tech
$73,268, up 4 percent from
take rise by 3.74 percent, from
employment
$70,452
$53,781 to $55,794
radically different five years from
4 percent since last year and
tions coordinators, who are
down 31 percent from 2006. IT positions that are highest in demand at large companies
Total compensation for li-
landscape
will
be
-- and that have seen the larg-
Here are some of the hot
est compensation increases in
jobs with increasing salaries
brarians at midsize companies
outsource IT operations to service
the past year -- include:
at midsize companies:
is up 7.15 percent, from
providers, perhaps offshore, or
$45,694 to $48,961
move traditional IT jobs to other
CIOs, whose mean compen-
Directors of IT planning
now as more and more companies
sation package has increased
have seen their total mean
On the other side of the
by 1.75 percent from $176,659
compensation jump by 2.22
compensation coin, wages
to $179,742
percent, from $98,529 to
and benefits to some IT posi-
it's becoming clear that the one
$100,714, in the past 12
tions have dropped year over
skill every member of the IT work-
months
year. Among the losses at
force needs is career manage-
large companies:
ment.
Computer operations managers, for whom the mean compensation has risen by 3.19
Information center manag-
business units. In the face of such rapid change,
percent from $94,309 to
ers are earning 6.61 percent
Total mean compensation
$97,318
more, from $63,986 in 2011
for VPs of consulting services
gating the corporate chaos," says
to $68,218 today
is down 4.99 percent, from
Todd Weinman, president of The
$131,095 to $124,553
Weinman
Quality control managers, whose mean compensation
Application development
"Everybody is a free agent, navi-
Group,
an
executive
has increased by 5.76 percent
managers were earning a
Training and documentation
search firm headquartered in Oak-
since last year from $75,817 to
mean of $69,689 last year
managers have seen an 8.05
land, Calif., that specializes in audit
$80,186
and now take in $72,437, an
percent drop in total mean
and corporate governance. In the
increase of 3.94 percent
compensation, from $78,066
IT job market, he says, "the people
to $71,782
who are faring a little bit better are
Production control analysts, whose mean compensation is
Quality control managers'
now $62,613, up 7.29 percent
mean compensation has in-
from $58,358
creased by 8.92 percent, from dropped by 6.92 percent, from $ $63,752 to $59,339 $56,205 to $61,219
Digital-record librarians, whose total mean compensa-
Data entry supervisors have
tion has reason by 2.95 per-
a mean compensation pack-
cent from $46,010 to $47,096
age of $46,149, up 4.38 per-
Voice/wireless communica-
Webmaster pay has
cent from $44,213
Marcial’s Say: Apple releases iTunes Match
constantly cultivating their careers on a variety of fronts."
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