JobPrep August 2012

Global Information Technology

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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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