Dice Job Market Report 2016
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Dice Job Market Report 2016
Introduction We surveyed our tech community to create a comprehensive Dice Job Market Report containing salary insights, market expectations on future remuneration, mobility, social media and more. We hope this report will help give you a useful insight into the current tech job market. Dice
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1. Freelancers Freelancer Demographics Sector
8%
Male
Female
Private
Public
22%
92%
% 16
62 %
Gender
Unemployed
Where freelancers currently work Antwerp
West Flanders
Limburg Flemish Brabant Walloon Brabant Liège
East Flanders Brussels
Luxembourg
Hainaut Namur
Density of IT Employees
Highest
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Lowest
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Factors that entice freelancers to relocate Career opportunities
41%
Challenging tasks
54%
High level of responsibility
16%
Salary
44%
Location
44%
Brand
15%
I would not relocate
20%
Other*
5% 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
40%
50%
60%
Freelancer ages < 18 years old
0%
18 - 24 years old
2%
25 - 34 years old
13%
35 - 44 years old
25%
45 - 54 years old
52%
55 - 64 years old
8%
> 65 years old
0% 0%
10%
20%
30%
Years of tech experience 0 - 5 years
11%
6 - 10 years
10%
11 - 15 years
11%
16 - 20 years
18%
More than 20 years
50% 0%
10%
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20%
30%
40%
50%
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Current career level Director
18%
Senior Management
23%
Middle Management
29%
Lower Management
7%
Team Member Entry Level
16% 7% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Current area of tech
Project management 30%
Development 5%
Support & Ops 7%
Analysis 2%
ITSM 2%
Architect 2%
Design 3%
Consultant 40%
Other areas included: setting up start ups and management
Engineer 3%
Other 6%
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Freelancer Salary Freelancer rates (hourly)
13% 22% 8% €1-€30
€31-€60
55% €61-€90
15% €91-€120
0%
0%
€121-€150
€150+
Change in salary (last review)
Increase 47%
No change 36%
Decrease 17%
Expectations (next review)
Increase 67%
No change 28%
Decrease 5%
Last year 5% of freelancers experienced a decrease in pay. This year, however, 17% experienced a decrease. Nevertheless, tech freelancers are feeling positive about the future as only 5% indicated they expect a decrease next year.
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Future Plans When do freelancers expect to change job? !
1M
3M
6M
Immediately 19%
Within 1 month 17%
Within 3 months 19%
Within 6 months 17% 88% expect to change job within the year
1Y
2Y
2Y+
Within 1 year 16%
More than 1 year 10%
More than 2 years 2%
Most important factor when choosing a new contract
Challenging tasks 43%
Salary 21%
Career opportunity 14%
Location 10%
High responsibility 10%
Tech infrastructure 2%
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Most important factor for staying with an employer?
Your team 24%
Being paid the market rate 19%
Strong overall business performance 16%
Clear career path 11%
Investment in tech department 8%
Close to family / home 5%
Job satisfaction 5%
Company culture 3%
Flexibility 3%
Benefits 2%
Contract 2%
Brand / company 2%
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2. Permanent Permanent Employee Demographics Sector
Male
Female
Private
Public
11%
16%
% 10
84%
79 %
Gender
Unemployed
Where employees currently work Antwerp
West Flanders
Limburg Flemish Brabant Walloon Brabant Liège
East Flanders Brussels
Luxembourg
Hainaut Namur
Density of IT Employees
Highest
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Lowest
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Factors that entice employees to relocate Career opportunities
61%
Challenging tasks
49%
High level of responsibility
25%
Salary
61%
Location
42%
Brand I would not relocate *Other
5% 11% 1% 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Employee ages < 18 years old
0% 2%
18 - 24 years old 25 - 34 years old
25%
35 - 44 years old
39%
45 - 54 years old
25%
55 - 64 years old
8% 1%
> 65 years old 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
30%
35%
40%
Years of tech experience 0 - 5 years
18%
6 - 10 years
17%
11 - 15 years
19%
16 - 20 years
20%
More than 20 years
26% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
Other * Company car and being near family in another country
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Current career level Director
4%
Senior Management
10%
Middle Management
20%
Lower Management
20%
Team Member
42%
Entry Level
4% 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
Current area of tech
Project management 14%
Development 17%
Support & Ops 33%
Analysis 2%
Testing 3%
Architect 6%
Training 2%
Design 1%
Consultant 12%
Engineer 8%
Security 1%
Other* 1%
Other * BI, E-marketing and technical writing
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Permanent Employee Salary Current annual salary (gross income)
31%
30% 13% €20.001-€40.000
3%
€40.001-€60.000
22%
€60.001-€80.000
9%
€80.001-€100.000
5%
> €100.000
€0-€20.000
Change in salary (last review)
Increase 41%
No change 56%
Decrease 3%
Expectations (next review)
Increase 56%
No change 43%
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Decrease 1%
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Permanent Employee Current Benefits Listed in order of popularity 1
2
3
4
Hospital insurance
Laptop
Group insurance
Company car
5
6
7
8
Mobile phone
Petrol card
Flexible hours
Pension contribution
9
10
11
12
Training / education
Bonus
Public transport reimbursement
Gym membership
Current area of IT
Other benefits included: work at home facilities and meal vouchers
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Future Plans When do employees expect to change job !
3M
6M
1Y
Immediately 9%
Within 3 months 12%
Within 6 months 12%
Within 1 year 26% 59% expect to change job within 1 year
2Y
3Y
3Y+
Within 2 years 14%
Within 3 years 6%
More than 3 years 21%
Most important factors when choosing a new job
Challenging tasks Career opportunity 32% 26%
Salary 18%
Location 15%
High responsiblity Tech infrastructure 3% 3%
*Other 2%
Brand / company 1%
Other * training and flexible working hours
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Most important reason to stay in an existing job
Team / colleagues 33%
Clear career path 21%
Strong overall business performance 12%
Investment in tech department 9%
Being paid the market rate 7%
Benefits 5%
Other reasons to stay in a job included: training, skill development, salary and security
Job fulfillment / appreciation 4%
Other 9%
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3. Skills in demand Most popular IT skills of 2015 Tech professionals Top 15 searched for skills on Dice
2
1
3
Java
Project Manager
Developer
4
SAP
5 Engineer
7
Business Analyst
6
.Net
8
Oracle
9
C
10 ICT Manager
12 11
SQL
IT Support
13 Testing
14
PHP
15
Linux
The most searched for skills on be.dice.com
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Employers Top 15 searched for skills on Dice
1
2
Java
C
3
SAP
5
4
.Net
PHP
6 Salesforce
7 8
Linux
9
SAS
Sharepoint
10 11
Analyst
12
ASP.Net
Dynamics AX
13
Testing
14
iOS Developer
15
Python
The most searched for skills by employers in our CV database
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Employers Top 15 searched for skills on Open Web
1
2
Java
PHP 3
.Net
4 DevOps
5
C+
6 Python 7
8
iOS
SAP
9
C#
10 11
Magento
Project Manager
12
Linux
13
Hybris
14 Android
15
Scala
The most searched for skills by employers in Open Web, Dice's award winning social recruiting platform
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4. Social Recruitment
How do tech professionals interact on social media?
85%
Interact with other tech professionals on social media
70%
Regularly update their profiles to appeal to employers
85%
Search for new job opportunities on social media
98%
Are receptive to being contacted with job opportunities on social media
Where do tech pros connect (on social media)? Twitter Facebook Pinterest Other Instagram
Quora Google+
Github Meetup
Youtube
Other sites listed
Stack Overflow Excluding LinkedIn
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How can recruiters improve contact with tech pros through social media? Only target me with relevant jobs 57%
Show technical understanding of my job 8% Other 3%
Follow up Research my profile better Develop a relationship Provide more transparency around who the role is with
Research my employment background more 32%
How many profiles do tech pros have?
No profile 4%
One profile 19%
Two profiles 30%
Three profiles 23%
Four profiles 10%
Five or more 14%
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Where are tech professionals most likely to respond?
Email 62%
Phone 19%
LinkedIn InMail 18%
Facebook 1%
Why do recruiters use social media to recruit tech pros?
Discover passive candidates 79%
Help engage with tech professionals 57%
Current area of IT Gain understanding of tech professionals 32%
Help to build talent pools 36%
Other reasons included: employer branding and because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worldwide
Return on investment 29%
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5. Branding
How does employer brand impact recruitment?
96%
Research a company online before applying for a job
77%
Say research on a brand influences their decision to apply
56%
Follow organisations on social and professional media sites
Where are tech pros following employers?
LinkedIn 92%
Facebook 35%
Twitter 25%
Google+ 17% Others included: Newsletters and professional press
Instagram 3%
Pinterest 2%
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Other 3%
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How are tech pros researching employers?
Website 78%
LinkedIn 54%
Talking to peers / network 34%
Facebook 22%
Google+ 19%
Glassdoor 8%
Others included: Google search, balance sheet and contacting employees of that company
Twitter 6%
Other 12%
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About Dice Dice is a DHI Service. It is a leading tech career site for the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. be.dice.com helps connect employers with relevant active and passive tech professionals. The site currently advertises over 1000 live vacancies in Belgium from companies such as Deloitte, CGI, Johnson & Johnson, ArcelorMittal and many more*. In 2014, Dice, formerly IT Job Board, launched Open Web, a new sourcing tool that tracks publicly available social data from 130 leading social and professional sites, providing recruiters with a social search engine containing rich tech profiles. *As of January 2016
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