IT Job Market Report 2015
The IT Job Board, March 2015
Introduction We surveyed our tech community to create a comprehensive IT Job Market Report containing salary insights, market expectations on future remuneration, mobility, social media and more. We hope you will find this report useful. IT Job Board
1. IT Contractors Contractor Demographics
5%
Male
Female
% 24
95%
Sector
76 %
Gender
Private
Public
Where contractors currently work East Flanders
Antwerp
West Flanders
Limburg
Brussels
Flemish Brabant
Walloon Brabant Hainaut Hainaut
Liege Luxembourg
Namur
Density of IT Employees Highest
Lowest
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Contractorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s age < 18 years old
0%
18 - 24 years old
5%
25 - 34 years old
37%
35 - 44 years old
34%
45 - 54 years old
19%
55 - 64 years old
5%
> 65 years old
0% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Education level Less than High School High School College Degree
3% 10% 5%
Bachelor Degree
50%
Master Degree
29%
Ph.D.
0%
Other*
3% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Years of IT experience 0 - 5 years
32%
6 - 10 years
13%
11 - 15 years
21%
16 - 20 years
21%
More than 20 years
13% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Other * IT Certificates
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Current career level Director
3%
Senior Management
21%
Middle Management
10%
Lower Management
8%
Team Member
45%
Entry Level
13% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Current area of IT Project Management
21%
Development
32%
Support & Operations
18%
Analysis
11%
Testing
5%
Other*
13% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Commuting time to work >75 minutes
<15 minutes 14%
60 - 75 minutes
45 - 60 minutes
18%
18%
18%
18%
15 - 30 minutes
14% 30 - 45 minutes
Other * Consultancy, Business Development and Security
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Contractor Salary Contract Rates (hourly)
30%
30%
19% ¤1 - ¤30
¤31 - ¤60
21%
¤61 - ¤90
0%
¤91 - ¤120
¤120 +
All contract rates are exclusive of recruitment agency fees, commissions, employee benefits and performance related bonuses
Change in salary (last review)
Increase 3%
No change 68%
Decrease 29%
Expectations (next review) Increase
33%
No change
35%
Decrease
5%
No comment
11%
Don’t know
16% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
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30%
35%
40%
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Future Plans When IT Contractors expect to change job
!
1
3
Immediately 16%
Within 1 month 5%
Within 3 months 30%
6
12
12+
Within 6 months 22%
Within 12 months 16%
More than 12 months 11%
Most important factors when choosing a new contract
Challenging tasks 38%
Career opportunities 24%
Salary 13%
? Location 11%
High responsibility 8%
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Other 6%
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2. Permanent Permanent Employee Demographics
17%
Male
Female
11%
83%
Sector
89 %
Gender
Private
Public
Where do employees currently work? East Flanders
Antwerp
West Flanders
Limburg
Brussels
Flemish Brabant
Walloon Brabant Hainaut Hainaut
Liege Luxembourg
Namur
Density of IT Employees Highest
Lowest
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Employeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s age < 18 years old
0%
18 - 24 years old
2%
25 - 34 years old
53%
35 - 44 years old
26%
45 - 54 years old
12%
55 - 64 years old
7%
> 65 years old
0% 0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Education level Less than High School High School College Degree
3% 12% 8%
Bachelor Degree
37%
Master Degree
39%
Ph.D.
1% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Years of IT experience 0 - 5 years
32%
6 - 10 years
31%
11 - 15 years
11%
16 - 20 years
15%
More than 20 years
11% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
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30%
35%
40%
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Current career level Director
1%
Senior Management
6%
Middle Management
20%
Lower Management
16%
Team Member
54% 3%
Entry Level
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Current area of IT Project Management
21%
Development
31%
Support & Operations
31%
Analysis
5%
Testing
3%
Other*
9% 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Commuting time to work >75 minutes
<15 minutes 15%
15% 60 - 75 minutes
9% 23%
45 - 60 minutes
15 - 30 minutes
17% 21% 30 - 45 minutes
Other * Design, UX, Architecture, Business Development
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Permanent Employee Salary Current monthly salary (gross income)
48% 13%
38%
¤2251 - ¤3750
¤3751 - ¤6750
¤851 - ¤2250
1%
0%
¤6751 - ¤9750 ¤9750 +
Change in salary (last review)
Increase 31%
No change 69%
Decrease 0%
Expectations (next review) Increase
43%
No change
32%
Decrease
1%
No comment
8%
Don’t know
16% 0%
10%
20%
30%
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40%
50%
60%
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Permanent Employee Current Benefits Listed in order of popularity
1
2
3
4
Private Healthcare
Laptop
Pension
Company Car
5
6
7
8
Mobile Phone
Flexible working hours
Extra Holiday
Free lunch
9
10
11
12
Gym membership
Season ticket loan
Cycle to Work Scheme
Child care vouchers
13
14
Sabbatical Leave
Duvet Days
Other benefits mentioned included internet at home, meal vouchers and life insurance
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Future Plans When do permanent employees expect to change jobs?
!
6M
1Y
Immediately 14%
Within 6 month 26%
Within 1 year 21%
2Y
3Y
3Y+
Within 2 years 16%
Within 3 years 3%
More than 3 years 20%
Most important factors when choosing a new job
Challenging tasks 46%
Salary 19%
Career opportunities 19% Other important factors were a good balance between work and private life
Location 9%
High responsibility 6%
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Most import reason to stay in an existing job
Other 18%
Investment in IT department 17% 18%
17%
27% 38%
Clear career path 38%
Strong overall business performance 27%
Other reasons to stay in a job included: trust in strategy and management, team spirit, investment in the welfare of employees and overall environment
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3. Skills in demand Most popular IT skills of 2014 Top 15 most searched for skills by tech professionals
2
1
3
Project Manager
Java
IT Manager
4 Business Analyst
7 .Net
5
C
6 Testing
8 Software Developer
9 10
SAP
IT Support
12
11 Oracle
Network Engineer
13
Linux
14
PHP
15
Business Intelligence
*The most searched for skills on the www.theitjobobard.co.uk The most searched for skills on www.itjobboard.be
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Top 15 most searched for skills by employers
1 Java
2
SAP
3
PHP 6
4
Linux
.Net
5
7
C#
Salesforce
8
10
Business Intelligence
Developer
11
9
Tester
C 12
14
Python
Security
13
UX
15 Oracle
The most searched for skills by employers in our CV database
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4. Social Recruitment How do tech professionals interact on social media?
82%
interact with other tech professionals on social sites
80%
search for new job opportunities on social sites
75%
regularly update their profiles to appeal to employers
Tech pros are waiting for you...
90%
receptive to employers contacting them via social sites
but
21%
said that employers never contact them via social sites
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Where to find tech pros (social media platforms) Google Groups 6%
StackOverflow 11% Github 7%
Google+ 20%
Meetup 2%
Twitter 20% Facebook 34%
Excluding LinkedIn
How can recruiters improve contact with tech pros through social media Only target me with relevant jobs 47%
Show technical understanding of my job 17%
Other 4%
Be honest Current relevance as opposed to past relevance: our careers evolve quickly
Ask questions before starting to speak
Research my employment Background more 32%
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Offer opportunities to suit my experience and salary
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About the IT Job Board The IT Job Board速 is a Dice Holdings Inc. service. It is a leading tech career site for Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and the UK, as well as a media service that targets IT decision makers and professionals globally. IT Job Board.be helps connect employers with relevant active and passive tech professionals. The site currently advertises over 1.000 live vacancies from companies such as ING, PwC, Johnson & Johnson, Hewlett-Packard and many more*. In 2014 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 February 2015
Get in touch... Email: contact@itjobboard.be Phone: +31 (0)20 799 4100 Website: www.itjobboard.be Open web: www.theitjobboard.co.uk/openweb Twitter: @itjobboard_be
IT Job Market Report 2015
The IT Job Board, March 2015