The IT Job Market Report 2015 - UK

IT Job Market Report 2015

The IT Job Board, February 2015

Introduction We surveyed over 900 UK tech professionals to create a comprehensive IT Job Market Report containing salary insight, market expectations on future remuneration, mobility, social media and more.

We hope you find this report useful.

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1. Contractors Contractor Demographics

18%

Male

Female

% 25

82%

Sector

75 %

Gender

Private

Public

Where contractors currently work

Scotland

North East

North West

Yorkshire & the Humber

West Midlands Thames Valley

East Midlands East Anglia

South West

London

Density of IT Employees Highest

South East

Lowest

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Contractors age < 18 years old

0%

18 - 24 years old

1%

25 - 34 years old

21%

35 - 44 years old

28%

45 - 54 years old

30%

55 - 64 years old

17%

> 65 years old

3% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

25%

30%

35%

40%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Education level GCSE

7%

College Diploma

17%

Bachelor Degree

39%

Master Degree

22%

Ph.D Other*

3% 12% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

Years of IT experience 0 - 5 years

18%

6 - 10 years

19%

11 - 15 years

14%

16 - 20 years

13%

More than 20 years

36% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

Other * A level, HND and NVQ

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Current career level Director

9%

Senior Management

9%

Middle Management

27%

Lower Management

13%

Team Member

37%

Entry Level

5% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Current area of IT Project Management

23%

Development

24%

Support & Operations

23%

Analysis

12%

Testing

6%

Other*

12% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Commuting time to work >75 minutes 10% 60 - 75 minutes

15 minutes 19%

16% 14%

15 - 30 minutes

20% 45 - 60 minutes

21% 30 - 45 minutes

Other * Training, Design and Architecture

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Contractor Salary Contract Rates (hourly)

47%

27%

13% £1 - £30

£31 - £60

£61 - £90

9%

4%

£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 38%

No change 58%

Decrease 4%

Expectations (next review) Increase

39%

No change

30% 1%

Decrease No comment

10%

Don’t know

20% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

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35%

40%

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Future Plans When IT Contractors expect to change job

!

1

3

Immediately 18%

Within 1 month 22%

Within 3 months 22%

6

12

12+

Within 6 months 19%

Within 12 months 11%

More than 12 months 8%

Most important factors when choosing a new contract

Challenging tasks 36%

Salary 22%

Location 21%

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Career opportunities 15%

Other 4%

High responsibility 2%

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2. Permanent Permanent Employee Demographics

19%

Male

Female

% 17

81%

Sector

83 %

Gender

Private

Public

Where do employees currently work?

Scotland

North East

North West

Yorkshire & the Humber

West Midlands Thames Valley

East Midlands East Anglia

South West

London

Density of IT Employees Highest

South East

Lowest

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Employeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s age < 18 years old

0%

18 - 24 years old

3%

25 - 34 years old

25%

35 - 44 years old

36%

45 - 54 years old

26%

55 - 64 years old

9%

> 65 years old

1% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Education level GCSE

10%

College Diploma

16%

Bachelor Degree

45%

Master Degree

22%

Ph.D

1%

Other*

6% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Years of IT experience 0 - 5 years

20%

6 - 10 years

21%

11 - 15 years

21%

16 - 20 years

16%

More than 20 years

22% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

Other * GNVQ and Professional qualifications

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Current career level 3%

Director Senior Management

10%

Middle Management

25%

Lower Management

16%

Team Member

42% 4%

Entry Level

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

Current area of IT Project Management

14%

Development

26%

Support & Operations

34%

Analysis

8%

Testing

6%

Other*

12% 0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Commuting time to work >75 minutes 9%

60 - 75 minutes

45 - 60 minutes

9%

20%

15 minutes 19%

23%

15 - 30 minutes

20% 30 - 45 minutes

Other * Training, sales and consultancy

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Permanent Employee Salary Current annual salary (gross income)

43%

29%

10%

11%

£20K - £40K £40K - £60K

£0 - £20K

5%

£60K - £80K

£80K - £100K

2% £100K +

Change in salary (last review)

Increase 59%

No change 40%

Decrease 1%

Expectations (next review) Increase

56%

No change

25%

Decrease

1%

No comment

3%

Don’t know

15% 0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

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60%

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Permanent Employee Current Benefits Listed in order of popularity

1

2

3

4

Pension

Private Healthcare

Laptop

Flexible working hours

5

6

7

8

Mobile Phone

Cycle to Work Scheme

Child care vouchers

Extra Holiday

9

10

11

12

Season ticket loan

Company Car

Gym membership

Free lunch

13

14

Sabbatical Leave

Duvet Days

Other benefits mentioned were broadband, working from home, free travel to work, share purchase schemes and city club membership

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Future Plans When do employees expect to change jobs?

!

6M

1Y

Immediately 12%

Within 6 month 26%

Within 1 year 22%

2Y

3Y

3Y+

Within 2 years 17%

Within 3 years 7%

More than 3 years 16%

Most important factors when choosing a new job

High responsibility 4%

Location 10%

Career opportunities 26% Other important factors were culture, flexibility and work life balance

Salary 26%

Challenging tasks 34%

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Most import reason to stay in an existing job

Other 15%

Investment in IT department 17% 15%

17%

20% 48%

Clear career path 48%

Strong overall business performance 20%

Other reasons to stay in a job included: Feeling valued, challenging work, security, people, culture and environment.

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3. Skills in demand Most popular IT skills of 2014 Tech professionals Top 15 searched for skills on the IT Job Board

2

1

3 Java

Project Manager

Business Analyst

4 Support / Help Desk

7 SQL

5 Oracle

6

C#

8

Testing & QA

9 10

PHP

IT Manager

12

11

SAP

Cisco

13

.Net

14

Games Programmer

15

Linux

*The most searched for skills on the www.theitjobobard.co.uk The most searched for skills on the www.theitjobboard.co.uk

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Employers Top 15 skills searched for

1 Java

2

SAP

3

PHP 6

4

Linux

.Net

7

5

Business Intelligence

Salesforce

8

10

Developer

C 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?

85%

interact with other tech professionals on social sites

74%

search for new job opportunities on social sites

70%

regularly update their profiles to appeal to employers

Where to find tech pros (social media platforms)

Facebook 47%

StackOverflow 10% Github 7% Meetup 6% Other 4%

Other sites listed Twitter 26%

Excluding LinkedIn

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How can recruiters improve contact with tech pros through social media Only target me with relevant jobs 42%

Show technical understanding of my job 20%

Other 5%

Engage more Do your homework and stop wasting peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time

Maintain a relationship Offer opportunities to suit my experience and salary

Research my employment Background more 33%

Why recruiters use social media to recruit tech pros

37%

Discover passive candidates

24%

They help engage with tech pros

16%

They help to build talent pools Technology & Marketing pros use social channels more than other professionals

13%

Return on investment

10%

Gain understanding of tech pros

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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 the UK, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands, as well as a media service that targets IT decision makers and professionals globally.

IT Job Board.co.uk helps connect employers with relevant active and passive tech professionals.

The site currently advertises over 11,000 live vacancies from companies such as Bloomberg, EE, Microsoft, Boeing, Canon and many more* In 2014 The 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 28th January 2015

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IT Job Market Report 2015

The IT Job Board, February 2015