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. The IT Job Board
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%
? 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