Salaries for permanent IT staff have risen by four times
the UK average percentage rise over the past 12 months, as
competition for the most senior IT professionals
intensifies.
Rising demand for senior project managers and business analysts
has pushed salaries for IT staff up by an average of 15% over the
past year, a survey of more than 5,000 staff by the Association of
Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) has revealed.
Pay levels for IT staff have risen faster in the past year than
they have over the previous five years, as employers compete for
senior IT professionals.
Atsco’s findings are in line with the latest Computer/Weekly SSL
survey of recruitment trends, published earlier this month.
It showed that vacancies advertised for management information
systems and IT managers increased by nearly 30% in the first
quarter of 2006, and demand for business systems analysts and
project managers rose by more than 20%. However, PC support and
other low-level skills barely registered any growth.
The findings will put pressure on IT departments to invest in
training, factor in the recruitment of key staff at an earlier
stage in project planning, and pay higher rates to attract the best
staff.
“Cost containment remains a top priority for IT departments. But
pressure on salaries has been building for some time and
organisations are realising that in order to contain key skills
they are having to offer more,” said Anne Swain, chief executive of
Atsco.
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