Salary growth for IT staff began to slow in 2008 for
many roles, as shown by the figures below from the SSL / Computer
Weekly survey.
Some roles, such as systems development manager and project
manager, even saw a decline in wages. As demand starts to slow and
competition for roles increases, salaries growth could fall further
in 2009.
This is a table showing the advertiused salaries of different
roles of IT Professsionals in the UK from Q4 2006 - 2008.
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| Job Role | Q4 2006 | Q4 2007 | Q4 2008 | % Change 07-08 |
| IT/IS Director | 91361 | 104707 | 109925 | 1.7 |
| MIS/Manager | 58804 | 57594 | 56877 | 1.5 |
| Systems Development Manager | 52261 | 54792 | 53997 | -1.8 |
| Computer Services Manager | 51590 | 54722 | 54426 | 3.4 |
| Office Systems/Helpdesk Manager | 42655 | 41705 | 40519 | -3.3 |
| Software/ Programming Manager | 57744 | 55854 | 56584 | -0.9 |
| Operations Manager | 50194 | 49945 | 52867 | -0.4 |
| Management/Systems Consultant | 69689 | 68845 | 69982 | 0.6 |
| Projects Manager | 51829 | 53314 | 51785 | -0.3 |
| Systems Analyst | 34475 | 36142 | 36716 | 2.5 |
| Senior Business Analyst | 56059 | 57197 | 56230 | 0.2 |
| Business Analyst | 37872 | 39460 | 39285 | 0.4 |
| Senior Test Analyst | 43437 | 44544 | 44317 | -1 |
| Development team Leader | 56785 | 58138 | 56932 | -6.6 |
| Senior Systems Developer | 50917 | 48425 | 48533 | 0 |
| Systems Developer | 39358 | 40898 | 40092 | 0.6 |
| Analyst Programmer | 32525 | 34335 | 34740 | 0 |
| Graduate Developer | 23039 | 23919 | 24283 | 1.7 |
| Senior Network/ Communications Analyst | 46585 | 53108 | 48538 | -3.5 |
| Network Communications Analyst | 34836 | 37911 | 35105 | 2.8 |
| Network Controller/Administrator | 33000 | 31654 | 29030 | -2.4 |
| Senior Network Support Engineer | 36863 | 39794 | 39078 | -1.1 |
| Network Support Engineer | 27607 | 30117 | 29830 | -1 |
| Network Pre/Post Sales Consultant | 52286 | 50896 | 49273 | -0.9 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 43765 | 45819 | 46440 | 3.1 |
| Software Engineer | 34510 | 36349 | 36902 | 0.4 |
| Software Communications Engineer | 40868 | 38577 | 41665 | 3.5 |
| Software Test Engineer | 32996 | 32837 | 34095 | 0.5 |
| Senior PC Support Analyst | 33165 | 35330 | 36244 | -3.1 |
| PC support Analyst | 24606 | 26131 | 26762 | 0 |
| Senior PC Support | 30850 | 31050 | 31177 | 0.6 |
| PC Support | 22044 | 23041 | 22821 | 0.1 |
| PC Help Desk Support | 19899 | 20410 | 20248 | 0 |
| Web Master/ Administrator | 34035 | 36872 | 33294 | -2 |
| Web Designer | 30284 | 32722 | 31826 | 0.6 |
| Web Author/Editor | 27500 | 28090 | 27776 | 0.4 |