[CSENews] [Fwd: Salary projections]

Thu Nov 1 06:53:13 EDT 2007

This is from the Ziff-Davis CIO Minute. What is says about IT salaries 
should apply to industrial CS salaries as well

http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2209783,00.asp

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October 30, 2007
IT Salaries to Rise Twice as Fast as Inflation
By Deborah Perelman
*The biggest increases will go to lead application developers and 
application architects, a Robert Half Technology report says. *

CIOs looking to hire skilled IT professionals will pay, on average, 5.3 
percent more in 2008 than they did this year, according to a 
just-released report from Robert Half Technology, an IT staffing firm.

As a comparison, the Consumer Price Index rose 2.8 percent this past year.

The biggest increases will go to lead application developers,who manage 
softeare development teams and projects, with base compensation expected 
to rise 7.6 percent to between $80,250 and $108,000 annually. 
Application architects, also in demand, will average a 7.5 percent 
increase, with starting salaries ranging from $87,250 to $120,000.

Other skills seeing salary increases of 7 percent or higher include Web 
development, network management or database administration.

"This was not really a surprise," says Katherine Spencer Lee, executive 
director of Robert Half Technology. "The strong increases are still in 
the application development space, especially for individuals that have 
those Web 2.0 skill sets. Those who can architect and develop Web spaces 
had the highest increases that we saw, even 7.5 percent in some titles."

Robert Half Technology's 2008 IT Salary Guide is based on analysis of 
the job placements managed by the company's U.S. offices. The analysis 
found that nearly 15 percent of firms said that they intended to 
increase their IT staff in 2008.

The company pegged wireless communication as one of the top areas 
driving IT hiring in U.S. companies, as developers create more and more 
tools for mobile devices that IT departments are increasingly 
responsible for supporting. Lee calls this the "gadget factor."

"With everyone's devices communicating with everyone else's devices, 
there is a need for people who are like the air traffic controllers of 
the IT department," Lee says.

Industries foreseeing strong demand for IT pros next year include 
financial services, healthcare and commercial construction, the report says.

Go to the next screens to see pay increases and salaries for various 
classes of IT professionals.

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