Its’ Information Technology week and we want to be sure you have all the updated information you could possible need on the IT industry’s hiring, salary and employment trends. This week we will be using social media to share all kinds of data and statics with you on this topic. Be sure and follow us on Twitter and Facebook. You can also reference the bullets below:
- The number of IT professionals receiving bonuses in 2011 was at 32% that was up from 24% in 2010
- In 2010 the average U.S. tech salaries was $79,384 in 2011 it was $81,327
- The #1 tech market with above average salary growth is Austin, Texas with an average of $89,419
- In 2011 only 12% of IT employees were not satisfied with their salary
- ABAP – Advanced Business Application Programming – average salary in 2011 was $109,157 – in 2011 this role experienced above average salary growth
- Java Database Connectivity average salary in 2011 was $102,579, which was up 6% from the previous year, leading some to believe there is a push to enterprise java
- For the South Central region of the country the average IT salary in 2011 was $77,751 this was a 5.1% increase from the previous year
- 38% of IT employees said they plan to change employers in anticipation of making more money, where as 26% said they would stay with employers in anticipation of making more money
- IT companies with more than 50,000 employees have a salary average of $90,533 for 2011 a 2.8% increase
- When IT professionals were asked what their biggest concern is, they answered, finding an appropriate new position for my skill set
- Technologies that are expected to big in 2012 are: mobile, cloud, social, and data analytics
- Social enterprise is projected to become a $6.4 billion market by 2012
