IT Salaries 2012: $90,000, 1% Raise Typical
By Chris Murphy 
InformationWeek
April 16, 2012 08:00 AM
InformationWeekApril 16, 2012 08:00 AM
As Technology soars through the roof, we realize that the job industry is changing drastically. Those nerdy tech geeks in your high school will be making $$$$$ while were making $$$. Trying making fun of them now! The average IT staff is making about 90k yearly, generally with a 1% raise. Their managers are making roughly 116k with about a 1.8% raise! I now know i should have picked IT instead of Finance!
The people who can blend their business & IT skills are the most successful. A few niche job functions are making a good amount of dough. These jobs being; Wireless infrastructure ($115,000) and Cloud Computing ($110,000) are at top of the medians.
There is however some skills shortages in the industry. Business analytics specialists, basically being statiticians that are "deep into data modeling". these positions are in high demand and will continue to be into the future. With roughly 7000 people in the industry taking a survey, 88% thinks that their job is secure verses the other 12% that think their position is insecure.
Being in this technological industry, there is a lot of pro's and some cons to go with it. It is a constant learning environment, where you either "learn or be left behind". With the constant upgrading and advancement of tech, you have to constantly learn the new things happing in the tech world. So people in the IT work world diversify their skills, which can lead to promotions and even pay increments.
So if you like playing with computers, and want to earn a good salary, this career is for you!
This is a nice article brain i didn't know people in IT made that much money that is crazy. I’m in the same boat as you finance major i would have learned more about computers if i knew about how much those IT guys made. Not only is it good that they make so much money and they get a good raise amount, but it is nice that most of them think that their job is secure. 88% is a lot of people in this economy at the time to have a secure job. Even though it must be hard for them to have to constantly learn new things in order to stay with their industry. I don't know how i would do if i had to continue to learn things in order to keep my job i might fall behind, and become one of those 12% who have an insecure job.
ReplyDeleteHey Brian,
ReplyDeleteI read the same article; it was definitely an interesting and enlightening article as it highlighted the averages between many different IT careers which were right around $90,000. Hmmm maybe switching to an IT guy isn't a bad gig after all.
I think that the demand of IT personnel will continue to rise as many businesses need more intelligent computer savvy employees. I think that these careers reflect the compensation of employees who have years of experience.
Overall it was a great read for me. It helped me see the various job titles that in some cases I would think were the same job.
It was also interesting how IT has developed over the past 10 years. If not for state of the art advancements in technology we wouldn't be able to pay the employees so immensely or even hire them at all.
I think being an IT demands a lot of knowledge and the ability to learn new things. I don't believe I could be a great IT employee so I will stick to management.