Salaries for Data Center Jobs Stay Flat
A recent survey conducted by the IT-focused consulting firm Janco Associates finds the volume of seasoned IT professionals seeking employment to be the culprit in IT salary raises being minimal at best. Datamation reports.
IT salary levels clearly face challenges created by the economic downturn. Unfortunately, IT salary raises have been minimal or none at all. According to Janco Associates, an IT-focused consulting firm that conducts annual IT salary surveys, "there is now a surplus of seasoned IT professionals" -- hence, the ceiling on IT salary increases.
Other key findings from Janco relating to 2010 IT salaries:
- Layoffs have focused on middle management and IT support staff.
- Many mid-sized enterprises have stopped hiring all IT professionals altogether.
- IT hiring is limited to a few selected positions as enterprise continue to cut costs.
As you can see, the last few years have been particularly tough on IT salary levels:
Mean IT Salaries, 2007-2010:
Large companies (223 organizations responded):
| January 2007 | $81,078 |
| January 2008 | $82,197 |
| January 2009 | $81,302 |
| January 2010 | $81,614 |
Midsize companies (594 organizations responded):
| January 2007 | $75,096 |
| January 2008 | $75,814 |
| January 2009 | $73,132 |
| January 2010 | $73,216 |
The compensation study (160 plus pages in PDF or WORD and EXCEL with the data) can be ordered here. In addition if you provide us with more than ten (10) data points you can get a copy of the next IT Salary Survey for free. This survey is published in January and July.
