2012 IT Salary Survey
Are you paying too much or too little to your information technology staff? Are you earning what you're worth? Whether employer or employee, it is important to know what other companies are paying in total compensation for a similar position in your area. Learn howyour company compares in the area of compensation. Get IT Job Descriptions and staff hiring guidelines. These figures are based on a full time employee’s salary. For part time jobs in information technology, the salaries will obviously change.
The Janco Associates, Inc. salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year by extensive internet-based and completed surveyforms sent to businesses throughout the United States and Canada. Our database contains over 80,000 data points.
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.
IT Salary Survey Summary
IT Staffing and Compensastion News
02/02/2012
CIO begin to think about growing the their IT organizations
According the Hackett Group's, company leaders have identified the need to grow their emerging market presence as one of the most important priorities for 2012, compared to 2011. They now want their current level of globalization to triple within two to three years, and among their top goals is expanding the reach of their IT service delivery models.
But simply growing and tapping new markets isn't enough. Companies want to remain agile so they can adapt quickly and intelligently to volatile changes in customer demands and costs, according to the firm. "Getting the right information to permit quick action can only be accomplished when mechanisms are in place to gather high-quality data, conduct rigorous analysis, and make decisions with confidence. IT and other support functions overwhelmingly recognize this fact and are focusing their technology priorities for 2012 around the themes of improving the foundation of unified data (to create 'one source of truth') and being able to provide analysis and access to those findings."
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01/28/2012
H-1B Visa program continues to grow
The data comes from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Service. One list shows new applications for H-1B visas; the second list shows
the combined totals for new visas and renewals. A H-1B visa must be renewed
every three years.
The U.S. issues 85,000 H-1B visas annually. Of that number, 20,000 are reserved for advanced degree graduates of U.S. universities.
In total, the new visa applications from the top 10 users account for 22% of all the visas allowed by the U.S. each year. But offshore providers probably have a much larger percentage of the visas issued under the 65,000 cap, which includes graduates for foreign universities. An exact breakdown isn't available.
H-1B Visa Renewals and Approvals
- Cognizant - 5715
- Infosys- 4042
- Wipro - 2817
- Tata - 1758
- Larsen & Toubro - 1608
- Microsoft - 1586
- Accenture - 1370
- HCL America - 1128
- IBM - 1063
- Google - 615
H-1B New Visa Applications
- Cognizant - 4222
- Infosys - 3962
- Wipro - 2736
- Tata - 1740
- Accenture - 1347
- Larsen & Toubro - 1204
- HCL America - 1033
- Microsoft - 947
- IBM - 853
- Google - 383
- TOTAL - 18427
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01/28/2012
Recruiting using social media
Social media sites provide distinct clues that help identify top talent. Look at the candidate's presence on Linked In, Facebook, Twitter, or blogs, and look at:
- Writing style: Many top-tier recruits have blogs with at least a small readership. Take the time to read his or her blog posts - and not just the most recent ones, but the early ones as well. It will give you an idea about his or her professionalism, communication skills, and ability to evolve and progress.
- Followings: A good way to differentiate between two seemingly equal candidates may be to see how many people are commenting on their blog and, more significantly, how many followers they have on Twitter. Followers are a rough vote of interest and confidence in an individual.
- Word of mouth - online: Wall posts, Twitter @replies, blog comments, and LinkedIn recommendations provide insight into what people think of an individual.
Social media has proven to be a valuable resource in bad times, and it may
also be a compelling resource for businesses in times-a-plenty. Tracking
potential talent across social media venues is smart business because the top
players in any industry or profession are likely to be actively engaged in
online communities.
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01/20/2012
Talent in high demand at large firms
CIOs and other top organizational executives foresee a global talent shortage looming for the next several years, according to recent research from Deloitte. The consulting firm released the results of its survey in a new report, "Talent Edge 2020: Redrafting Talent Strategies for the Uneven Recovery." When it comes to adequately appointing leaders and staffing key operations, the report says fallout from the talent shortage could be significant. In addition, retaining younger workers has emerged as a key issue for many organizations.
Ultimately, companies that invest aggressively in talent management and development programs will reap rewards, the report concludes. "Today's top talent organizations are not sitting back and waiting for a slow recovery to solve their talent challenges," says the talent services leader for Deloitte Consulting. "These executives are more likely to invest ‑ by a two to one margin ‑ across the board on talent priorities." More than 375 senior executives and talent managers at large companies worldwide took part in the research.
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01/14/2012
Hiring is on the uptick
Janco Associates and eJobDescription.com have found that hiring seems to be on the move up. In the last few months they have found that companies are beginning to look into the future.
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01/09/2012
Mobile workers to drive IT
By 2015,
the world's mobile worker population will reach 1.3 billion, representing 37.2
percent of the total workforce, according to an updated forecast from an IT
analytics firm. The report projects the most significant gains will again be in
the emerging economies of Asia/Pacific thanks to continued, strong economic
growth. The Americas will experience a slower growth rate due to a protracted
economic recovery and high rates of unemployment, the analysts
concluded.
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