IT Professionals Salaries and Hiring Flat According to 2012 IT Salary Survey

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The 2012 Salary Survey, just released by Janco Associates, is mixed news for IT Professionals. The survey shows that hiring and salaries are up in some sectors of the IT job market, salaries have stopped falling and for selected positions there has been an increase in compensation. The CEO of Janco, Victor Janulaitis stated, “Our main conclusion from analysis of the data and interviews of CIOs is that for Information Technology the recession has bottomed out for and that hiring of IT professionals will increase in 2012.” Mr. Janulaitis also said, “However there still are a number of companies who are continue to be cautious and are concerned that the recovery will not be strong enough to support increased IT spending.” He added, “Cost control is still the rule of the day; however, we have seen an increase in the number of part-timers and contractors who are focused on particular critical projects. This is strong indicator that IT hiring and salaries will go up in 2012.”

Earlier Janco Associates reported that there was a net loss of 300 IT jobs in December according to the latest BLS data. The primary driver was the telecommunications sector (4,100 jobs lost) while jobs were gained in Other Information services (1,300 jobs added), Data Processing and Hosting (2,000 jobs added), and Computer System Design and Related Services (500 jobs added).

Summary Janco 12 month comparisons show that mean compensation (which includes bonuses) for all IT executive positions in large enterprises surveyed is $140,879 (an increase from $140,267 in 2011) and $124,363 (a slight increase from $123,301 in 2011) in mid-sized enterprises. Overall compensation for all IT Professionals has increased from $77,604 to $78,229; in large companies - IT professionals the average salary increased to $81,644 from $81,273; and in mid-sized companies - IT professionals the average salary increased to $74,43 from $73,934. The study also shows that there was a 5% increase in the number of employees receiving personal performance bonuses while there was 4% increase in those receiving enterprise based performance bonuses. Mr. Janulaitis said, “Bonuses are leading indicator that companies are looking for enterprise revenue improvements and want to motivate employees to focus on improving the company’s bottom line over and above everything else.”

Janco has captured IT compensation data since 1996 and publishes its IT Salary Survey semi-annually. A summary of the most recent salary survey can be downloaded by visiting Janco IT Salary Survey at http://www.e-janco.com/Salary.htm.

Standard Edition IT Hiring Kit

IT Salary Survey - The salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year via extensive internet-based survey instruments and completed survey forms from businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The survey data reflects IT salaries in 78 major cities in the United States as well as 23 cities in Canada. Summary data is provided in both the PDF document and a separate Excel Spreadsheet.
Interview and Hiring Guide - Anyone conducting an interview should be aware of questions that are illegal to ask prospective employees. This has all of the tools that you need to keep the process objective and key the enterprise out of court.
Salary Survey Job Descriptions (PDF) The job descriptions are provided as an indexed PDF document for all of the positions surveyed. The PDF file has a copyright date of 2011 and can be viewed and printed.

Silver Edition IT Hiring Kit

IT Salary Survey - The salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year via extensive internet-based survey instruments and completed survey forms from businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The survey data reflects IT salaries in 78 major cities in the United States as well as 23 cities in Canada. Summary data is provided in both the PDF document and a separate Excel Spreadsheet.
Interview and Hiring Guide - Anyone conducting an interview should be aware of questions that are illegal to ask prospective employees. This has all of the tools that you need to keep the process objective and key the enterprise out of court.
Salary Survey Job Descriptions (WORD & PDF) The job descriptions are provided as individual WORD (.docx) and PDF files. The job descriptions have a copyright date of 2011.

Gold Edition IT Hiring Kit

IT Salary Survey - The salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year via extensive internet-based survey instruments and completed survey forms from businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The survey data reflects IT salaries in 78 major cities in the United States as well as 23 cities in Canada. Summary data is provided in both the PDF document and a separate Excel Spreadsheet.
Interview and Hiring Guide - Anyone conducting an interview should be aware of questions that are illegal to ask prospective employees. This has all of the tools that you need to keep the process objective and key the enterprise out of court.
Salary Survey Job Descriptions (WORD & PDF) The job descriptions are provided as an indexed PDF document for all of the positions surveyed. The PDF file has a copyright date of 2011 and can be viewed and printed.
Internet and IT Job Descriptions (WORD) The 243 job descriptions have been extracted from Janco's Internet IT and Position Descriptions HandiGuide^®. Each job description has a copyright date of 2012 and comes in WORD 2007 format using long file names.

IT Salary Survey - The salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year via extensive internet-based survey instruments and completed survey forms from businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The survey data reflects IT salaries in 78 major cities in the United States as well as 23 cities in Canada. Summary data is provided in both the PDF document and a separate Excel Spreadsheet.
Interview and Hiring Guide - Anyone conducting an interview should be aware of questions that are illegal to ask prospective employees. This has all of the tools that you need to keep the process objective and key the enterprise out of court.
Salary Survey Job Descriptions (WORD & PDF) The job descriptions are provided as an indexed PDF document for all of the positions surveyed. The PDF file has a copyright date of 2011 and can be viewed and printed.
Internet and IT Job Descriptions (WORD) The 243 job descriptions have been extracted from Janco's Internet IT and Position Descriptions HandiGuide^®. Each job description has a copyright date of 2012 and comes in WORD 2007 format using long file names.
Internet and IT Positions Description HandiGuide® (PDF) The Internet and IT Position Descriptions HandiGuide^® contains over 650 pages; which includes sample organization charts, a job progression matrix, and 243 job descriptions. The book also addresses Fair Labor Standards and the ADA. Also included are tools to help you expand, evaluate and define your enterprise's unique additional required. Those tools include:
- Job Evaluation Questionnaire
- Position Description Questionnaire
- Job Progression Matrix (Job Family Classifications)