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IT sector: Not so bad after all

News As for pay increases, 70 per cent of respondents said they expected one in the coming year, although 54 per cent expected their salary to rise "only slightly". A quarter thought their salary would remain the same, while two per cent predicted their...

Tags: work, tech, skills

[15 May 2008]

Males in tech willing to show off their wad

News Women in IT are far less keen on salary show-and-tell, with only 49 per cent being happy to disclose their pay. Male techies are willing to reveal the size of their pay packets if it helps women get a fairer pay deal.

Tags: men, women, salary, pay

[02 May 2008]

Techies: 'We're worth more than last year'

News UK IT workers are not letting economic woes get them down, according to a new salary survey of close to 5,000 techies. The average salary of a full-time employee in the IT sector stands at £35,160, the survey found.

Tags: salary, jobs, skills

[02 May 2008]

India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs

News But Premji dismissed claims this onshore expansion and local recruitment - at local western salary levels - will increase the company's cost base and hit profit margins. Indian IT giant Wipro is set to create hundreds of new jobs in the UK by...

Tags: wipro, premji, tax, consultancy

[20 Mar 2008]

Oracle contractor shortage predicted

Oracle contractor shortage predicted

News The average annual salary for the last three months for a permanent Oracle job was £46,244, according to ITJobsWatch.co.uk. If you have Oracle skills 2008 could be something of a jackpot year with contractors in short supply as demand ramps up over...

Tags: oracle, jobs, skills, demand

[27 Feb 2008]

IT skills shortage hits 10-year high

News Salary growth in the sector remains stable, with respondents reporting an average wage increase of 3.7 per cent. The annual poll of 244 organisations, which provides salary and employment details for 5,493 IT staff, was undertaken by the National...

Tags: it, skills shortage, skills, workers

[11 Feb 2008]

London streets paved with gold for IT workers?

News The average permanent IT salary in the South East is £33,513, according to IT recruitment agency CV Screen which conducted the survey. Wages for London IT pros are rising faster than their peers in the rest of the South East region.

Tags: london, techie, pay

[17 Jan 2008]

North-South pay gap narrows

News But the average yearly wage for IT professionals in the North is now £33,333, compared to £44,200 for a Londoner - meaning tech workers in the North earn 69 per cent of the average salary pocketed by their counterparts in the capital.

Tags: pay, skills, north, professionals

[02 Jan 2008]

Operational IT budgets to be squeezed in 2008

Operational IT budgets to be squeezed in 2008

News Hopkins said: "I am planning on the basis of a three per cent increase in operational budgets (which is less than my expected salary cost levels) but a significant increase in capital expenditure. The downward pressure on operational IT costs will...

Tags: budgets, cio jury, cio, mark

[17 Dec 2007]

Gov't not trusted with public data

News The Driver and Vehicle Agency in Northern Ireland admitted to losing more than 6,000 motorists' details in the post, Norfolk police admitted losing the details of dozens of prisoners and Sefton Primary Care Trust sent the salary and pension...

Tags: data, dva, hmrc, gov

[14 Dec 2007]

Web 2.0 techies sacrifice pay for shares

News More than 75 per cent of candidates joining dot-com start-ups through IT staffing company ReThink Recruitment have foregone up to a third of their salary in exchange for shares. An example given is someone moving from a £72,000 salary as a...

Tags: web 2.0, start-ups, myspace, contractors

[13 Nov 2007]

Skills Survey 2007: CIOs getting less cash?

News The majority (65 per cent) take home a smaller salary, of between £25,001 and £55k. IT chiefs are rolling in slightly less filthy lucre than last year, according to the 2007 exclusive silicon.com Skills Survey.

Tags: cios, skills, salaries, skills survey

[14 Aug 2007]

IT failing in 'grab a grad' bids

News The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) Graduate Recruitment Survey 2007 - Summer Review report shows consumer goods companies are getting the highest number of graduate applications, with 104 applications for every vacancy and a median...

Tags: it skills shortage, it skills, skills shortage, soft skills

[10 Jul 2007]

How to stop your best tech staff from being poached

News The war for talent is putting increasing pressure on organisations to look beyond salary and financial benefits to keep hold of good IT staff. But salary is just one factor in the choice to stay or leave.

Tags: skills, retention, talent, cio jury

[28 Jun 2007]

Recruitment crisis looms for UK tech industry

News The 2007 National Management Salary Survey by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Remuneration Economics shows an average salary increase of 5.3 per cent across all industry sectors - down from 5.7 per cent in 2006.

Tags: remuneration economics, chartered management institute

[26 Jun 2007]

In brief: Top wi-fi, zombie attack, paradise lost, malware costs

News Popular Cornish tourist attraction the Eden Project has confirmed that a laptop containing the names, addresses, bank details, national insurance numbers and salary details of 500 employees has been stolen from the car of its payroll partner.

Tags: malware, eden project, nasa, rsa

[15 Jun 2007]

In brief: Google university boost, Xerox print advance and graduate jobs

News It also found the average salary graduates expect to earn is £17,000, and 77 per cent are willing to travel for up to an hour each way to get to work. Trinity College Dublin has switched to using Google's email service, with the students able to...

Tags: google, apple

[12 Jun 2007]

Lawyers warn of working from home pitfalls

News The employee's contract also needs to be changed to reflect the homeworking set-up - with factors such as different work hours or changes to salary or benefits to be considered. Before unchaining staff from office desks and sending them off to work...

Tags: working from home, wfh

[24 May 2007]

Jobs plays options brouhaha for laughs

News Jobs makes only $1 a year in salary, but hundreds of millions in stock awards made him the highest-paid CEO in the US last year. Apple CEO Steve Jobs shrugged off questions about stock option backdating and environmental policies at the company's...

Tags: scandal, options, steve jobs, apple

[11 May 2007]

ID fraud reports rocket

News Top salary earners are four times more likely to be a victim of ID fraud than average while people living in rented accommodation or flatshares are also at greater risk. The internet is helping criminal gangs to coordinate their activities and...

Tags: fraud

[12 Apr 2007]

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