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Dice Job MarketReport 2015

Dice, February 2015

We surveyed over 900 UK tech professionals to create a comprehensive Dice Job Market Report containing salary insight, market expectations on future remuneration, mobility, social media and more.

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Dice Job Market Report 2015

1. Contractors

Where contractors currently work

North West

North East

London

East Anglia

South East

East Midlands

Yorkshire & the Humber

South West

Thames Valley

Scotland

West Midlands

Density of IT Employees

Highest Lowest

Contractor Demographics

Gender Sector

Male Female Private Public

82% 18% 75%

25%

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Education level

0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%

17%College Diploma

7%GCSE

39%Bachelor Degree

3%Ph.D

22%Master Degree

12%Other*

Years of IT experience

0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%

18%0 - 5 years

19%6 - 10 years

14%

13%16 - 20 years

11 - 15 years

36%More than 20 years

Contractors age

0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%

1%18 - 24 years old

0%< 18 years old

21%25 - 34 years old

28%



35 - 44 years old

3%> 65 years old

Other* A level, HND and NVQ



Current area of IT

Current career level

Commuting time to work

Other* Training, Design and Architecture

0% 10%5% 15% 30%20% 25%

24%Development

23%Project Management

23%Support & Operations

6%Testing

12%Analysis

12%Other*

19%

14%

21%20%

16%

10%

15 - 30 minutes

15 minutes

30 - 45 minutes

60 - 75 minutes

45 - 60 minutes

>75 minutes

0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%

9%Senior Management

9%Director

27%Middle Management

37%Team Member

13%Lower Management

5%Entry Level

Expectations (next review)


Current area of IT

0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%

39%Increase

30%No change

1%

10%No comment

Decrease

20%Don’t know

Change in salary (last review)

Increase 38%

Decrease 4%

No change 58%

Contract Rates (hourly)

£1 - £30

13%

£91 - £120

9%

£120 +

4%£61 - £90

47%

£31 - £60

27%

All contract rates are exclusive of recruitment agency fees, commissions, employee bene�tsand performance related bonuses

Contractor Salary



Future Plans

Current area of IT

When IT Contractors expect to change job

Within 6 months19%

Within 12 months11%

More than 12 months8%

6 12 12+

Immediately18%

Within 1 month22%

Within 3 months22%

! 1 3

Current area of IT

Most important factors when choosing a new contract

Location21%

Salary22%

Challenging tasks36%

Other4%

?Career opportunities

15%High responsibility

2%

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2. Permanent

Where employees currently work

Permanent Employee Demographics

Gender Sector

Male Female Private Public

83%

17%

81% 19%

North West

North East

London

East Anglia

South East

East Midlands

Yorkshire & the Humber

Density of IT Employees

Highest Lowest

South West

Thames Valley

Scotland

West Midlands

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Education level

Years of IT experience

0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%

18%0 - 5 years

19%6 - 10 years

14%

13%16 - 20 years

11 - 15 years

36%More than 20 years

Employee’s age

Other* A level, HND and NVQ

0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%

1%18 - 24 years old

0%< 18 years old


28%



35 - 44 years old

3%> 65 years old

6%Other*

0% 10%5% 15% 45%40%20% 30%25% 35%

16%College Diploma

10%GCSE

45%Bachelor Degree

22%

1%Ph.D

Master Degree


Current area of IT

Current career level

Commuting time to work

Other* Training, sales and consultancy

0% 10%5% 15% 45%40%20% 30%25% 35%

10%Senior Management

3%Director

25%Middle Management

16%

42%Team Member

Lower Management

4%Entry Level

0% 10%5% 15% 35%20% 30%25%

26%Development

14%Project Management

34%Support & Operations

8%

6%Testing

Analysis

12%Other*

19%

23%

20%

20%

9%9%

15 - 30 minutes

15 minutes

30 - 45 minutes

60 - 75 minutes

45 - 60 minutes

>75 minutes

Expectations (next review)



Current area of IT

Change in salary (last review)

Increase59%

Decrease 1%

No change 40%

Current annual salary (gross income)

Permanent Employee Salary

£0 - £20K

10%

£80K - £100K

5%£60K - £80K

11%

£100K +

2%£40K - £60K

29%£20K - £40K

43%

0% 10% 60%50%20% 30% 40%

56%Increase

25%No change

1%

3%No comment

Decrease

15%Don’t know


Permanent Employee Current Benefits

Current area of IT

Listed in order of popularity

Current area of IT

14

Duvet Days

13

SabbaticalLeave

Other bene�ts mentioned were broadband, working from home,

free travel to work, share purchase schemes and city club

membership

4

Pension

1 2

PrivateHealthcare

3

Laptop Flexibleworking hours

5

MobilePhone

7

Child carevouchers

8

ExtraHoliday

6

Cycle to WorkScheme

9

Seasonticket loan

10

CompanyCar

11

Gymmembership

12

Freelunch



Future Plans

Current area of IT

When do employees expect to change job

Current area of IT

Most important factors when choosing a new job

Immediately12%

Within 3 years7%

Within 6 month26%

Within 1 year22%

! 6M

Within 2 years17%

2Y 3Y

More than 3 years16%

3Y+

1Y

Location10%

Salary26%

Career opportunities26%

Challenging tasks34%

High responsibility4%

Other important factors were culture,

�exibility and work life balance


Most import reason to stay in an existing job

Other reasons to stay in a job included: Feeling valued, challenging work, security, people, culture and environment.

17%

20%

48%

15%

Other15%

Investment inIT department

17%

Strong overallbusiness

performance20%

Clearcareer path

48%

The most searched for skills on uk.dice.com



3. Skills in demand

Most popular IT skills of 2014

Tech professionals Top 15 searched for skills on Dice

Linux.Net

Cisco

SAP

ITManager

Testing& QA

C#

PHP

Oracle

Support /Help Desk

Java

SQL

ProjectManagerBusiness

Analyst

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4

5

6

78

910

11

12

1314

15GamesProgram-

mer

The most searched for skills by employers in our CV database


Employers Top 15 searched for skills on Dice

Java1

SAP2

PHP3

Salesforce

5

BusinessIntelligence

7

Linux6

C#9

C10

Python

12

Oracle15Security

14

UX13

Tester11

.Net4

Developer

8



4. Social Recruitment

Where to find tech pros (social media platforms)

How do tech professionals interact on social media?

85%interact with other tech professionals on social

sites

74%search for new job

opportunities on social sites

70%regularly update their pro�les to appeal to

employers

Facebook47%

Twitter26%

Meetup6%

Github7%

Stack Over�ow10%

Other4%

Excluding LinkedIn

Other sites listed

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How can recruiters improve contact with tech prosthrough social media

Current area of IT

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Why recruiters use social media to recruit tech pros

Technology & Marketing pros use social

channels more than other professionals

Do yourhomework andstop wastingpeople’s time

Maintain arelationship

Offeropportunities

to suit my experience

and salary

Engagemore

Other5%

Research my employmentBackground more

33%

Only target me withrelevant jobs

42% Show technicalunderstanding

of my job20%

13%Return on investment

10%Gain understanding of

tech pros

37%Discover passive

candidates

24%They help engage with

tech pros

16%They help to build

talent pools


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About Dice

Email: [email protected]: +44 (0)20 7292 3899Website: uk.dice.comOpen web: uk.dice.com/openwebTwitter: @Dice_TechUK

Dice is a DHI Service. It is a leading tech career site for the UK, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands.

uk.dice.com helps connect employers with relevant active and passive tech professionals.

The site currently advertises over 10,000 live vacancies from companies such as Bloomberg, EE, Microsoft, Boeing, IBM and many more*

In 2014 Dice, formerly The IT Job Board, launched Open Web, a new sourcing tool that tracks publicly available social data from 130 leading social and professional sites, providing recruiters with a social search engine containing rich tech profiles.

*As of 11th September 2015

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