the it job market report 2015 - uk

The IT Job Board, February 2015

IT Job MarketReport 2015

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

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Introduction

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Contractor Demographics

1. Contractors

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Gender Sector

Male Female Private Public

82% 18% 75% 25%

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

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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

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Current area of IT

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

24%Development

23%Project Management

23%Support & Operations

6%Testing

12%Analysis

12%Other*

Current career level

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


Commuting time to work

19%

14%

21%20%

16%

10%

15 - 30 minutes

15 minutes

30 - 45 minutes

60 - 75 minutes

45 - 60 minutes

>75 minutes

Other* Training, Design and Architecture


Contractor Salary

Contract Rates (hourly)

Change in salary (last review)

£1 - £30

13%

£91 - £120

9%

£120 +

4%£61 - £90

47%

£31 - £60

27%

Expectations (next review)

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

39%Increase

30%No change

1%

10%No comment

Decrease

20%Don’t know

Increase 38%

Decrease 4%

No change 58%

All contract rates are exclusive of recruitment agency fees, commissions, employee benefitsand performance related bonuses


Future Plans

When IT Contractors expect to change job

Most important factors when choosing a new contract

Within 6 months19%

Within 12 months11%

More than 12 months8%

6 12 12+

Immediately18%

Within 1 month22%

Within 3 months22%

! 1 3

Location21%

Salary22%

Challenging tasks36%

Other4%

?Career opportunities

15%High responsibility

2%

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Permanent Employee Demographics

2. Permanent


Gender Sector

Male Female Private Public

81% 19% 83% 17%

Where do employees currently work?

North WestNorth East

London

East Anglia

South East

East Midlands

Yorkshire & the Humber

Density of IT Employees

Highest Lowest

South West

Thames Valley

Scotland

West Midlands


Education level

Years of IT experience

Employee’s age

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

3%18 - 24 years old

0%< 18 years old


36%

9%55 - 64 years old


35 - 44 years old

1%> 65 years old

6%Other*

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

16%College Diploma

10%GCSE

45%Bachelor Degree22%

1%Ph.D

Master Degree

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

20%0 - 5 years

21%6 - 10 years

21%

16%16 - 20 years

11 - 15 years

22%More than 20 years

Other* GNVQ and Professional qualifications


Current area of IT

Current career level

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

10%Senior Management

3%Director

25%Middle Management16%

42%Team Member

Lower Management

4%Entry Level

Commuting time to work

Other* Training, sales and consultancy

19%

23%

20%

20%

9%9%

15 - 30 minutes

15 minutes

30 - 45 minutes

60 - 75 minutes

45 - 60 minutes

>75 minutes

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

26%Development

14%Project Management

34%Support & Operations8%

6%Testing

Analysis

12%Other*


Permanent Employee Salary

Current annual salary (gross income)

Change in salary (last review)

£0 - £20K

10%

£80K - £100K

5%£60K - £80K

11%

£100K +

2%£40K - £60K

29%£20K - £40K

43%

Expectations (next review)

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

56%Increase

25%No change

1%

3%No comment

Decrease

15%Don’t know

Increase59%

Decrease 1%

No change 40%


Permanent Employee Current Benefits

Listed in order of popularity

14

Duvet Days

13

SabbaticalLeave

Other benefits 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

Immediately12%

Within 3 years7%

Within 6 month26%

Within 1 year22%

When do employees expect to change jobs?

Most important factors when choosing a new job

! 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, flexibility and work

life balance


Most import reason to stay in an existing job

17%

20%

48%

15%

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

Other15%

Investment inIT department

17%

Strong overallbusiness

performance20%

Clearcareer path

48%

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*The most searched for skills on the www.theitjobobard.co.uk

Most popular IT skills of 2014

3. Skills in demand


Tech professionals Top 15 searched for skills on the IT Job Board

Linux.Net

Cisco

SAP

ITManager

Testing& QA

C#

PHP

Oracle

Support /Help Desk

Java

SQL

ProjectManagerBusiness

Analyst

1 23

45

67

8

910

11

12

1314

15GamesProgram-

mer

The most searched for skills on the www.theitjobboard.co.uk


EmployersTop 15 skills searched for

Java1

SAP2

PHP3

Salesforce

5Business

Intelligence

7

Linux6

C#9

C10

Python12

Oracle15

Security

14

UX13

Tester11

.Net4

Developer

8

The most searched for skills by employers in our CV database

15

4. Social Recruitment


How do tech professionals interact on social media?

Where to find tech pros (social media platforms)

Facebook47%

Twitter26%

Meetup6%

Github7%

Stack Overflow10%

Other4%

Excluding LinkedIn

85%interact with other tech professionals on social sites

74%search for new job opportunities on social sites

70%regularly update their profiles to appeal to employers

Other sites listed


How can recruiters improve contact with tech prosthrough social media

Why recruiters use social media to recruit tech pros

Other5%

Research my employmentBackground more

33%

Only target me withrelevant jobs

42%Show technicalunderstanding

of my job20%

Do yourhomework andstop wastingpeople’s time

Maintain arelationship

Offeropportunities

to suit my experienceand salary

Engagemore

37%Discover passive

candidates

24%They help engage with tech pros

16%They help to build

talent pools

13%Return on investment

10%Gain understanding

of tech pros

Technology & Marketing pros use

social channels morethan other

professionals

The IT Job Board® is a Dice Holdings Inc. service. It is a leading tech career site for the UK, Germany, Belgium and Netherlands, as well as a media service that targets IT decision makers and professionals globally.

IT Job Board.co.uk helps connect employers with relevant active and passive tech professionals.

The site currently advertises over 11,000 live vacancies from companies such as Bloomberg, EE, Microsoft, Boeing, Canon and many more*

In 2014 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 28th January 2015

About the IT Job Board

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