In a recent study, Janco found out the current trends in IT salaries and the results were surprising despite turbulent times and economic instability IT professionals grew in their career year by year according to reports, showing a hope of ray for more technology grads.

Updated twice a year to reflect the current IT market trends, the 2012 Janco IT salary survey was officially released on Jan 10 2012 that contains a number of statistics that may bode well for both working professionals and those attempting to get in to the industry. If salaries are increasing, even slightly, then extra funding may be invested in job creation and skills training. We already covered earlier this month that the most richest and influential people in the world contain half belonging to the technology industry be that the likes of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison or even Mark Zuckerberg and Larry page

Some interesting statistics of the survey:

Large corporations and salary increases:

• IT professionals: 0.45%. Average salary $81,644 from $81,273.
• Network services supervisors: 6.7%. Average salary $57,358 from $53,754.
• Programmers/analysts: 6.14%. Average salary $80,051 from $75,420.
• VPs of technical services: 5.4%. Average salary $149,118 from $141,531.
• LAN application support analysts: 5.13%. Average salary $63,159 from $60,075.
• Librarians: 5.12%. Average salary $46,010 from $43,770.

Large corporations and salary decreases:

• Senior network specialists: -7.49%. Average salary $79,069 from $85,468.
• Operation analysts: -4.45%. Average salary $59,160 from $61,915.
• OS production managers: -4.14%. Average salary $93,346 from $97,413.
• Technical services specialists: -4.14%. Average salary $63,160 from $65,888.
• Production services managers: -6.74%. Average salary $85,900 from $92,107.

Middleweight companies and salary increases:

• IT professionals:1.19%. Average salary $74,43 from $73,934.
• Computer operations shift managers: 10.75%. Average salary $68,187 from $61,569.
• Computer operations managers: 6.46%. Average earning $86,287 from $81,051.
• Information center managers: 6.31%. Average salary $63,986 from $60,188.

Middleweight companies and salary decreases:

• VPs of security (or CSOs): -8.24%. Average salary $118,212 from $128,828.
• Production services managers: -6.74%. Average salary $85,900 from $92,107.
• Training and documentation managers: -4.4%. Average salary $61,224 from $64,043.
• Production services supervisors: -3.23%. Average salary $71,975 from $69,092.

According to the report, companies are still attempting to stem skill shortages and are hiring more staff on both full and contract terms. While middleweight companies are trying to fill positions such as programmers and midlevel professionals, larger corporations are focusing on hiring staff for Internet systems, networking and Web analysts. Let us know about your corporation. Are you having issues in hiring skilled workers?

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