Sun
Technology professionals, take heart. You can expect an average 3.7-per-cent pay increase next year, according to a national survey by Robert Half Technology. Workers most in demand — project managers, applications and Web developers, network managers and technical support — will do much better with increases as high as 7.6 per cent. That places their wages between $87,000 and $110,750 annually.
Other information technology groups expected to see increases above the average are:
– Software developers with a predicted 5.6-per-cent wage increase to a range of $55,000 to $85,250 a year.
– Help-desk professionals with an increase of 4.6 per cent, bring starting salaries between $32,000 and $41,750 annually, on average.
– E-mail and related messaging administrators should see starting salaries increase 6.1 per cent, to a range of $51,000 to $65,750 annually.
– Project managers and senior consultants can expect base compensation in the range of $77,250 to $113,750, a gain of 6.7 per cent over 2007.
– Network architect base pay should rise 5.8 per cent next year, to a range of $75,000 to $101,750.
– Business systems analysts will get a 4.5-per-cent increase on average to a range of $64,000 to $87,500.
© The Vancouver Sun 2007