Good day, dear habrovchane!
Recently, the
recruitment agency Luxoft Personnel published a report on the results of a study of the labor market of IT specialists in the first half of 2011. This report includes information on the dynamics of the labor market of highly qualified specialists, as well as analytical data, revealing the relationship between supply and demand among IT industry candidates. In addition, the salary expectations of employees and the development trends of this market segment in 2011 are presented.
The dynamics of salary expectations of IT-candidates in the 1st half of 2011
The stabilization of the labor market in 2010 led to the fact that in 2011 the dynamics of salary expectations returned to traditional indicators, namely, a slight increase without sharp fluctuations. Basically, there is an increase in lower boundaries of expectations, adjacent to the stability of the upper level, during the first half of 2011.
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Professionals with low salary expectations, as a rule, represent middle-level employees. Among highly qualified employees, retention of payroll expectations was noted, their growth was rather slow while maintaining at a relatively high level. At the same time, the specialists of this category are characterized by the expectation of high indicators of total income due to bonus schemes and additional social opportunities. package. We can say that the growth of salary expectations varies in the range of 5-10%.
Salary expectations of the most sought-after IT specialists in 2011:
- Senior Developer (Java, Oracle): 110,000 - 140,000 rubles
- Senior Developer (NET, C ++): 100,000 - 120,000 rubles
- Developer (Java, Oracle): 90,000 - 110,000 rubles
- Developer (NET, C ++): 80,000 - 120,000 rubles
- QA Engineer / Test Manager: 110,000-150,000 rubles
- QA Engineer / Senior Tester: 80,000 - 120,000 rubles
- QA Engineer / Tester: 70,000 - 90,000 rubles
- Analyst: 85,000-120,000 rubles
- SAP Consultant: 110,000 - 180,000 rubles
- SAP (ABAP) Developer : 80,000-120,000 rubles
- System Administrator: 60,000 - 120,000 rubles
- IT Sales Manager: 120,000 - 180,000 rubles
Demand for IT specialties
The demand for IT specialists in 2011 remains at the same high level as in 2010. There is a tendency of companies to retain already existing qualified personnel, as well as to “form” professionals from young professionals within the company. And, as a result of this - the active use of internship programs.
Recruitment agency Luxoft Personnel notes that among the experts of the IT industry, some of the most popular are developers who speak different programming languages, that is, technical specialists. Their share among the total number of vacancies of IT-specialists is 43%. Among them, by degree of popularity are the following specialties: java-developers - 22%, Oracle-, C ++ - and NET-developers, mobile application developers (Android, iOs developers) - 8%.
Approximately the same percentage of vacancies for Help-desk IT-specialists (12%), ERP-systems implementation and maintenance consultants (12%), as well as IT analysts and testers (about 12%). The lowest demand is for
vacancies for IT-sales (5%) and managers: CIO,
IT director , their deputies, heads of IT-departments and other managers of the industry (only 8%).
When choosing a workplace, most applicants pay attention to such criteria as:
- High wages.
- Non-material encouragement in the form of professional training at the expense of the company, foreign business trips, the full social package.
- The reputation of the company in the labor market.
The ratio of supply and demand in the labor market of highly qualified IT specialists
The first half of 2011 was marked by a steady growth in the number of vacancies with a slight decrease in December and May. The number of vacancies continues to grow, exceeding the pre-crisis figures almost doubled, which is about 90%. At the same time, the difference between the number of
resumes and the number of open vacancies is significantly reduced: on average, the number of resumes is 10-15% higher than the number of vacancies.
In large companies
(the agency notes), the figures for the number of vacancies remain at the same level. Major players, as noted, seek to develop internal staff. Small companies and mid-level companies as well as start-up companies are gradually entering the market.
In general, today the market is filled with young professionals. There is a tendency towards stable development of an employee within one company and a change of work no more than 1 time within 1-3 years.