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Computer FuturesTech Job MarketReport 2016

In association with Dice, formerly The IT Job Board

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Tech Job Market Report 2016


We surveyed over 1,200 UK tech professionals and 200 recruitment professionals to create a comprehensive Dice Job Market Report containing salary insight, market expectations on future remuneration, mobility, social media and more.

We hope you find this report useful.

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INTRODUCTION

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1. CONTRACTORS

Where contractors currently work

North WestNorth East

London

East Anglia

South East

East Midlands

Yorkshire & the Humber

South West

Wales

Thames Valley

Scotland

West Midlands

Density of IT EmployeesHighest Lowest

Contractor Demographics

Gender Sector

Male Female Private Public

88% 12% 75% 25%


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Years of tech work experience

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

18%0 - 5 years12%6 - 10 years

14%

18%16 - 20 years

11 - 15 years

38%More than 20 years

Contractors age

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

4%18 - 24 years old0%< 18 years old

15%25 - 34 years old26%

18%55 - 64 years old35%45 - 54 years old

35 - 44 years old

2%> 65 years old

What factors entice contractors to relocate?

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

15%Challenging tasks19%Career opportunities

6%High level of responsibility25%

7%Brand15%Location

Salary

13%I would not relocate0%Other


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Current area of tech

Other areas of tech included: Security and Operations

Current career level

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

20%Senior Management9%Director

25%Middle Management11%

6%Entry Level29%Team Member

Lower Management

Project Management20%

Development11%

Support & Ops16%

Analysis11%

Testing6%

Architect2%

Training3%

Design4%

Consultant15%

Engineer7%

Other5%



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Change in salary (last review)

Increase 51%

Decrease 20%

No change 29%

Contract Rates (hourly)

13%

£91 - £120

4%£151+

5%£121 - £151

2%18%

£61 - £90£31 - £60

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

Last year only 4% of contractors experienced a decrease in pay, this year 20% experienced a decrease in pay

Contractor Salary

Expectations (next review)

Increase 60%

Decrease7%

No change 33%

£1 - £30

29% 42%

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When do contractors expect to change job?

Immediately30%

Within 1 month24%

Within 3 months21%

Within 1 year9%

Within 2 years3%

Within 6 months11%

More than 2 years2%

Last year 18% of contractors

expected to change job immediately, this

year 30% expect to change immediately

! 1M 3M 6M

1Y 2Y 2Y+

Future Plans

Most important factors when choosing a new contract

Challenging tasks33%

Salary26%

Location18%

Brand / Company3%

Tech infrastructure2%

Career opportunity17%

High responsibility1%

Other important factors included: culture, flexibility

and work life balance

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Most important factorfor staying with an employer?

Investmentin tech

department7%

Strong overallbusiness

performance12%

Clearcareer path

20%

7%

12%

20%26%

4%

31%

Your team26%

Benefits4%

Being paidthe market rate

31%

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Permanent Employee Demographics

Gender Sector

Male Female Private Public

80% 20%

2. PERMANENT

87% 13%

Where employees currently work

North WestNorth East

London

East Anglia

South East

East Midlands

Yorkshire & the Humber

South West

Wales

Thames Valley

Scotland

West Midlands

Density of IT EmployeesHighest Lowest

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Years of tech experience

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

24%0 - 5 years14%6 - 10 years

16%

19%16 - 20 years

11 - 15 years

27%More than 20 years

Other* included: flexible working, training and travel opportunities

What factors entice employees to relocate?

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

14%Challenging tasks23%Career opportunities

7%High level of responsibility28%

3%Brand15%Location

Salary

8%I would not relocate2%*Other

Employee’s age

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

6%18 - 24 years old0%< 18 years old

22%25 - 34 years old31%

12%55 - 64 years old29%45 - 54 years old

35 - 44 years old

0%> 65 years old



Current career level

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

13%Senior Management5%Director

26%Middle Management18%

5%Entry Level33%Team Member

Lower Management

Current area of tech

Project management15%

Development13%

Support & Ops27%

Testing3%

Architect4%

Analysis5%

Training3%

Design5%

Consultant9%

Other areas included:

Operations,Sales and Marketing

Engineer8%

Other8%



Permanent Employee Salary

Current area of IT

Change in salary (last review)

Increase 59%

Decrease 2%

No change 39%

Expectations (next review)

Increase 62%

Decrease 1%

No change 37%

Current annual salary (gross income)

13%

£60K - £80K

13%

£80K - £40K

4%£40K+

4%

28%

£40K - £60K

38%

£20K - £40K

£0 - £20K

13%



Permanent Employee Current Benefits

Current area of IT

Listed in order of popularity

Current area of IT

14

Duvet days

13

Sabbaticalleave

Other benefits included: buying and selling holidays, free internet,

tablet, share options and life insurance

4

Pension

1 2

Laptop

3

Privatehealthcare

Mobilephone

5

Flexibleworking hours

7

Extraholiday

8

Child carevouchers

6

Cycle to workscheme

9

Companycar

10

Gymmembership

11

Seasonticket loan

12

Freelunch



Future Plans

When do employees expect to change job?

Immediately21%

Within 3 months22%

Within 6 months15%

Within 2 years9%

Within 3 years6%

Within 1 year17%

More than 3 years10%

43% of permanently employed

candidates are looking to change

jobs in the next three months

! 3M 6M 1Y

2Y 3Y 3Y+

Most important factors when choosing a new job

Salary28%

Career opportunity27%

Challenging tasks27%

High responsibility4%

Brand / Company2%

Location11%

Tech infrastructure1%

Other important factors included: culture, flexibility

and work life balance



Most important reasonto stay in an existing job?

Other reasons to stay in a job included: feeling appreciated, work life balance and security

Investmentin tech

department7%

Strong overallbusiness

performance13%

7%6%

29%

13%16%

6%

23%Your team

23%

Benefits6%

Other6%

Being paidthe market rate

16%

Clearcareer path

29%



The most searched for skills on uk.dice.com

3. SKILLS IN DEMAND

Most popular IT skills of 2015

Tech professionals Top 15 searched for skills on Dice

LinuxSAS

.NetCisco

PHP

C

IT Support

Java

BusinessAnalystProject

Manager

1 23

45

6

78

910

11

12

1314

15Testing

SQLIT

Manager

Oracle

SAP



The most searched for skills by employers in our CV database

Employers Top 15 searched for skills on Dice

Java1 2

CSAP

3

5

.Net

7Linux

6Salesforce

Sharepoint

9

Analyst10

DynamicsAX

12

Python15iOS

Developer

14Testing13

ASP.Net11

PHP4

8SAS



The most searched for skills by employers in Open Web, Dice's award winning social recruiting platform

Employers Top 15 searched for skills on Open Web

Java1

2PHP

.Net3

5

C+7

SAP

6Python

C#9

Magento10

Linux12

Scala15Android

14Hybris13

ProjectManager

11

DevOps4

8iOS



4. SOCIAL RECRUITMENT

Where to find tech pros (social media platforms)

Facebook36%

Google +17%

Twitter22%

Meetup5%

Github4%

StackOverflow9%

Other7%

Excluding LinkedIn

Other sites listed

How do tech professionals interact on social media?

83%Interact with othertech professionals

on social sites

74%Regularly updatetheir profiles to

appeal toemployers

83%Search for new

job opportunities via social media(10% more than

last year)

93%Receptive to beingcontacted with job opportunities via

social media(10% more than

last year)



How can recruiters improve contact with tech prosthrough social media?

Current area of IT

How many profiles do tech pros have?

Researchmy profile

better

Develop arelationship

More transparency

around who therole is with

Followup

Other3%

Research my employmentbackground more

38%

Only target me withrelevant jobs

50% Show technicalunderstanding

of my job9%

(down 11%YOY)

Two profiles28%

One profile20%

Three+ profiles45%

No profile7%

7%

20%

28%

45%



Current area of IT

Why recruiters use social media to recruit tech pros

Technology & Marketing pros use social

channels more than other professionals

Gain understanding of tech pros

15%

Return on investment13%

Discover passive candidates

28%

They help engage with tech pros

24%

They help to build talent pools20%

Current area of IT

Where are tech professionals most likely to respond?

Email65%

Phone17%

LinkedIn InMail16%

Text1%

Facebook1%



How does employer brand impact recruitment?

78%Say research on a brandinfluences their decision

to apply

56%Follow organisations

on social andprofessional media

sites

93%Research a company

online before applyingfor a job

Where are tech pros following employers?

LinkedIn47%

Facebook23%

Twitter17%

Google+9%

Other1%

Pinterest1%

Instagram2%

5. BRANDING



How are tech prosresearching employers?

LinkedIn20%

Google+14%

Website30%

Talking to peers / networks

12%

Facebook8%

Glassdoor8%

Twitter4%

Other4%

Other included: Instagram, Pinterest

and News feeds


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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 9,000 live vacancies from companies such as Bloomberg, BBC, EE, Boeing, TUI Group and many more*

In 2014 Dice 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 January 2016

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

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