The IT Job Board, February 2015
IT Job MarketReport 2015
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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%
17%55 - 64 years old
30%45 - 54 years old
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
25%25 - 34 years old
36%
9%55 - 64 years old
26%45 - 54 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
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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*
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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%
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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4. Social Recruitment
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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
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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
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The IT Job Board, February 2015
IT Job MarketReport 2015