2008 Salary Survey Makes Grim Reading For IT Staff

2008 Salary Survey Makes Grim Reading For IT Staff

An extensive survey of IT suport jobs by management consultants Janco Associates will offer little consolation for IT support professionals across the board.

Overall salary and benefit levels are down across the industry, while competition for jobs is fierce thanks to layoffs by large companies and pressure from outsourcing.



"The job market for IT support professionals is one of the worst I have seen since the late 1970s," said Victor Janulaitis, chief executive at Janco Associates, in a statement.

Benefits have been severely cut back in the past year, and nearly one in five IT support staff are now without health insurance. Over a third are no longer getting a 401k retirement contribution, and fewer than half are allowed to work flexibly.

However, there is still demand for CIOs with a proven track record, as well as network support control staff, systems analysts and database specialists.