IT salary and careers survey: CIOs expect raises, despite gloomy mood
SearchCIO.com's annual IT salary and careers survey indicates that IT execs expect pay increases in 2010, even though pessimism and tactical concerns linger. Read the stories here.
Many organizations saw their IT budgets hold steady or fall in 2009, and with those cuts often came salary freezes or reductions for IT staff.
That was the background for SearchCIO.com's annual IT salary and careers survey, conducted among readers of SearchCIO.com and SearchCIO-Midmarket.com in the fourth quarter of 2009 via email. The survey took stock of IT careers, CIO salary levels and IT budgets. The clear sentiment from the 952 respondents was lingering pessimism for 2010. Shrunken IT budgets often meant that tactical considerations won out over strategic activities. Still, half of IT executives expect to see pay increases this year.
The survey covered 21 industries and all regions of the U.S. It defined a senior IT executive as having a title of vice president, executive vice president, senior vice president, CIO, chief technology officer or chief information security officer.
Half of IT executives expect pay increases in 2010
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