Certification Magazine - December 2007 - (Page 30) FIGURE 6: AVERAGE SALARY BY SPECIALIZATION Application Development Database Administration Database Design and Implementation Help Desk Support Information Assurance IT Generalist (Small to Medium Networks) IT Instruction IT Project Planning and Implementation Java Development Network Administration Network Design and Implementation Network Devices Network Management Remote Support Security Software Programming Storage Design and Implementation Strategic Systems Design and Implementation Telecommunications Integration Web Development 0 20 40 $79.89 $83.16 $85.81 $46.88 $94.55 $55.37 $70.29 $84.87 $86.61 $59.91 $85.31 $63.13 $71.13 $64.00 $87.89 $70.21 $95.94 $90.96 $71.09 $56.63 60 80 100 Average Salary (x 1,000) for Respondents Working in Each Speciality Finally, the specialization that came closest to the overall average income of $74,730 was telecommunications integration. This field, which deals with convergence in a somewhat narrow and tactical sense, reached $71,090 this year. This category might be above average next year, though, as its compensation increased a little more than 10 percent from 2006. 8 – Brian Summerfield, bsummerfield@certmag.com tries that responded to the CertMag 2007 Salary Survey can be found in Figure 7. The countries with the highest average salaries jostled for position a bit this year. Denmark moved from the No. 2 spot up to first place, with IT professionals reporting salaries of nearly $87,000 a year, on average, which is up about $11,000 from last year. Switzerland, last year’s top performer, moves down to second place, as it experienced only slight growth in IT salaries this year. Last year’s average salary was reported as $79,630, and this year’s is $79,920. Norway, which was knocked out of the top five average salaries last year, returns at No. 3 with $74,480, up nearly $12,000 from last year. The United Kingdom takes fourth place, with $72,740, up more than $8,000 from last year. International IT Globalization is the name of the game in any industry in the 21st century — it just makes sense to take the search for talent and resources international. IT is no exception to this trend, and the Salary Survey reflects this, presenting a globally diverse picture of where IT professionals are and what they’re earning. A selection of the data received from the 195 coun- 30 CERTIFICATION MAGAZINE December 2007
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