According to a recent story by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee over at Information Week, the IT job market is going to be pretty tight in the coming year. The article reports that "Hiring plans for the first quarter are the strongest they’ve been in
five years, according to a survey of 1,400 CIOs by staffing firm Robert
Half Technology. Sixteen percent of CIOs say they’ll be hiring in the
quarter, while only 2% anticipate cutbacks."
The piece goes on to report that talented IT professionals will see income gains next year with CIO types reporting average pay increases near 4% or 5% and top performers receiving increases of 8% to 10%.
As the chart highlights, the IT market for Q1 2007 appears pretty thick as well, with demand for skills and workers coming from large and diverse segments of the US economy.
posted by David
