ITJB_JobMarketReport2015_BE

The IT Job Board, March 2015
IT Job Market
Report 2015

We surveyed our tech community to create a comprehensive IT Job
Market Report containing salary insights, market expectations on
future remuneration, mobility, social media and more.
We hope you will find this report useful.
IT Job Board
Introduction

1
Contractor Demographics
1. IT Contractors
IT Job Board Tel +31 (0)20 799 4100 Web www.itjobboard.be
Gender Sector
Male Female Private Public
95% 5% 76%
24%Where contractors currently work
Antwerp
Limburg
Luxembourg
Liege
Flemish Brabant
West Flanders
Hainaut
HainautWalloon Brabant
Namur
East Flanders
Brussels
Density of IT Employees
Highest Lowest

2
Education level
Years of IT experience
0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%
32%0 - 5 years
13%6 - 10 years
21%
21%16 - 20 years
11 - 15 years
13%More than 20 years
Contractor’s age
0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%
5%18 - 24 years old
0%< 18 years old
37%25 - 34 years old
34%
5%55 - 64 years old
35 - 44 years old
0%> 65 years old
0% 10%5% 15% 50%40% 45%20% 30%25% 35%
10%High School
3%Less than High School
5%College Degree
50%
0%Ph.D.
29%Master Degree
Bachelor Degree
3%Other*
Other* IT Certificates

3
Current area of IT
0% 10%5% 15% 40%35%30%20% 25%
32%Development
21%Project Management
18%Support & Operations
5%Testing
11%Analysis
13%Other*
Current career level
0% 10%5% 15% 50%45%35%20% 30%25% 40%
21%Senior Management
3%Director
10%Middle Management
45%Team Member
8%Lower Management
13%Entry Level
Commuting time to work
18%
18%
14%18%
18%
14%
15 - 30 minutes
<15 minutes
30 - 45 minutes
60 - 75 minutes
45 - 60 minutes
>75 minutes
Other* Consultancy, Business Development and Security

4
¤1 - ¤30
19% 21%
¤91 - ¤120
0%
¤120 +¤61 - ¤90
30%
¤31 - ¤60
30%
Contractor Salary
Contract Rates (hourly)
Change in salary (last review)
Expectations (next review)
0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%
33%Increase
35%No change
5%
11%No comment
Decrease
16%Don’t know
Increase
3%
Decrease
29%
No change
68%
All contract rates are exclusive of recruitment agency fees, commissions, employee benefits
and performance related bonuses

5
Future Plans
When IT Contractors expect to change job
Most important factors when choosing a new contract
Within 6 months
22%
Within 12 months
16%
More than 12 months
11%
6 12 12+
Immediately
16%
Within 1 month
5%
Within 3 months
30%
! 1 3
Salary
13%
Career opportunities
24%
Challenging tasks
38%
High responsibility
8%
Location
11%
Other
6%
?

6
Permanent Employee Demographics
2. Permanent
Gender Sector
Male Female Private Public
83% 17% 89%
11%
Where do employees currently work?
Antwerp
Limburg
Luxembourg
Liege
Flemish Brabant
West Flanders
Hainaut
HainautWalloon Brabant
Namur
East Flanders
Brussels
Density of IT Employees
Highest Lowest

7IT Job Board Tel +31 (0)20 799 4100 Web www.itjobboard.be
Education level
Years of IT experience
0% 10%5% 15% 40%20% 30%25% 35%
32%0 - 5 years
31%6 - 10 years
11%
15%16 - 20 years
11 - 15 years
11%More than 20 years
Employee’s age
0% 10% 60%20% 40%30% 50%
2%18 - 24 years old
0%< 18 years old
26%
7%55 - 64 years old
35 - 44 years old
0%> 65 years old
0% 10%5% 15% 50%40% 45%20% 30%25% 35%
12%High School
3%Less than High School
8%College Degree
37%
1%Ph.D.
39%Master Degree
Bachelor Degree

8
Current area of IT
Current career level
0% 10% 60%50%20% 30% 40%
6%Senior Management
1%Director
20%Middle Management
16%
54%Team Member
Lower Management
3%Entry Level
Commuting time to work
Other* Design, UX, Architecture, Business Development
15%
23%
21%
17%
9%
15%
15 - 30 minutes
<15 minutes
30 - 45 minutes
60 - 75 minutes
45 - 60 minutes
>75 minutes
0% 10%5% 15% 35%20% 30%25%
31%Development
21%Project Management
31%Support & Operations
5%
3%Testing
Analysis
9%Other*

9
Permanent Employee Salary
Current monthly salary (gross income)
Change in salary (last review)
48%
¤2251 - ¤3750
Expectations (next review)
0% 10% 60%50%20% 30% 40%
43%Increase
32%No change
1%
8%No comment
Decrease
16%Don’t know
Increase
31%
Decrease
0%
No change
69%
¤851 - ¤2250
13%
0%
¤9750 +
¤3751 - ¤6750
38%
¤6751 - ¤9750
1%

10
Permanent Employee Current Benefits
Listed in order of popularity
14
Duvet Days
13
Other benefits mentioned
included internet at home,
meal vouchers and
life insurance
41 2
Private
Healthcare
3
Laptop
5
Mobile
Phone
7 86
9 10
Company
Car
11 12
Gym
membership
Pension
Flexible
working hours
Extra
Holiday
Free
lunch
Cycle to Work
Scheme
Season
ticket loan
Child care
vouchers
Sabbatical
Leave

11
Future Plans
Within 3 years
3%
Within 6 month
26%
Within 1 year
21%
When do permanent employees expect to change jobs?
Most important factors when choosing a new job
Immediately
14%
! 6M
Within 2 years
16%
2Y 3Y
More than 3 years
20%
3Y+
1Y
Salary
19%
Career opportunities
19%
High responsibility
6%
Other important
factors were a good
balance between
work and private life
Challenging tasks
46%
Location
9%

12
Most import reason to stay in an existing job
17%
27%
38%
18%
Other reasons to stay in a job included:
trust in strategy and management, team spirit, investment
in the welfare of employees and overall environment
Other
18%
Investment in
IT department
17%
Strong overall
business
performance
27%
Clear
career path
38%

13
*The most searched for skills on the www.theitjobobard.co.uk
Most popular IT skills of 2014
3. Skills in demand
Top 15 most searched for skills
by tech professionals
Business
Intelli-
gence
Linux
Network
Engineer
Oracle
IT
Support
Software
Developer
SAP
C
Business
Analyst
IT
Manager
.Net
Project
Manager
Java
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15PHP
The most searched for skills on www.itjobboard.be
Testing

Top 15 most searched for skills
by employers
Java
1
SAP
2
PHP
3
C#
5
Salesforce
7
Linux
6
C
9
Developer
10
Python
12
Oracle
15
Security
14
UX
13
Tester
11
.Net
4
Business
Intelligence
8
The most searched for skills by employers in our CV database

4. Social Recruitment
How do tech professionals interact on social media?
Tech pros are waiting for you...
82%
interact with other
tech professionals
on social sites
80%
search for new job
opportunities on
social sites
75%
regularly update
their profiles to
appeal to employers
90%
receptive to employers
contacting them via
social sites
21%
said that employers
never contact them
via social
sites
but

How can recruiters improve contact with tech pros
through social media
Other
4%
Research my employment
Background more
32%
Only target me with
relevant jobs
47%
Show technical
understanding
of my job
17%
Current
relevance
as opposed to
past relevance:
our careers
evolve quickly
Ask
questions
before starting
to speak
Offer
opportunities
to suit
my experience
and salary
Be
honest
Where to find tech pros (social media platforms)
Google+ 20%
Google Groups 6%
Facebook 34%
Meetup 2%
Github 7%
StackOverflow 11%
Twitter 20%
Excluding LinkedIn

The IT Job Board® is a Dice Holdings Inc. service. It is a leading
tech career site for Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and the UK,
as well as a media service that targets IT decision makers and
professionals globally.
IT Job Board.be helps connect employers with relevant active and
passive tech professionals.
The site currently advertises over 1.000 live vacancies from
companies such as ING, PwC, Johnson & Johnson, Hewlett-Packard and
many more*.
In 2014 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 February 2015
About the IT Job Board
Email: contact@itjobboard.be
Phone: +31 (0)20 799 4100
Website: www.itjobboard.be
Open web:www.theitjobboard.co.uk/openweb
Twitter: @itjobboard_be
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