Hot Off the Press: The 2012 IT Salary Guide

Right now is an exciting time to be in IT. Job creation is on the rise and IT staffing salaries are up!

How do we know? Each year, Bluewolf dips into its proprietary database of technology specific placements and cloud implementations that we manage to develop our Annual IT Salary Guide. The guide is a great resource for IT professionals and decision-makers that are mapping out their hiring plans for the coming year.

With Bluewolf’s rapid expansion this past year, our IT knowledge and data has grown and informed an even more comprehensive guide. The following is new to the guide this year:

• Regional salary predictions for Tri-state, Philadelphia, San Fran Bay Area, D.C. Metro, Boston and Long Island.
• Industry specific look into the hottest jobs and salaries for Retail, Finance Services, Media/Telecom, Healthcare and Software.  
• The hottest skill-sets, including Cloud, Mobile, Big Data and UI.
• Game-changing tips to staff smarter in 2012.

Our findings over the past year predict an optimistic future for IT jobs in 2012. However, the boom in IT jobs and staffing budgets will be coupled with increased difficulty in securing the right tech talent.

As quoted from CIO Magazine, Michael Kirven, Bluewolf’s co-founder says,

“Companies now want IT to be part of the dialog, part of the innovation cycle. IT is becoming more of a strategic partner inside companies, and because of that, there's more demand.”

Good News for Cloud, Mobile, Data and Front-End Professionals. Our Key Findings:

• Senior Software Developer salaries will rise 6%+ with an average high of $99,000 per year.
• Average salaries for Android, iPhone and iPad Developer will jump to $98,000 per year.
• Top tier ERP, BI, and CRM Developer salaries will rise from $84,000 - $105,000.
• Front-end and User Experience technologies are seeing spikes in demand with predicted salary ranges for HTML5 between $89,000 - $127,000.
• Data Analysts & BI Professional salaries will creep past pre-recession levels, rising.

Download the 2012 IT Salary Guide and get the full picture.