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Salary Survey 2008
An insight into the careers of the tech community
 
Developers On Top
 
When it comes to hands on technical roles, Software/Application Developers provide the best opportunity for bringing home the big bucks. For those motivated solely by money, these are ideal careers to pursue.
No Clear Path & Badly Managed
Constantly cited as the main source of staff unrest, poor management teams and a lack of clear career pathsconsistently blight employer image.
Happy In The Job
On the whole a vast majority of tech professionals are happy in their current job, and are not seeking to nd
employment elsewhere.
We Love Google
Far and above all other employers, Google for its innovation, remuneration package and working environmentis the employee of choice.
Retention Through Working Environments
The creation of a exible working environment and jobs which t with employees work/life balances, cannot
be underestimated when it comes to both the attraction of new talent and staff retention.
Key Findings
http://www.theregister.co.uk 
The Register Salary Survey 2007/2008Page 1
 
£100,000 or more£75,000-£99,999£50,000-£75,999£40,000-£49,999£30,000-£39,999£20,000-£29,000Under £20,0005%10%15%20%25%30%0%
For those working on a contractor basis the average “per hour” rate is£35, with 27% of respondents earningunder £15 and 10% earning thehighest option over £80.
Size Does Matter 
Salary ranges differ according toscenarios like company size. It would
appear, for example, that the larger 
the organisation, the better thesalary. Almost half of the respondentsworking for organisations of 10,000+
earn in excess of £40K per annum
(or the equivalent), with a further 10% earning £75K or over.According to respondents, smaller businesses (employing 50 members of staff or less) do not remunerate their staff as well, with almost half of those in companies sized between 0-24 employees earning less than £29,999per annum. Perhaps surprisingly, these organisations harbour the highest proportion of employees earningover £100,000 (likely to be company owners and directors)
Development Leads The Way
Application Development, associated tools administration and database management seem to be wherethe higher bucks are to be found.Only a very small number of application development respondent’s earnt less than £20K, with almost halfbringing home £40K + every year. Salaries for those working in Support and Webmaster/Web Developers rolesdo not fare as well, with almost 60% of Webmaster/Web Developer respondents earning £29,999 or less.In
The Register’s
rst ever salary survey, we wanted to get a better understanding of what readers thought not
only of their careers, but also their employers and the job hunting process itself.Respondents were asked a series of questions, ascertaining their current roles and their happiness within them,
all the way through to the process of nding a new job and what elements make a job hunting resource
usable. 6,048 responses were garnered in total.http://www.theregister.co.uk Respondents to the survey primarily reside within either the United Kingdom (65%) or the United States ofAmerica (15%).
Three quarters of the respondents classied themselves as being in “hands on” Technical roles such as Support,development and administration, with the nal third comprising of non hands on technical and non technical
roles, from project managers to CEO’s.The majority (35%) work for organisations within the IT sector, employing 10,000 members of staff and above.Primarily respondents are aged thirty or over with 24% employed by their current employer for 6 years or more.
IntroductionWho Answered?The Salaries
The average salary for all respondents is around the £35K mark 
The Register Salary Survey 2007/2008Page 2
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