IT Salaries

mrk · 9 Oct 2009 at 14:56

IT Contracting is good money (for the southerners anyway) - wish I could have continued it but I needed job security hence going full time and taking a pay drop of a few k!

Still, it's all good.

kai · 9 Oct 2009 at 14:57

Graudated in June, with a 1st class honours in Network Management and Security and just secured a job for a Microsoft related company salary is 18k standard 22k with quarter bonuses, laptop, phone, health care and dental. Same of my freind, works in the city (Cardiff) secruited junior IT Tech 24k with similar benefits, he also obtained 1st class honours.

We both got good starting jobs due to the fact we done a placement year, building the experience.

More on the OP question, if you dont ask you dont get. I work 2 jobs, but being a Microsoft related company they are very big into "Happy Living" your social life should be good aswell, and requested i quit my weekend job. So i asked for a pay rise to cover me., luckly they said yes so in 3 months expected 27 - 30k.

LiE · 9 Oct 2009 at 14:59

I don't know how I managed to fluke my job, I dropped out of Uni and got a job which after a year I'm now earning 35k.

Guest2 · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:01

Jez said:
That kind of figure is not my experience of support at all (I have 5.5 years of it now starting right at the basics, so i should know). But then i am basing my experiences on generally city based large companies.

Are you just telling me that the salary figure is in line with your experience or that the figure is low for the things i'm doing? (I work in a big city for a medium sized company, just over 100 employees)

NickK · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:02

Ucof said:
just gone permanent here with Logica.
£15k basic, 1st line support.

I used to work for Logica

Guest2 · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:03

msm722 said:
I don't know how I managed to fluke my job, I dropped out of Uni and got a job which after a year I'm now earning 35k.

What do you do?

RSR · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:03

Have you had a look around on IT Jobs boards for salaries what what experance each role requires? IT is such a broad subject though, what areas are you looking to specialise in?

Knubje · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:04

I think low for the things you are doing. It is also very much company dependant.

I used to work at a place where there where what 50+ employees.

I now work at a place with around 30 and this place makes far, far, far more money than the other place ever did/could/would.

Hence salary here is better

As are the conditions, job and everything else pretty much.

Oh Ed not again. · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:06

Same as you OP, I started my first job in desktop support at £16.5K a year for a standard working week 9-5. Sadly that was 10 years ago, and I didn't have your qualifications.

Now you've got some experience, I'd start sniffing about for something better paid and a step up. Logically for me that would be some kind of server admin with an AD tie in.

Guest2 · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:08

andyd said:
Have you had a look around on IT Jobs boards for salaries what what experance each role requires? IT is such a broad subject though, what areas are you looking to specialise in?

I'm not sure really, at the moment i'm mainly setting things in active directory/group policy and creating a couple of ADM templates. But i also support users in Office, Citrix, dabble in BES, exchange and other other server stuff. Oh and manage the IT asset register and printer stock.

NickK · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:09

If you're doing support you could set a part into database (Oracle etc) support and work into becoming a DBA for example..

Remember this first job is only your first job in your career. Set your sights high and never stop pushing yourself to excel.

LiE · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:10

Guest2 said:
What do you do?

I started as a technical consultant in IBM Tivoli software, but now I'm running support (admittedly it's only me on support), and taking on web related work for the partner companies.

Guest2 · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:10

randal24 said:
Same as you OP, I started my first job in desktop support at £16.5K a year for a standard working week 9-5. Sadly that was 10 years ago, and I didn't have your qualifications.

Now you've got some experience, I'd start sniffing about for something better paid and a step up. Logically for me that would be some kind of server admin with an AD tie in.

What do you now, 10 years on, if you dont mind me asking? I've only been here 4 months!

daman2k · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:10

My first job walking out of uni with no experiance was 18.5k as a IT Operations Co-Ordinator (basically just IT for a company in a team of 2) i feel you should be on a bit more

Guest2 · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:12

NickK said:
Remember this first job is only your first job in your career. Set your sights high and never stop pushing yourself to excel.

I have 2 years experience in IT.

RSR · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:13

Guest2 said:
I'm not sure really, at the moment i'm mainly setting things in active directory/group policy and creating a couple of ADM templates. But i also support users in Office, Citrix, dabble in BES, exchange and other other server stuff. Oh and manage the IT asset register and printer stock.

Can you define server stuff please? Thats quite a broad range, what are your strong points from those you have listed?

Well have a look on some thing like CW Jobs / IT Jobserve etc...

Yamahahahahaha · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:14

Some jobs pay a bit more because the conditions are ****.

They expect people to work miracles with little support or resources.
Or worse still, have 5 managers for 3 technical personnel.

Case in point was a large multinational, back when I was doing Sys Admin, offered a good 20% premium over all the other jobs I'd been for.
Had the interview and took a walk around the office, spoke to a few people, decided on the spot I didn't want to work in a place which needed lots of work and had no budget for doing it.

chimaera · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:23

Setting aside your job issues, i wouldn't judge yourself by your friends actions as i think they're pretty poor. Demanding a pay rise 2 weeks after starting a new job is just arrogant in my opinion, he accepted the job at that salary and should get a decent stint under his belt before mentioning money.

You've obviously got your head screwed on straight, have a hunt around the job market in your area and see what your skills would get, then either speak to your employer or leave for another company if they can't help you.

As long as you're not demanding and ask them properly i don't think it will hurt.

Oh Ed not again. · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:24

Guest2 said:
What do you now, 10 years on, if you dont mind me asking? I've only been here 4 months!

I went from desktop support, to senior technician, server admin, solaris admin, global mail admin, app support (HPUX, Solaris etc..), technical team lead. So career has gone Windows --> Solaris --> HPUX --> Solaris --> Team Lead with mixed *nix/Wintel environment.

Figured now I've got a decade's worth of technical experience, now's the time to use that base to move into managing teams... sound in theory at any rate.

NickK · 9 Oct 2009 at 15:24

Guest2 said:
I have 2 years experience in IT.

Logica is build on a matrix resourcing model.

Experience
<3 years grads/engineers, they expect a high turn over
<5 years team leads/managers, they expect a reasonable turn over
5+ years then you've proved you're not going anywhere..
10+ years Old boy's club.

The salary for 3 & 5 years will vary with markets, for 5+ years they don't really care about the salaries they offer (even if you're a star performer).

So my personal recommendation is only spend 3 years unless you can move into a different area..