The past few years has seen the UK economy dip lower and lower into recession. Organisations were closing their doors and cutting their budgets across industries and disciplines. This is all now changing; a survey by analyst house Ovum has found that about a third of businesses expect their IT budgets to increase this year and continue to do so. This bodes very well for IT managers, as shown by e-Skills UK, the sector skills council, who have predicted that 420,000 new high-level staff will be demanded to fill positions over the next three years.
The predictions for the rise in demand of IT managers has meant that the salaries paid to them have more than doubled since 2009. Although values for IT Manager salaries vary depending on location – from just under £40,000 in Wales to just over £40,000 in England and Scotland – the average salary paid across the UK is £43,000, with top end IT manager jobs paying over £60,000.
Standing out from the crowd is important for IT managers, as it is for any professional, especially if they want to be grossing top pay. A couple of sure fire ways to do this involve associations with distinguished membership organisations, such as the British Computer Society (BCS), and attending annual IT conventions and events, such as CeBIT in Hannover and the Green IT Expo, in London. The former is the world’s largest trade fair in digital IT and telecommunications for personal and professional environments, the latter addresses a matter of increasing importance in today and tomorrow’s more environmentally aware business environment, one in which IT managers cannot help but be involved.
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