swissICT Salary Study 2020: Agile job profiles on the rise
Wages in the ICT sector have been consistently higher than in other sectors for many years. Taking negative inflation into account and comparing them with the previous year, it is clear that wages are stable or have even increased slightly. This is shown by the swissICT Salary Study 2020.
The swissICT Salary Study 2020 once again shows that salaries in the ICT sector are higher on average than in other industries. Adjusted for value, the median 2020 salaries for the skill levels Junior are CHF 80,000, Professional CHF 104,000 and Senior CHF 126,000. In addition, the rising number for all agile job profiles proves a trend that is already recognized by many in the everyday environment. For example, companies are increasingly hiring product owners instead of project managers. "ICT organizations/organizational units are constantly developing their employees and converting structures in favor of agile ways of working," adds Christian Hunziker, managing director of swissICT. "The continuing well-attended events of the swissICT Lean, Agile & Scrum specialist group are a further indication of this."
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246 companies participated in the salary survey. They reported 33,493 salaries. "This is not a matter of course," says Christian Hunziker. "At the start of the survey, Switzerland was in lockdown. However, despite or perhaps because of Corona, we can now report a new record in the number of salaries named. That's a nice sign and shows the anchoring of this annual benchmark of ICT salaries."
If we look at the sector distribution of the participating companies, we can see changes. For example, there was a decline in the number of participating retail companies and in the number of insurance companies. However, the number of salary nominations in these sectors remained constant. The number of ICT service providers increased. They are largely responsible for this year's growth in the number of mentions.
The cut-off date for the data collection was May 1, 2020. The salaries were evaluated on the basis of "ICT professions," which covers salaries for a total of 50 professions. A new addition is the occupational profile of the mediamatician in the also new field of application informatics (AWI).
Differences in top specialists
A look at the standard evaluation of the swissICT Salary Survey 2020 shows the spread of salaries of comparable functions. In Switzerland, a "senior" application developer earns roughly between CHF 118,000 (lower quartile, 25 percent threshold) and CHF 135,000 (upper quartile, 75 percent threshold). This means that in each case, the salary is lower than CHF 118,000 and higher than CHF 135,000 for a quarter of the mentions. This occupational profile is one of the most frequently mentioned, with 1990 mentions.
A look at the more detailed analysis shows that the spread is even greater for top specialists and senior management functions. For the "senior expert" project manager, for example, the difference between the 25 percent and 75 percent threshold is already over 40,000 francs. These detailed evaluations are only available for companies participating in the study.
The statistical deviation of the wage ranges varies greatly at the different levels of competence, with the upper management levels in particular sometimes exceeding the average statistical deviation for the fixed wage components by more than 200 percent compared with the operating levels.
SwissICT Salary Study 2020 purely digital
This year, for the first time, the salary survey is being published exclusively in digital form. The PDF or Excel versions enable customers to carry out their research more flexibly and from any location, thus supporting modern working methods. In this context, the edition appears in a new look and with a slightly adapted and simplified price list.
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