2008 IT Salary and Skills Report

Ashworth Instructor Points Out Why The IT Field Is Hot!

The annual IT Salary and Skills Report conducted by Global Knowledge and Tech Republic was released this week for 2008.

Here are some of the points of interest from the study:

The average salary in the IT industry was $73,963, up 3.25% from 2007.
80% of workers reported an increase of pay for 2008.

The average salary for those with a college degree was $76,446.

Those with a certificate or degree from a technical college had an average salary of $65,712.

Those 25 and younger with 2 years of experience or less make $39,883 on average. This same age group made $46,303 with 3 to 4 years of experience.

The average IT worker is 43 years old and has been in IT for 14.3 years.

59% have a college degree

78.7% report that they are very or mostly satisfied with their career choice.

IT is the third highest paying industry field .

42% plan on obtaining an IT Certification within the next year.

34.4% hold a Microsoft Certification of some type.

The highest paying IT Certification is the Project Management Professional (PMI) at $101,695.

The lowest paying IT Certification is Comptia A+ at $41,726.

On average, those with a Cisco CCNA make $64,260. Microsoft MCSEs make $71,980.

Help Desk Support professionals make an average of $48,773.

Admin Support personal make an average of 51,819

Network Administrators make an average of $56,277

Web/Internet Professionals make an average of $62,658