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IT salaries at a glance

The responses captured online form 2 977 IT professionals provided the basis for ITWeb`s annual IT salary survey
Ranka Jovanovic
By Ranka Jovanovic, Editorial Director
Johannesburg, 08 May 2003

<a name="_Toc37242684"><B>Definition of remuneration terms</B></a>

The remuneration levels in the tables are defined as follows:
Lower quartile: 75% of the sample earns more and 25% earns less than this salary level.
Median: 50% of the sample earns more and 50% earns less than this salary level.
Upper quartile: 25% of the sample earns more and 75% earns less than this salary level.
Maximum: The maximum reported salary per position of the sample.
Total guaranteed package: The total annual guaranteed cost to a company of employing an IT professional. The cost includes the total annual salary, plus non-cash fringe benefits. Typically these include company car; company pension or provident fund and medical aid contributions; group life and accident insurance; company assistance or subsidies; low interest loans; and any other recreational or other benefits. This figure excludes any incentives paid to an employee.

We present a summary of salary data submitted in ITWeb`s 2003 IT Salary Survey in table format, for easy reference. The salary figures indicate the total guaranteed monthly package.

Table 1:

[CHART]Level of responsibility vs salary

Total guaranteed monthly packages as reported in the survey, split by level and by job function.

Where sample sizes were big enough, data at executive level has been split by company size.

Data has been separated for permanent, contract and sales staff.

Table 2:

[CHART]IT staff: Job title vs salary

[CHART]Total guaranteed monthly packages as reported in the survey by technical staff and technical managers have been used in job title and salary comparison.

Table 3:

[CHART]Reality check

A comparison of technical staff and manager salaries reported in the survey with remuneration packages offered on the job market. (Data provided by M-Assignments, Paracon and The Personnel Concept.)

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