IT's 'go-go' days are gone

There's more work and less bonus pay for IT executives, according to the latest Computerworld.com survey of IT salaries. Computerworld's 22^nd annual salary survey, based on responses from 6,801 U.S. IT workers, found that total compensation rose an average of 3.5 percent this year, reflecting little change over 2007's 3.7 percent average.

David Weldon, a former workforce analyst at Aberdeen Group Inc. who is currently with Wellesley Information Services, says the ‘go-go' days for IT are gone. "I think IT professionals have reluctantly accepted that the days of special treatment for IT--which did endure for nearly a decade--are gone," Weldon said.

For more on the IT state of pay:
- see this Computerworld.com article

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> Incentive pay for some IT pros. Article
> 10 top IT skills in demand. Article
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