Tech salaries rise in '08

It may be a tough economy with all the talk of recession, but plenty of IT professionals will still see raises this year. The 2008 IT Salary Report, released this week by Computer Economics, anticipates a median pay hike of about 3.7 percent in 2008. And some tech professionals at large-sized companies may see a 4 to 4.5 percent salary hike. Tech workers will see even bigger raises if they are working on Web projects, database application builds and voice-data networks, according to this report.

"Salary compensation increases are still fairly healthy though the economy, overall, slowed a bit. What it shows is that IT jobs are holding up fairly well in the marketplace as is the IT segment of business," said John Longwell, Computer Economics' research director. "It's a reflection of the investment companies are making in technology and that they're seeing those investments are enabling them to increase productivity."

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- See this CIOUpdate article

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