JOB TITLES: Consultants and contractors
Compensation
Salary
Average salary: $104,833
Percent who feel fairly compensated: 76.8%
Raises
Percent whose salary rose during past year: 53.5%
Average salary increase:15%
Percent receiving increase due to training: 16.3%
Percent receiving merit increase: 15.3%
Percent receiving increase when moved to a different company for promotion: 17.3%
Percent receiving increase for promotion with current employer: 3.1%
Percent whose salary decreased over past year: 12%
Average salary decrease: 10%
Top three motivations
1. Compensation
2. Recognition from managers and users
3. Working with cutting-edge technologies
Vital statistics
Experience
Average number of years in IT: 12
Percent in IT for 1 year or less: 1%
Percent in IT for 5-9 years: 25.5%
Average number of years at current company: 3.8
Percent with current company 5-9 years: 22.5%
Place in organization
Average number of direct/indirect reports: 2
Percent reporting to CEO: 19%
Percent reporting to application development manager: 15%
Level of education completed
Bachelor's degree: 50.5%
Master's degree: 20.8%
No certification held: 60%
Time on/time off
Average hours worked per week: 45
Percent who receive time off when workload is less demanding: 2%
Web resources
Guru.com - www.guru.com
Independent contractors can post profile and search for projects at this site. Take the "Guru aptitude test."
Consulting Central - www.consultingcentral.com
This slick site includes compensation plans for consultants and an article entitled "Six worst things you can do to your client." Site does not support Netscape 6.
SOURCE: 2000 INFOWORLD COMPENSATION SURVEY
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