IT salary expectations for 2020: How much should UK IT pros be earning?
As the well-documented digital skills gap shows no sign of being closed, UK IT professionals can expect their salaries to continue to rise, especially as 49 percent of businesses report that digital transformation will continue to have the biggest impact on their departments throughout 2020.
That is according to recruitment specialist Robert Half's 2020 Salary Guide, which claims that the number of new job roles is set to rise from 16 to 27 percent in 2020, as the fourth industrial revolution becomes a reality.
Elsewhere, the report notes that we should also see growing demand for project managers, infrastructure architects and system administrators, whilst business intelligence, IT management and IT security roles remain the hardest for CIOs and IT leaders to find skilled candidates to fill.
As with the 2019 salary guide, the 2020 instalment continues to list the UK average salary ranges according to candidate percentiles. In our breakdown of the report, the lowest figure is the 50th percentile, representing an 'average' candidate, while the highest is the 95th percentile, which represents elite candidates.
So which roles will see the biggest increase? Read on to see what you should be paid in 2020…
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How much should a CIO, CTO, or CISO earn?
Chief information officer (CIO):
2019: £135,750 (50th percentile) - £193,750 (95th percentile) / 2020: £141,000 - £250,000
Chief technology officer (CTO):
2019: £112,500 - £155,000 / 2020: £120,000 - £170,000
Chief information security officer (CISO):
2019: £135,750 - £193,750 / 2020: £141,000 – £200,000
IT director:
2019: £93,000 - £116,250 / 2020: £115,000 - £150,000
Head of IT:
2019: £66,000 - £85,250 / 2020: £75,500 - £95,000
How much should an enterprise architect earn?
Chief architect:
2019: £97,000 (50th percentile) - £135,750 (95th percentile) / 2020: £100,000 - £140,000
Enterprise architect:
2019: £116,000 - £132,000 / 2020: £122,000 - £140,000
Infrastructure architect:
2019: £58,250 - £85,250 / 2020: £70,000 - £82,000
Data architect:
2019: £69,750 - £93,000 / 2020: £71,750 - £95,750
Solution architect:
2019: £59,000 - £85,250 / 2020: £70,000 - £85,000
How much should developers earn?
Developer lead:
2019: £54,250 (50th percentile) - £69,750 (95th percentile) / 2020: £75,250 - £105,250
Development manager:
2019: £62,000 - £93,000 / 2020: £64,500 - £100,000
Developer:
2019: £35,000 - £54,250 / 2020: £39,500 - £55,000
How much should IT testing professionals earn?
Testing manager:
2019: £38,750 (50th percentile) - £54,250 (95th percentile) / 2020: £42,250 - £67,750
Testing analyst:
2019: £27,250 - £35,000 / 2020: £35,000 - £57,500
How much should project managers and business analysts earn?
Programme manager:
2019: £73,750 (50th percentile) - £97,000 (95th percentile) / 2020: £72,500 - £80,000
Project manager:
2019: £70,500 - £77,500 / 2020: £58,000 - £85,000
Senior business analyst:
2019: £54,250 - £62,000 / 2020: £57,000 - £80,000
Business analyst:
2019: £38,750 - £54,250 / 2020: £40,000 - £56,000
How much should data scientists earn?
Data scientist:
2019: £77,500 (50th percentile) - £116,250 (95th percentile) / 2020: £70,000 - £85,000
Data analyst:
2019: £31,000 - £42,750 / 2020: £35,000 - £45,000
Database administrator:
2019: £31,000 - £46,500 / 2020: £36,500 - £48,000
Business intelligence analyst:
2019: £35,000 - £42,750 / 2020: £42,000 - £50,000
How much should infrastructure and engineering professionals earn?
Infrastructure manager:
2019: £46,500 (50th percentile) - £54,250 (95th percentile) / 2020: £55,000 - £70,000
Network manager:
2019: £42,750 - £50,500 / 2020: £55,000 - £70,000
Network engineer:
2019: £38,750 - £46,500 / 2020: £50,000 - £65,000
How much should IT support and operations staff earn?
IT support manager:
2019: £35,000 (50th percentile) - £50,500 (95th percentile) / 2020: £48,000 - £60,000
Network administrator:
2019: £27,250 - £42,750 / 2020: £39,000 - £45,000
Help desk manager:
2019: £25,500 - £38,750 / 2020: £40,000 - £50,000
Help desk support:
2019: £21,750 - £28,000 / 2020: £23,000 - £30,000
How much should compliance, risk and security professionals earn?
Information security manager:
2019: £66,000 (50th percentile) - £93,000 (95th percentile) / 2020: £68,000 - £85,000
Security network engineer:
2019: £46,500 - £62,000 / 2020: £51,750 - £68,500
Security systems administrator:
2019: £42,750 - £58,250 / 2020: £44,000 - £60,000
Security architect:
2019: £62,000 - £93,000 / 2020: £63,750 - £95,750
How much should devops professionals earn?
Devops Engineer:
2019: £42,750 (50th percentile) - £58,250 (95th percentile) / 2020: £60,500 - £82,000
Devops Manager:
2019: £54,250 - £69,750 / 2020: £65,000 - £81,500
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