Do you think IT roles are poorly paid

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Been in IT over a year now and was looking to move on from my current employer but honestly Im seeing a pattern of more work equaling less money.. I see job adds that list all your roles and all the experience you need then when I look at salary its under 20k! There is litterally no point me leaving my emoloyer unless the oppourtunity was huge.

 

Hi Juelz,

Personally, I don't. But I am based down in London so I'm not sure if that has something to do with it.

I think Jim has pretty much hit the proverbial Nail in all honesty. I can use my case as an example. I am working on my Cisco certs while working in a Remote Desktop role. Once I have my CCNA / CCNP and a bit of experience, I can honestly see my wage tripling if I play my cards right, maybe more if I consider contracting as an option as well. Don't get me wrong, I will need to pass 5 Exams and still get experience but that there is a MASSIVE incentive for me.

Ron

 

Yeah I get that I really do, I think my position is actually paid well compared to these other places, I've been saying to my boss he isn't paying enough but from looking at other jobs he's paying well. It seems to earn the good money you have to be working for many many years which isn't great with a family as large as mine I guess.

 

I work in the education sector so the money is ok for the time being, I know I get a yearly rise of a whopping 1% and because I will pass my probation in August, unless I do something extremely stupid, then I get another rise etc. The problem with my role is that I am just a technician and I do love what I do, however I know the pay should be more. I am practically responsible for a lot of stuff that goes on and as it seems at the moment I am also training the new techie, who has has 7 years experience as opposed to my 3.

I tend to do anything that I am asked but thats my nature, I like to help, I hate seeing people struggle.

I know one of the other techies in a separate dept who also does the AV side of things, but gets paid for it, where as I dont.

I should make a bit of a fuss to be fair, but I wont until I am over the line in regards to my probation period has passed.

Another reason I wont moan is because of the training, I know they are going to put me through my masters, which has now been moved to next year on my request, they are putting me through my microsoft certs and some cisco certification. This is all for free as well

Ed

 

That is a sweet deal Ed

 

I am in a very similar position to you. Education doesn't seem to pay well but the holidays and the fact that they pay for CPD outweighs the shortfall in wage.

I'm currently at the top and there are only two possible promotions for me. Deputy Director of IT and Director of IT. The deputy role doesn't exist yet but our trust have an urgent need for one as the Director is mega over worked

Hope you smash your masters and things work out for you