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SALARY SURVEY
Longevity
The majority of respondents (69 percent in public institutions and 73 percent in private nonprofits) have worked in the IT field for 11 or more years. A hefty number (53 percent in public institutions and 46 percent in private nonprofits) have been at their current institution for over a decade. And that’s where they plan to stay: Seventy-eight percent of respondents from public institutions and 79 percent from private nonprofits said they do not expect to leave their jobs in the next year.
Outsourcing
With about one in five institutions in the survey outsourcing some aspect of IT, the practice has a strong foothold in higher education, but most respondents (81 percent in public institutions and 79 percent in private nonprofits) said their employer neither outsources IT nor has plans to within the next year. (See figure 8, page 21.) The topic generated conflicting opinions in the comments:
“Outsourcing adds to the quality problem. Companies send their software jobs to India because it’s cheap, but the quality of the software is uneven at best. The pendulum al- ways swings back and forth between in-house IT and out- sourcing, but sending this work abroad to be done by cheap labor is often a mistake, especially if there isn’t enough over- sight by highly trained software architects and analysts. The
“Unwillingness to invest in resources/ expertise will lead to an exodus to the private sector.”
FIGURE 5
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
How long have you worked in IT?
0-2 YEARS 3-5 YEARS 5-10 YEARS 11-20 YEARS 21 OR MORE YEARS
PUBLIC PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
7%
11%
13%
30%
39%
9%
9%
9%
42%
31%
FIGURE 6
TIME WITH CURRENT EMPLOYER
How long have you been with your present employer?
0-2 YEARS 3-5 YEARS 5-10 YEARS 11-20 YEARS 21 OR MORE YEARS
PUBLIC PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
12%
23%
12%
5%
23%
26%
34%
26%
19%
20%
FIGURE 7
TURNOVER
Do you expect to leave your current employer within the next 12 months?
YES
NO
PUBLIC
22%
78%
PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
21%
79%
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