The difficult economic times have seen the average IT salary frozen at $75,000 for the past six months.As well, the average overall IT pay and benefits package has been reduced from $78,000 to $75,500, according to recruitment firm AbsoluteIT's latest six-monthly salary report, which looks at pay in the April to September period. The report is based on data provided by IT professionals to AbsoluteIT's IT salaries website,
www.itsalaries.co.nz.Since the site was launched a year ago, 11,400 IT sector staffers have entered their details, with just over 9000 permanent employees providing information about their pay and benefits, and slightly more than 2000 contractors and part-time staff providing data.
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