Ex-pats take note: China IT salaries set to jump 40 per cent Salary hikes of up to 40 per cent could be on offer for IT pros in China this year as the surging demand for specialised skills offers certain ex-pat professionals some new opportunities for a change of scene in 2013. International recruiter Michael Page’s annual Salary & Employment Forecast (PDF) for China reveals a booming …
The salaries for most range between £25K and £50K. That's similar to what they pay here in the UK. Looks to me like an option, all they do here in the UK is offshore your job, reduce your salary and your rate, throw one voluntary and involuntary redundancy wave after the other at you, reduce IT budgets....it never ends.
An engineer in the UK is treated like a suspect, as someone who almost has to apologize for doing his work. All the ideas you have are talked down and thrown out of the window. In China, India and the US the engineer is supported in his patent applications and tech startups.
What keeps me here...
Outsource to India? Not really. There is the same problem with initiative. If you want a bank of graduates to stumble their way through a script, fine. But proper 3rd line admin, SME and project work? That requires experience, and people who aren't afraid to poke around to find the cause of an issue (and whilst poking, know which parts to avoid prodding too hard.)
I took a 75% pay cut in the last year. It would be seriously nice if salaries here shot up too.
The problem with China is that I'm not sure I could learn to read and write, which would drive me batty. At least Thai has an alphabet (44 consonants and 32 vowels enough for you?), so you've got a chance.
That, and my wife is Thai.
Living here is WAY better than living in the UK, though (I've been here over 9 years already). Being an ex-pat is an interesting life, to be honest :)
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