Salaries for IT professionals in UAE curves upward

Information technology (IT) professionals are not always the most admired lot at work. Co-workers and employees grumble about how all tech-related problems emanate from the IT room. Even though these professionals may not be the most adorable people in the office and may even be tagged ‘the IT nerds’, they have reason to cheer. Salaries for IT professionals in the country are on the rise and the sector is expected to do well in the coming year.

According to experts, there will be more job openings for IT professionals as demand is growing in the sector.

“IT has been growing well, the market was relatively active,” said Konstantina Sakellariou, Partner, Marketing & Operations Director at Stanton Chase, indicating at a promising year ahead.

“Technology professionals continue to be in strong demand within the Middle East as organisations win projects and need the requisite talent to manage rising workload and business demands. E-commerce has emerged as an area of strong growth across the GCC, with estimates as high as 300 per cent annual growth, driving the need for Java and .NET developers and security professionals,