ZDNet Asia conducted an online survey between October 2008 and May 2009, to gain insights into salary trends and IT workforce across Asia.
| Respondent Profile by Job Function | |
| IT Management | 463 |
| Project Management | 498 |
| Systems Development | 952 |
| Communications | 242 |
| Support | 579 |
| Administration | 401 |
| Other IT Professionals | 186 |
| TOTAL (including part-time/contract) | 3,321 |
The study polled a total of 21,627 respondents from various sectors including government, healthcare, IT, services, telecommunications, legal and finance, and across eight Asian economies: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Some 3,008 respondents were from the Philippines, holding full-time positions with job functions that cut across several areas such as systems development, project management and support.
In addition, 265 respondents from the country were either contract or independent consultants, while another 48 held part-time positions, working fewer than 28 hours a week.
Respondents who held IT management responsibilities in the legal and finance industry were the highest paid among their peers in the Philippines, pulling in an average salary of 671,559 pesos a year.
In the following charts, PHP denotes the Philippine peso.
Average Annual Salary by Job Function and Industry (PHP)
| Job Function | Industry | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT, Web & Telecom | Goverment, Education & Health | Legal & Finance | Media, Marketing & Sales (non-IT) |
Manufacturing, Services & Others (non-IT) | OVERALL | ||
| IT Management | 670,691 | 470,403 | 671,559 | 545,299 | 576,472 | 603,186 | |
| Project Management | 585,908 | 349,076 | 503,333 | 307,430 | 457,282 | 537,972 | |
| Systems Development | 415,108 | 274,771 | 391,259 | 328,594 | 384,312 | 396,704 | |
| Communications | 367,754 | 329,285 | 464,406 | 279,251 | 332,653 | 359,183 | |
| Support | 238,499 | 188,041 | 306,685 | 197,276 | 230,118 | 228,839 | |
| Administration | 451,755 | 332,046 | 438,211 | 332,815 | 330,873 | 395,042 | |
| Other IT Professionals | 315,101 | 227,058 | 541,000 | 266,332 | 332,520 | 309,942 | |
| OVERALL | 436,271 | 313,352 | 473,934 | 353,671 | 372,473 | 408,768 | |
Average Annual Salary by IT Skills and Years of Experience (PHP)
| IT Skills | Years of Experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 5 years | 5-10 years | More than 10 years | |
| Desktops/Software | 255,642 | 424,898 | 615,883 |
| Application Development | 318,463 | 542,774 | 690,560 |
| Operating Systems | 246,480 | 411,610 | 610,825 |
| Servers/Networking | 259,724 | 414,815 | 618,792 |
| Web Development | 305,954 | 524,201 | - |
| Systems Administration | 265,974 | 426,845 | 619,380 |
| Database Management | 289,813 | 466,215 | 635,741 |
| IT Outsourcing | 318,662 | 521,449 | - |
| IT Security | 265,212 | 454,830 | 616,222 |
| Web Services | 314,033 | - | - |
| Consulting/Business Services | - | 618,403 | 766,580 |
| Enterprise Applications | - | - | 756,400 |
| Infrastructure Management | - | - | 726,225 |
Average Annual Salary by Job Function and Years of Experience (PHP)
| Job Function | Years of Experience | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 5 years | 5-10 years | More than 10 years | |
| IT Management | 351,636 | 533,207 | 749,979 |
| Project Management | 345,259 | 626,132 | 751,545 |
| Systems Development | 309,511 | 523,219 | 552,508 |
| Communications | 248,405 | 396,101 | 557,953 |
| Support | 206,321 | 234,443 | 321,941 |
| Administration | 269,695 | 421,036 | 582,501 |
| Other IT Professionals | 203,930 | 419,006 | 406,950 |
| OVERALL | 279,139 | 461,550 | 627,670 |
Average Annual Salary of the Top 10 Most Popular IT Skills (PHP)
| Rank | % of Respondents | IT Skills | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50.3 | Desktops/Software | 398,667 |
| 2 | 44.3 | Application Development | 488,836 |
| 3 | 43.6 | Operating Systems | 395,338 |
| 4 | 42.4 | Servers/Networking | 405,211 |
| 5 | 42.1 | Systems Administration | 419,065 |
| 6 | 34 | Database Management | 445,791 |
| 7 | 30.5 | Web Development | 437,961 |
| 8 | 26.5 | IT Security | 432,404 |
| 9 | 22.8 | IT Outsourcing | 479,509 |
| 10 | 20.1 | Enterprise Applications | 574,302 |
