Salary Expectations?

Question

Hi,
I am due to enter negotiations regarding my salary.

I have around 8 years experience in IT from a career point of view, and have trained towards an MCSA (waiting for exams).

I am looking after 14 servers in 3 locations. We are opening another office down south which I will be expected to support

The servers include 4 DC'c, 2 Exchange servers, 1 SQL Server, File Servers, FTP Servers; as well as the company phone system, copiers, software licencing and 3 netscreens and 1 WiFi bridge and to support approx 45 staff

I am also expected to source new technology like media players, etc for the work the company actually does.

We are increasing the servers to around 20 in the next fews months as well implementing company wide VoIP technology and better WAN comms.

What I need to know is should I be asking for more than the £25,000 plus car I am currently on?

My TItle is IT Manager and I am in the East Midlands area

Cheers

Incedently I did study and gain a Computer Science HND (Could not afford the extra two years!!)

I consider the title more Management of IT rather than "IT Manager", but I do attend the main management meetings, and am considered a senior member of staff.

I only ask the question after a conversation I had with someone who said that people he had intervoed and knew in my area, and in similar sized businesses were earning better packages than me.

It is sometimes difficult to measure yourself against the industry standard when working for an SME as you are expected to wear so many hats.

In repsonse to some of the questions, yes I do support all the Server applications, although I do require more specialised support for SQL. I also do basic front line support for the end user applications like 3D max, Microstation and Solidworks.

Answer 1

I would think so .... I think your salary would be more than that in Canada for a similar job, and I thought salaries were higher in the UK than here since your cost of living is so much higher.

Best of luck.

Answer 2

With no formal college degree, you're lucky to be making what you make.

Some of the stuff you mention like file servers, ftp servers, phone systems, copiers, software licencing, etc are all pretty trivial things.

Your salary equates to $47k US, and I know plenty of people in the same field not making nearly that... plus a car, that adds on at least another 30k total value...

As somebody who was once in charge of hiring computer programmers, I looked for only people with degrees, and they didn't make that much.

I think you're overpaid. Don't try the "i have an interview" thing... unless you really have an interview, because you may need it.

Answer 3

Dom, put it this way, your salary is higher than the national average and the workload you describe doesn't appear to warrant the job title that you have. You may want to simply concern yourself the beneficiary of good fortune and count yourself lucky.

If I were your boss and you were asking me for a raise, I'd be wanting to know in what way you would be improving your productivity to justify the money. In what way would you be contributing towards the company's objectives and goals, it's strategic vision? Nobody's indispensible and in our current world of pretty much standardised IT, you're pretty much immediately replacable by just another microsoft guy. So, go into your negotiations with "what you're going to give" rather than "what am I going to get" and I suspect you'll get further in the conversation.

Answer 4

The salary/remuneration for a particular job is the market value for a particular profession and designation at the city/town where the office is located. Job postings at websites like Monster, Yahoo HotJobs and Careerbuilder carry information about salaries. The Govt Dept of Labor, (www.bls.gov) Bureau of statistics has information about median salaries for different professions and details of additional compensation offered. Other online resources are salary.com and payscale. Your salary will also depend on your educational qualification and how you handle your career. More details and links to relevant websites available at http://tinyurl.com/rndxq

Answer 5

You might get 10% to 15% more, but do you support the software or is that all contracted out?

Perhaps look at comparing the service you provide with outsourcing to someone like Quiss Technologies - and show them what good value you are!

Answer 6

On the website www.findacareerhere.com there is a salary calculator that tells you salary and also gives you a job description. Hope this helps.

Answer 7

Totaljobs.com has a salary checker which goes on your job title and area.

It gives minimum average and maximum average

Try that!

Answer 8

even as unclear, write "Negotiable". in the course of the interview, the conductor will maximum in all probability inform you the gross sales variety for the area you're utilizing for and ask if that meets your expectancies. you're then open to barter with them on the gross sales quantity. in the experience that they don't openly talk this with you, ask them on the top of the interview what the gross sales variety is for the area you utilized for. solid success!

Answer 9

No. You're salary is fine, given that you spend so much time in here instead of working.

Answer 10

go online and google and there is a site that compares salaries etc. I can't remember the url of it

Of course it makes me sick that you'll make more than me and I'm the one answering your question..use that brain of yours! lol just kidding