Players in the information technology (IT) sector, particularly those specializing in software, continue to be the top-paying firms across all position levels, according to online job marketplace Jobstreet.
In Jobstreet’s annual salary report for 2015, the IT sector, with its increasingly specialized requirements, has emerged as the highest-paying sector, giving a competitive compensation package across the three position levels identified by Jobstreet.
The report highlighted the Top 10 best-paying sectors by specialization, according to Rose Lyn Ombao, marketing manager at Jobstreet, with the IT sector topping the list in the junior executive, supervisory and managerial levels.
For the junior executive level, which means one to four years of experience, the highest salary offered is P37,000 for employees in the IT computer-software development. For the supervisory level, still in the IT computer-software area, the top salary is at P 67,000. For the managerial position, those in the same sector can fetch a salary of P100,000.
For each level, the second highest-paying specialization is network and database administration, still belonging to the IT sector.
Ombao said that, in this year’s report, data were extracted per specialization and not just per industry to put more focus on the skills and abilities of the job seeker instead of confining a person within an industry.
The study surveyed 38,000 postings of company-clients of Jobstreet across different industries.
Meanwhile, the country’s information and communication sector booked P229.7 billion worth of value-added revenues in 2012, according to the final results of the 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry (CPBI) released by the government on Thursday.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said there were 4,862 establishments engaged in information and communication activities in 2012.
“Value added is gross output less intermediate input. Gross output for information and communication is the sum of the total revenue [less interest income, rent income from land, dividend income, royalty income and franchise income], capital expenditures of fixed assets produced on own account and change in inventories,” the PSA explained.
The lion’s share, or 54.7 percent, of the revenues was accounted for by wired telecommunications activities, including wired Internet access service activities, which booked revenues worth P125.7 billion in 2012.
A far second was computer programming, including consultancy and related activities, with P30.3 billion, or 13.2 percent, of the total. Not far behind was wireless telecommunications activities with P22.7 billion, or 9.9 percent, of the total.
At regional level, Metro Manila accounted for the highest value added, contributing 93.3 percent, or P214.3 billion, of the total.
Central Visayas and Calabarzon followed next with P6 billion, or 2.6 percent, and P1.7 billion, or 0.7 percent, respectively.
Meanwhile, in terms of income generated, the PSA said data showed that the information and communication sector raked in P465.3 billion in 2012.
Establishments over 20 employees booked the largest income worth P445.6 billion, or 95.8 percent. Establishments with less than 20 employees contributed P19.8 billion, or 4.2 percent, of the total income.
The top revenue generator was wired-telecommunications activities, with an income of P198.3 billion, or 42.6 percent, of the total.
This was followed by wireless telecommunications activities with P78.3 billion, or 16.8 percent, of the total, as well as computer programming, consultancy and related activities with P65.8 billion, or 14.2 percent.
Similar to value added, most of the sector’s income came from Metro Manila with P439.4 billion, or 94.4 percent, of the total.
PSA data showed that this was followed by Central Visayas, which contributed P8.5 billion, or 1.8 percent, of the total, and Calabarzon with P3.3 billion, or 0.7 percent.
The PSA said the 2012 CPBI was conducted between April and July 2013. Total response rate for information and communication sector was 91.9 percent, or 2,786, of 3,032 establishments.
This included receipts of “good” questionnaires, partially accomplished questionnaires, reports of closed, moved out or out of scope establishments.
Of the total responses, 39 establishments responded online, two sample establishments accomplished e-questionnaires and seven establishments submitted in portable document format through e-mail.
By Catherine N. Pillas & Cai U. Ordinario