

Jobs that have seen the biggest pay hikes go to employees that have both IT and business acumen, Sedder said, noting that increasingly, "technical skills are secondary". He added that banks typically hire candidates working in other banks, IT vendors and consultancies, as well as telcos. "An IT support analyst who is currently paid HK$25,000 (US$3,202) a month an IT vendor or a smaller bank, and has good communication skills, double his salary or a 50 percent to 60 percent increase by a bigger bank," Seder told ZDNet Asia.

Investment banks are "the best-paying employers" of IT professionals in Hong Kong and Singapore, according to new data from human resources agency Hudson.Įllis Seder, Hudson's IT&T manager for Hong Kong, said Monday in a phone interview: "Investment banks are snapping up the best IT candidates in the market.
