The UK based recruitment consultancy MerlinCorp have kindly shared the results of their 2011 Worldwide Salary Survey.
Paul Davis at MerlinCorp is to be congratulated for taking the time to specialize and get to know the UK SAM and software licensing market. Unlike other IT recruitment firms Paul knows the territory, the terms and the key personalities in the UK SAM Channel.
The results illustrate the discrepancies in worldwide salaries for the same SAM and licensing roles. If you are questioning your value in an organization and wondering if you are being paid a competitive rate – I hope this data provides some food for thought. The difference in salaries in also comparable to SAM maturity in the different countries i.e. in my view Australia has a more mature SAM market than USA.
The country’s most satisfied with its salaries were Denmark and Belgium where all respondents said they were satisfied.
The countries least satisfied with its salaries were Germany, Portugal, Ukraine, India, Russia and Brazil where 97% of respondents said they were paid too little
55% of UK and Australia participants were satisfied with their salary
83% of Canadian participants said they believed they were paid at the right level
60% of USA participants were also content with their salary
Highest salary results came from Australia (average basic salary £65,358 = $100,023 Australian Dollars)
Lowest salary results came from India (average basic salary £12,897 = 945,537 INR)
UK, US and Canada were in the middle with some European countries being paid slightly more, some slightly less
SAM experts with the most experience came from Canada where the results were averaging 6.8yrs of SAM experience
SAM experts with the least experience were from Russia and Brazil, each averaging 2yrs of SAM experience
Licensing experts with the most experience were from the USA and Canada both averaging 9.4yrs of Licensing experience
Licensing experts with the least experience came from Sweden and were averaging 3.1yrs of Licensing experience
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