Systems administrators among Indonesia's most wanted

Systems administrators are among the most sought-after IT workers in Indonesia.

According to the ZDNet Asia IT Salary Benchmark Survey 2008, those with systems administration skills pulled the highest average salary, at 78,606,878 rupiah (US$8,332) per annum, compared to the other skill sets listed as the top five most popular IT skills. Systems administration skills were also the least common within the top five list, with 34.8 percent of respondents owning this expertise.

The survey polled a total of 3,267 respondents from Indonesia.

The most common skill was application development, at 53.6 percent, followed by desktops and software at 40 percent, servers and networking at 37.2 percent, and database management at 36.6 percent.

In comparison, last year's survey reflected a high demand for networking skills, which dropped to third place this year.

Similar to last year's survey findings, the Cisco Systems Certified Network Associate (CCNA) was again the professional certification most commonly possessed by Indonesian respondents this year, with 32.5 percent of respondents holding it. This was followed by the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification at 18.3 percent.

The survey also found a significant gap between the incomes of IT managers and those in other job functions. IT managers had an average income of 137,312,025 rupiah (US$14,555) per annum--almost twice the overall average annual salary of 69,714,408 rupiah (US$7,389).

IT professionals in the legal and finance sectors were paid the highest average annual salaries at 80,849,908 rupiah (US$8,570), followed by manufacturing and services at 77,893,428 rupiah (US$8,256).

Andrew Peters, a spokesperson for job search engine Recruit.net, told ZDNet Asia in an e-mail interview that salaries in Indonesia have gone up by 10 percent to 12 percent, in line with the country's growing inflation at around 6.8 percent. Recruit.net sees the strongest salary growth from the telecommunications and banking sectors, said Peters.

According to ZDNet Asia's survey, IT professionals in government, education and health sectors have the lowest average annual salary of 51,612,309 rupiah (US$5,470).

Furthermore, the survey found those working in large enterprises (with over 1,000 employee) had higher average annual salaries than those in SMBs (small to midsize businesses), earning 100,945,095 rupiah (US$10,700) per annum. Employees from companies with between 100 and 999 employee, earned 69,593,702 rupiah (US$7,376) on average, while companies with fewer than 100 employees paid their staff 58,303,426 rupiah (US$6,180).

According to AMI-Partners, a surge in the number of SMBs in Indonesia and a rise in the overall economy have prompted more SMBs to consider hiring more people. This will help relieve pressure on an otherwise high unemployment rate in Indonesia, the research firm said.

Compared to the rest of the region, the ZDNet Asia survey revealed that Indonesia's IT professionals had the lowest average annual salary in U.S. dollars, at 69,714,408 rupiah (US$7,389).

IT Salary Benchmark Survey 2008
ZDNet Asia conducted an online survey between late-2007 and early-2008 to gain insights into Asia's IT workforce and salary trends. It drew 21,635 respondents from sectors such as government, healthcare, IT, services, telecommunications, legal and finance, and across seven Asian economies: Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Some 3,267 respondents were polled from Indonesia, of which almost half were employed in small companies which had 99 or fewer employees.

Average Annual Salary by Industry

Job Function	Industry
	Government Education and Health	IT, Web & Telecom	Legal and Finance	Media, Marketing and Sales (non-IT)	Manufac- turing, Services and Others (non-IT)	Combined
IT Management	IDR 94,563,582	IDR 154,673,844	IDR 156,615,412	IDR 113,919,647	IDR 130,203,550	IDR 137,312,025
Project management	IDR 54,464,129	IDR 81,459,429	IDR 87,724,761	IDR 45,680,876	IDR 80,012,843	IDR 77,588,745
Systems Development	IDR 51,752,073	IDR 41,175,231	IDR 49,289,520	IDR 38,459,063	IDR 47,030,968	IDR 43,479,653
Communications	IDR 31,784,953	IDR 63,625,329	IDR 44,455,458	IDR 51,144,279	IDR 90,913,870	IDR 65,354,143
Support	IDR 22,050,274	IDR 41,168,653	IDR 29,533,280	IDR 26,639,319	IDR 52,857,090	IDR 40,554,941
Other IT Professionals	IDR 23,704,479	IDR 74,210,088	IDR 36,340,200	IDR 99,163,413	IDR 46,248,738	IDR 69,083,635
Overall	IDR 51,612,309	IDR 67,543,437	IDR 80,849,908	IDR 61,942,070	IDR 77,893,428	IDR 69,714,408

Average Annual Salary of the Top Five IT Skills

% of Respondents	IT Skills	Average Annual Salary
53.6%	Application Development	IDR 72,252,511
40.0%	Desktops/ Software	IDR 67,811,631
37.2%	Servers/Networking	IDR 74,042,810
36.6%	Database Management	IDR 73,800,635
34.8%	System Administration	IDR 78,606,878

Average Annual Salary by Job Function and Employment Status

Job Function	Employment Status
	Contract	Full-time	Combined
IT Management	IDR 158,349,673	IDR 136,397,345	IDR 137,312,025
Project management	IDR 84,567,615	IDR 76,836,478	IDR 77,588,745
Systems Development	IDR 28,433,583	IDR 45,204,176	IDR 43,479,653
Communications	IDR 18,970,251	IDR 67,803,996	IDR 65,354,143
Support	IDR 45,907,007	IDR 40,117,442	IDR 40,554,941
Other IT Professionals	IDR 97,628,123	IDR 65,774,129	IDR 69,083,635
Overall	IDR 60,830,400	IDR 70,527,712	IDR 69,714,408

//zdntasia

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