IT salary benchmarks in Asia

Are IT professionals in Asia paid their worth?

ZDNet Asia conducted a survey on the Internet between Aug. 25 and Nov. 6, 2006, to gain insights into Asia's IT workforce and salary trends. The survey drew 5,090 respondents from industry sectors such as government, healthcare, IT, services, telecommunications, legal and finance, across seven Asian countries: Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Among the findings: IT management skills are much-sought-after and command the highest renumeration, while the best-paying IT jobs are in Hong Kong, followed by Singapore.

Average Annual Salary by Industry (U.S. Dollar)

Country	Industry
	IT, Web & Telecom (ITWT)	Government, Education and Health (GEH)	Legal and Finance (LF)	Media, Marketing & Sales (non-IT) (MMS)	Mfg, Services and Others (non-IT) (MSO)

Hong Kong	42,422	58,368	66,352	51,841	42,871
India	15,259	9,003	11,647	14,681	10,245
Indonesia	10,959	9,479	11,581	11,440	12,008
Malaysia	16,099	21,299	16,002	19,156	16,324
Philippines	10,899	9,125	13,455	8,062	10,300
Singapore	39,782	43,206	49,782	38,999	41,264
Thailand	29,724	28,816	36,124	15,637	18,853

Average Annual Salary by Years of Experience (U.S. Dollar)

Country	Years of Experience
	Less than 5 Years	5-10 Years	More than 10 Years

Hong Kong	26,499	40,830	80,005
India	7,910	16,822	32,310
Indonesia	5,619	11,109	20,030
Malaysia	9,983	17,261	25,615
Philippines	6,500	9,836	19,879
Singapore	25,282	40,465	64,289
Thailand	9,553	21,702	42,745

Average Annual Salary by Job Function (U.S. Dollar)

Country	Job Function
	IT Management	Project Development	Systems Development	Other IT Professionals

Hong Kong	96,754	47,357	40,971	38,680
India	28,557	18,808	11,953	9,629
Indonesia	16,060	13,768	6,897	8,482
Malaysia	25,162	18,286	13,967	13,676
Philippines	19,524	12,165	8,448	8,761
Singapore	61,167	48,056	32,902	33,330
Thailand	38,721	34,516	15,450	19,906

Source : http://tungblog.atikomtrirat.com/2007/07/it-salary-benchmarks-in-asia.html