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Philippines – IT specialists top survey rankings

26 February 2015

IT specialists and workers with extensive technical knowledge are the highest paid employees in the Philippines, according to the latest salary report from job board JobStreet.com.

In its Annual Salary Report 2015, JobStreet revealed that employees in IT-software and IT-network, system, and database administration are the best paid, consistently ranking in the top two spots across all position levels.

IT/computer-software specialists are typically employed by computer-software firms, business process outsourcing (BPO) companies, call centres, and banking or financial services firms.

IT/computer network/database admin specialists are typically employed in insurance, transportation & logistics; and utilities & power.

For junior executives or those with one-to-four years of experience, IT-software jobs pay the highest with average earnings of PHP 37,784 (USD 856) per month. Those specialising in IT-network/database admin are paid an average monthly salary of PHP 33,029 (USD 748).

For supervisors or those with five or more years of experience, the highest paid are again those specializing in IT/computer-software with average earnings of PHP 67,478 (USD 1,529) per month. The IT-network/database admin specialisation again came in second with average monthly salaries of PHP 52,319 (USD 1,185).