Piscataway Jobs

The Pros and Cons of IT Jobs in Piscataway:

IT wage growth in major metropolitan areas like Atlanta and Boston, and especially Silicon Valley, keeps chugging along.
While the days when tech salaries were zooming upward are behind us, certain IT specialties are still enjoying healthy boosts. If you're a project manager or an MIS manager, salaries are still very competitive.
IT workers are still some of the best paid workers across a wide array of professions. The 2007 average tech salary was $74,570.
The unemployment rate for IT professionals remains low, at 2.1 percent, versus a national average of around 5 percent.
Between 2006 and 2007, the average IT salary grew only 1.7 percent - not even enough to keep up with inflation.
IT "newbies" with less than 1 year of experience - suffered a 2.2 percent decline in average salary, to $41,457.

Tips for Salary Negotiation

1.) Always be prepared to negotiate.

2.) Be confident and ambitious.

3.) Don't be afraid to ask for a higher salary.

4.) Prepare in advance. Start by reviewing a prospective employer's website, study it in detail.

5.) Write your questions down. Good questions reward you with valuable information to use to your advantage in a negotiation. If you don't, it's unlikely they will spring to mind when it counts, especially during the interview.

6.) Don't limit yourself. Never fill in salary boxes.

7.) Use trade-offs. Never give a concession to a prospective employer without asking for one in return.

8.) Make yourself come alive. Practically every IT professional knows their strengths and weaknesses. This alone is simply not enough. You have to sell yourself in a vibrant manner and give some life to these facts so that you stand out and make yourself memorable.

9.) Give yourself options; you will find your negotiation choices limited to a simple "yes" or "no" response with only one job offer.

Average Salaries For IT Jobs in Piscataway

Information Architect $92,992.

Manager, Business Systems Analysis $118, 829.

Sr. Business Technology Consultant $135,275.

Help Desk Manager $80,372.

Data Warehouse/BI Management Specialist $113,381.

Web Systems Manager $108,110.

IT Security Manager $108,241.

Network Engineering Manager $112,723.

Sr. Java Developer $92,570.

E-Commerce Project Manager/Coordinator $92,992.

Systems Programmer $78,685

Programmer/Analyst $73,779

Software Engineer $84,967

Object Visual Programmer $76,370

Manager, Systems and Programming $103,827

Data Center Administrator $62,582

Personal Computer Specialist $49,299

Disaster Recovery Coordinator $71,900

Data Security Adminstrator $69,200

Manager, Computer Operations $91,113

Manager, Network Services $85,140

Database Manager $90,205

Manager, Customer Service $71,241

Webmaster $63,530

Technical Services Specialist $58,273

Senior Network Specialist $89,672

Network Control Analyst $75,973

Internet Developer $75,861

E-commerce Specialist $82,765

Network Technician $55,743

Hardware Installations Coordinator $51,898

Web Analyst $60,189

Manager, Internet Systems $89,788

Manager, Training and Documentation $78,329

LAN Applications Support Analyst $59,205

IS Planning Analyst $79,171

Manager, Voice and Data Comm. $93,169

Project Manager - Applications $100,579

Project Manager - Systems $91,769