Compensation in the Halifax tech community 2019
The annual Halihax member survey asks members to report on their compensation, skills and how they are feeling in the community. We use this data to produce the compensation in the Halifax tech community report.
This year's survey feedback saw requests to dive deeper into the details of remote work, overtime and well-being of our community. We also augmented the survey to present a number of optional detailed segments that focused on on-call or support, and compensation raises.
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Participation
Experience, Education, Outlook
Salary & Compensation
JavaScript leads with Python and Java following
Secondary programming language
Which languages have you used in the last month?
JavaScript, Python, Java, Go Lang, PHP, Typescript, R, C#, Scala, Swift round out the top ten languages
Time Horizon of Seeking New Opportunity
In what timeframe might you be seeking a new opportunity?
49 respondents are open to but not actively seeking a new opportunity
Salary vs Company size
Median salary by company size
Salary vs Industry Experience
Annual base salary compared to years of industry experience
Salary vs Remote Work
Median salary of remote vs colocated workers
Salary vs Hours worked
Annual base salary compared to reported work hours per week
Salary vs Sleep
Annual base salary compared to reported sleep hours per night
Salary vs Happiness
Annual base salary compared to reported overall happiness (out of 5)
Reasoning for salary increase
For those who reported receiving a raise in the last year
28 respondents indicate their raise was performance oriented
DevOps, Javascript and React are the most reported in-demand skill
Compensation for overtime work
For those who reported participating in overtime
44.5% of respondents report not being given additional compensation for overtime work
Additional compensation for on-call or support
For those who reported on-call or support being part of their role
43 respondents report participating in on-call activities, where 51% indicate they are not provided additional compensation
Opt-in or assigned on-call duties
For those who reported on-call or support being part of their role
A majority of on-call participants are assigned this duty
Frequency of on-call rotation
For those who reported on-call or support being part of their role
34.4% of on-call participates are permanently assigned
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We’ll let you draw your own conclusions on the data as the survey isn’t entirely scientific. Hopefully it gives you some insight into what the tech salary landscape is like in Halifax.
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