Research from the Incomes Data Services (IDS) reveals that these pay increases are much higher than the industry average as the median salary for IT user support technicians is 13% greater than it was last year and network systems engineers have seen their pay jump by 9.5%.
This is despite the fact that 40% of companies have experienced difficulties recruiting and retaining IT staff in the past year.
The number of applicants for IT degree courses has dropped by 48% since 2001 and IDS believes that a skills gap is developing that is fuelling the wage inflation in the middle tier of the IT industry.
Ken Mulkearn, editor of the IDS Pay in IT Report 2008, said: "As the UK IT sector continues to specialise increasingly in more high-end technical work, and more entry-level jobs are outsourced overseas, there are fewer opportunities for graduates and others with less experience to get a foot on the first rung of the career ladder."
Skilled, middle-tier IT staff get the biggest pay increases
Pay rises for skilled, mid-level support and technical staff are highest in the IT sector because of skills shortages.
