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Press Release No. 11/2016 ICT Industry Study: 11 Percent Higher Wages in Companies Covered by Collective Bargaining Agreements

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9 March 2016 9 March 2016

Frankfurt am Main – Employees at companies in the information technology and telecommunications (ICT) sector that are bound by collective bargaining agreements received, on average, 11 percent higher pay last year than employees at companies without such agreements. This is confirmed by IG Metall’s 18th Pay Survey for the ICT Sector in 2016, which the union published ahead of CeBIT. “Collective bargaining agreements ensure fair and sustainable wage growth in the ICT sector,” said Christiane Benner, Second Chair of IG Metall, on Wednesday in Frankfurt. For example, following last year’s collective bargaining agreement, employees in the metal and electrical industries received a 3.4 percent pay increase, while according to the study, wages in the ICT sector rose by only an average of 1.3 percent across all job families and hierarchical levels.

The new brochure “Compensation in the ICT Sector 2016” makes a significant contribution to greater transparency regarding earnings in the ICT sector. With over 37,000 current compensation data points from more than 145 businesses and companies, it offers a comprehensive overview of current annual salaries as well as their trends over the past ten years. The brochure also contains detailed information on dual study programs, traditional IT training, key facts about working conditions, and the particular importance of collective bargaining agreements in the ICT sector—as exemplified by the IT service provider Atos. In 2015, the industry employed over one million people for the first time. According to the industry association Bitkom, more than 25,000 new jobs were created last year alone. At the same time, revenue rose by 1.9 percent to 156 billion euros. Bitkom expects further growth in 2016.

“Digitalization is transforming value chains in many sectors of the economy and affecting nearly every aspect of people’s lives,” said Benner. Big data, Industry 4.0, cloud computing, crowdsourcing, and mobile internet are the dominant themes in this sector. The ICT sector is experiencing tremendous momentum, which at the same time is intensifying the pressure on employees to perform. “Securing and shaping jobs is therefore a top priority. Employees in the ICT sector need secure prospects,” said the vice chair of IG Metall.

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