More IT workers dissatisfied

From South Florida Business Journal.

While information technology still remains a good career path with strong potential for high earnings, more IT professionals are feeling less secure about their jobs, according to a survey of It employees by InformationWeek.

Fears about job security among IT professionals is at its highest rate since 2004, with 13 percent saying they felt their jobs were insecure, up from 8 percent last year. Thirty-seven percent consider their jobs to be very secure, down from 51 percent last year.

Two-thirds of the IT professionals are satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs, including the pay, while just 11 percent are dissatisfied.

One-third (33 percent) think an IT career is as promising as it was five years ago – 10 percentage points lower than in 2008.

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