Agile Project Managers Earn More Money !
Version One, an industry leader in Agile tools, teamed up with ASPE-SDLC and released its “first annual Agile Salary survey” today [PDF download]. The survey had almost 3000 respondents from 89 countries, and reveals some interesting findings – such as:
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“Salary Trends are looking very positive for Agile professionals”
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All size companies are using Agile – from 10 to 10,000+ employees.
The top industry using Agile is “Software Providers” – not surprising.
But then you see Consulting & Financial Services, Manufacturers and others leveraging Agile to do more with less. And not one of them is using Agile for “all” their projects – meaning that Traditional methods and mixed methods are being used heavily still. But the transition to agile is increasing rapidly.
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The Most Frequently quoted Salary in the study by Region
The majority of Agile professionals are 39 year old or younger – yet they have 5 or more years experience under their belts. So these experienced young professionals are making very good salaries.
- USA / Canada: $90,000 – $99,999
- EUROPE: $60,000 – 69,999
- ASIA: $30,000 – $39,999
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Some of the most interesting findings impacting Salary
It is not surprising that the more experience you have the more money you make – but the fact that if you use Agile “every day” you will be paide $2,511 more than those that use it only 1/2 the time. And every month of Agile experience raises your salary $227. That should motivate some PMs to learn about Agile.
So get into those webinars & classes and read those books on Agile.
And start “using” your skills !!!
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Download Survey here: [PDF download]
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