May 23, 2012

New Zealand IT Professionals Salaries

Information Technology / IT Professionals Salaries in New Zealand

Salary and wage information for New Zealand professions is compiled regularly by analysis of New Zealand jobs advertised in major publications. Salaries are annual unless otherwise stated.

Junior developers can expect to receive a basic annual income of $45,000 to $60,000. This can increase to between $55,000 and $80,000 with three years’ experience. Senior developers typically can earn between $75,000 and $120,000 depending on their field of expertise, experience and location.

New Zealand has a shortage of IT specialists. As a result there are many IT occupations on the New Zealand’s long term skills shortage list. Among those included are: Organisation and Methods Analyst, ICT Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Multimedia Analyst, Web Developer, Analyst Programmer and Developer Programmer.

Information Technology / IT Professionals Salaries /
Wages in 2011-2012

Position Salary / Wage $ Location
Creative Net Developer 75,000 Auckland
SQL Developer 95,000 Auckland
Oracle DBA Consultant 120,000 – 140,000 Auckland
Intermediate Java Developer 75,000 Auckland
Intermediate QA / Developer 85,000 Auckland
Junior .NET Developer 50,000 – 55,000 Auckland
Java Developer 95,000 Auckland
Contract Java Developer 70 – 90 per hour Auckland
Senior .NET Developer 80,000 – 90,000 Wellington
IT Support Analyst 55,000 – 60,000 Christchurch
Senior Java Developer 75,000 – 80,000 Christchurch

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