Job-seeking IT professionals highly-satisfied

A CyberMedia Dice-TNS survey reveals that 29 per cent of the job-seeking IT professionals are highly satisfied with their jobs.

They are young and restless, and hence prone to changing jobs regularly. Contrary to popular beliefs, it's not the disgruntled employee who is looking for a job change.

According to Abraham Karimpanal, head of technology practice of TNS India, "Nearly a fourth of the job-seeking IT professional is an extremely happy and committed lot with TRI*M Index over 70, significantly higher than the Indian industry average of 62."

The TRI*M model measures, manages and monitors stakeholder relationships. In this case that of employees and employers.

The survey was carried out by the Indian arm of TNS. TNS has used it worldwide to understand what drives relationships across groups including employees, channel partners and customers.

A closer look at the profile indicates that they are restless, very ambitious professionals looking for a fasttrack career growth.

"The challenge for the industry is to meet their ambitions and aspirations," said Pradeep Gupta, chairman and managing director, CyberMedia.

The survey also attempted to try and track salary levels across geographies in India and also find the career-satisfaction, motivation and overall satisfaction.

The survey finds that salaries in western and southern India are higher than the north and east.

Salaries in Gurgaon, in the north, are now comparable with those offered in the IT capital Bangalore.