2022 Chicago Tech Salaries

Chicago IT Salaries and Tech Market Insights for 2022

In 2021, tech companies and workers alike have thrived in Chicago, taking the challenges of these uncertain times head-on and producing innovative products and services. With this success and progress, the Chicago IT job market was one of the most exciting sectors to be a part of in 2021, but this growth also brings new challenges, with the tech talent gap, evolution of the workplace and increased burnout leading to a surge in employee turnover. In Motion Recruitment’s 2022 Chicago IT Salary Guide, we give insights into some of the most pressing topics in the tech job world, including:  

• How much should you or your team be earning? Why? 
• What's the impact of remote and hybrid office jobs on IT salaries in 2022 and beyond?
• What challenges and opportunities increasingly exist due to the tech talent shortage? 
• How can you navigate both “The Great Resignation” of 2021 and drive success in 2022?

With over 30 years of experience inside the IT industry, Motion’s 2022 Chicago IT Salary Guide offers top-of-the-market insider information and analysis not found anywhere else.

With in-depth compensation averages for hundreds of IT job titles, this Chicago IT Salary Guide will give you the data and analysis necessary to make the right decisions in the tech job market, have the proper expectation when hiring top IT talent or know your full worth when job seeking in the tech industry.

INSIGHTS

Tech Market Experts

What tech hiring or job seeking trends
do you expect to see in 2022?

Dane Robinson
Executive Director

"The Chicago IT industry in 2022 will have an emphasis on speed in the hiring process. Top tech talent is in high demand, and a drawn-out interview process is becoming a major red flag. The expectation is going to be that hiring will be much more streamlined in 2022.

Kelsey Prisby
Executive Director

"As we look to the year ahead, the tech companies that are most willing to adapt to their employees’ needs will be the most successful in both attracting and retaining talent. In particular, the ability to retain employees is now more important than ever as we see the talent shortage continuing to widen.  Whether that be offering a hybrid work setup, increasing benefits, or improving flexibility to prevent burnout, building an employee-first culture should be the focus in 2022.

Milenko Beslic
VP of Engineering

"I believe that 2022 will see even more of an emphasis on diversity and inclusion inside the tech industry. The tech world has always been at its best when everyone has a unique voice at the table. Companies are realizing that having different perspectives is a driver of success, and with 100% remote opportunities becoming normalized, companies can go beyond the main tech hubs to find great IT talent that normally would not get the opportunity.

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