Information technology and multilingual professionals in China received whopping pay rises this year and the trend is likely to continue next year, a leading recruitment consultancy said on Wednesday.
According to the survey conducted by Robert Walters, a global headhunter, it has noticed several changes in the salary structure of professionals this year, with bilingual talents, multi-skilled financial workers and IT employees being the biggest beneficiaries.
Shen Jia, senior manager of Robert Walters, said "three and a half" industries have seen the biggest salary growth in the past 11 months, namely finance, real estate and internet, while life science counts as half.
The average salary for finance and accounting professionals has risen by 10 to 20 percent, while those in the IT industry earned 12 percent to 18 percent more than last year, said the Robert Walters report.
The salary for those in environment, health and safety sectors increased by 15 to 20 percent.
The report said that next year, the most needed skills would be multilingual ability, knowledge of international business, automation and artificial intelligence, change management, e-commerce, digital marketing and cybersecurity.