Salary and hiring trends in Malaysia for H2 2018

Ambition’s latest Malaysia Market Insights H2 2018 report revealed that the demand for high caliber technology talent continues. Other than the tech sector, the report also shared insights on salary and hiring trends for banking and financial services, as well as finance and accounting. 

Salary trends for tech industry in Malaysia

The focus on digital will remain high on the priority list and companies will continue to invest in this area, and it expects the demand for the skillsets above to continue. Specifically, the report is seeing demand for iOS/Android developers, cloud engineers, and those with a technical architecture background. In addition, security is on most organisations’ radar, and those who have held leadership roles in infrastructure and security are highly sought after.

“Given this ongoing demand, organisations need to stay close to their best talent to ensure they are engaged as demand outweighs supply, and this is set to remain unchanged,” it said.

In Malaysia, business change industry will see CIO/CTO with 12-15 years of experience earning an annual salary range of RM348k-600k. Meanwhile, IT directors with 10 to over 15 years of experience can expect an annual salary between RM300k-480k.

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