2022数据中心行业薪酬调查报告

2022数据中心行业薪酬调查报告

Data Center Industry - 2022 Salary Survey Report

By Sharon Fisher

译 者 说

3年的新冠肺炎疫情对很多行业和实体经济造成了不小的冲击，数据中心行业是少数还能保持20%-30%的增长的行业，这和国家坚定走政府、企业数字化转型及促进数据经济，数据服务发展分不开的。数据中心行业发展依托的是数据的增长，数据中心行业相关工作人员得益于这些数据增长和数字红利，让我们紧跟风口，疫情终会过去，待得：“大鹏一日同风起，扶摇直上九万里。”

我们在进行的对2022年数据中心专业人员的薪酬、培训和工作满意度的薪酬调查发现，数据中心员工在重视薪酬的同时，也重视多元化举措。

Our 2022 salary survey of data center professionals’ compensation, training, and job satisfaction found that data center workers value persity initiatives alongside salary.

2021年对于数据中心和其他许多行业一样，也是与众不同的一年，尽管它相对于上一年2020年有所改善。虽然世界从COVID-19及其相关的经济破坏中开始复苏，数据中心运营商仍在努力应对服务的负荷增加、大辞职以及员工需求或想要居家办公——员工薪酬也相应反映了这一点。

In the data center, as in many other industries, 2021 was a year like no other, though it was at least an improvement over 2020. While the world was beginning to recover from COVID-19 and its associated economic disruption, data center operators were still grappling with increased load on their services, the Great Resignation, and staff members needing or wanting to work from home – and employee compensation reflected that.

好消息是，至少在目前看来，数据中心的工作人员对他们获得的加薪和奖金似乎感到满意，没有多少人在寻找下一份工作。但在未来劳动力老龄化和缺乏对技能更新的关注、可能会出现相应的问题。

The good news is that data center workers largely seem satisfied with the salary increases and bonuses they received, and not many appear to be looking to their next job, at least for now. But an aging workforce and a lack of focus on updating skill sets could presage problems in the future.

摘要

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

这些结果都来自于数据中心知识(Data Center Knowledge)机构开展的2021年Informa Engage IT薪酬的调查。今年上半年，Informa Engage调查了全球145名数据中心和其他IT专业人士，主要问题涉及他们的工资、工作和培训经历以及工作满意度。调查结果显示如下：

These are among the findings of the 2021 Informa Engage IT Salary Survey, conducted by Data Center Knowledge. Earlier this year, Informa Engage surveyed 145 data center and other IT professionals worldwide, with questions mainly dealing with their salaries, work and training experiences, and job satisfaction. Their responses told us the following:

1. 据报道，在2021年有超过一半的员工加薪，有近一半的员工获得奖金——调查预计在2022年也会如此。

1.More than half of workers reported receiving raises in 2021, and nearly half reported receiving bonuses – and they expect that in 2022 as well.

2.员工没有时间参加培训、公司没有预算或缺乏管理层的支持的培训，许多员工表示这将可能是导致未来技能缺口的主要原因。

2.Many workers report not having the time, budget, or management support for ongoing training, which could result in a skills gap going forward.

3. 数据中心的劳动力正在老龄化，而且没有更年轻的员工进行人才迭代，这将引起人们担忧未来几年发生“银发海啸”。

3.The data center workforce is aging, and not being replaced by younger workers, leading to concerns of a “silver tsunami” in the coming years.

解读调查结果:主要结论是什么?

Interpreting the Findings: What Are the Main Takeaways？

我们采访了负责这项调查的Informa Engage研究副总裁Kristin Letourneau。以下是数据中心知识IT薪酬调查的一些发现，该调查共调查了145名数据中心知识读者。

Here are some of the findings from the Data Center Knowledge IT Salary Survey, which surveyed 145 Data Center Knowledge readers. We talked to Kristin Letourneau, vice president of research for Informa Engage, who was in charge of performing the survey.

银发海啸即将到来

The Approaching Silver Tsunami

在图1中有两点发现需要注意。首先，绝大多数受访者(85%)是男性。Letourneau说，“当我看到85比10的结果时，我从不感到惊讶”，这并不是说它本身就是一件坏事，事实上，在技术领域它非常普遍。

There’s two things to note about the findings in Figure 1. First, a supermajority of survey respondents, 85%, are male. It’s not that it’s inherently a bad thing, and in fact it’s pretty common in technology, Letourneau said. “I’m never surprised when I see an 85-10 split,” she said.

但在实际调查中，只有少数女性做出了回应，这使得对于性别进行有效的统计分析变得困难——例如，比较男女it工作者之间的工资、奖金和工作满意度。Letourneau说: “这些数据不足以进行交叉分析。” “如果我们有100名女性，甚至50名，我们就有理由更加自信地探索这些事情。”

But the fact that just a handful of women responded makes it difficult to draw valid statistical comparisons based on sex – such as, comparing salaries, bonuses, and job satisfaction between men and women IT workers. “It precludes the ability to slice and dice,” Letourneau said. “If we had 100 women, or even 50, there’d be a reason to explore those things with more confidence.”

Zippia发现，在数据中心工作的技术人员中，73.1%是男性，26.9%是女性——这一比例自2010年以来没有太大变化——目前女性的平均工资是男性的0.94倍。

In data center technician jobs specifically, Zippia found that 73.1% are men and 26.9% are women – a proportion that hasn’t changed much since 2010 – and that women currently average $0.94 for every $1 earned by men.

另一个需要注意的人口因素是什么呢? 是员工的年龄。他们平均年龄是53岁。而且，只有13%的受访者在45岁以下，42%的受访者的年龄在55岁或以上，这意味着在10年或更少的时间内他们可能会退休。数据中心运营行业正面临“银发海啸 ”——年轻人不再加入数据中心。

The other demographic factor to notice? Look at the age. The mean age is 53. Moreover, 42% of respondents are 55 or over – meaning they are likely to retire in 10 years or less – while only 13% are under 45. Data center operators are facing a “silver tsunami” — and young people aren’t joining data centers.

2021年将大幅加薪

Raises Abundant in 2021

调查结果表明，就薪酬而言，2021年对于数据中心专业人员来说是一个好年份。大约63%的人得到了加薪，加薪的比率高达10%或更多。而且，只有8%的人得到了降薪。Letourneau说，许多行业在2021年停滞不前，采取了“未雨绸缪”的心态，预算持平，以度过新冠大流行时期，与其他行业相比，加薪是很高的。Letourneau说，所以大多数受访者都看到了增长很有趣。她补充说，可能 “薪酬没有变化”的比例将高于29%。

Results indicated that 2021 was a good year for data center professionals in terms of salary. Some 63% got raises – sometimes as much as 10% or more — while only 8% got salary reductions. In comparison with other industries, that’s high, Letourneau said. Many industries were stagnant in 2021 and adopted a “batten down the hatches” mentality, with flat budgets, to get through the pandemic, she said. So the fact that the majority of respondents saw an increase was interesting, she said. She would have also expected the 29% figure of “no change” to be higher, she added.

奖金也很普遍

Bonuses Also Common

同样地，近一半的受访者表示在2021年获得了奖金，中位数高达1.5万美元，其中一部分获得的奖金相当丰厚：22%的人表示获得了5万美元或多于5万美元的奖金。Letourneau说:“与我们接触的其他行业相比，获得的奖金是很高的。”

Similarly, almost half of the respondents reported receiving a bonus in 2021, some of them pretty hefty: 22% reported receiving $50,000 or more, and even the median amount was $15,000. “That’s high compared with other industries that we deal with,” Letourneau said.

目前，员工对薪酬感到满意

Staff Members Satisfied With Compensation…for Now

考虑行业内的加薪和奖金水平，这样的调查结果也不奇怪：近60%的受访者表示，他们目前至少对总薪酬是满意的。Letourneau说:“我们普遍看到非常高的满意度。”

With that level of raise and bonus, it’s not surprising, then, that almost 60% of respondents said they were at least somewhat satisfied with their current total compensation. “We generally see higher levels of satisfaction,” Letourneau said.

没有时间和预算进行培训

No Time or Budget for Training

有趣的是，76%的受访者表示，他们在过去一年中没有完成或更新任何证书。当被问及原因时，原因有：“工作需要不允许有离开办公室的时间”和“缺乏培训预算”(还有类似的原因，如“我不能出差参加培训”，“我们的培训计划不包括年度培训”，以及“管理层没有从培训中看到切实的好处”)。这是一个好的现象吗？数据中心行业从业人员认为培训真的是那么不重要吗?

Interestingly, 76% of respondents said they hadn’t completed or renewed any certificates in the past year. When asked why, reasons ranged from “work demands do not permit time out of office,” followed by “lack of training budget” (as well as similar reasons such as “I’m unable to travel for training,” “our training plan does not include annual training,” and “management does not see a tangible benefit from training”). Do data center operators really consider ongoing training to be that low of a priority, and is that a good idea?

Letourneau说，她觉得非常惊讶，在接受过培训的受访者中，没有一个单独的领域引起他们的注意，它分散在少数几个话题中，只有“云”是最多的，占29%。“市场是否没有需要聚集的地方了?”她补充说。

Of the respondents who did have training, it was spread among a smattering of topics, with no one single area that got their attention — “cloud” was the largest at 29%, Letourneau said. She found that surprising. “Is there nowhere that the market needs to aggregate?” she said.

他们是会留下还是走?

Will They Stay or Will They Go?

Letourneau说，总的来说，只有28%的受访者表示，他们至少有可能在未来12个月内在目前的公司之外寻找工作，但是现在时间已经过去了一半。而21%的人表示，他们至少有可能在未来12个月内在同一家公司内寻找另一份工作。她还想知道这一数字是否与受访者报告自己完成认证的发生率较低有关。她指出:“如果数据中心的专业人士对其他职业更感兴趣，那将是一个驱动因素。”

All told, Letourneau said it’s not surprising that just 28% of respondents said it was at least likely that they’d be seeking employment outside their current company within the next 12 months – which, remember, is halfway over by now – and that 21% said it was at least likely that they’d be looking for another job within their same company in the next 12 months. She also wondered whether that figure was related to the low incidence of respondents reporting that they’d completed certifications. “If data center professionals were more interested in alternative employment, that would be a driver,” she noted.

Letourneau，相对较低的求职率也可能与疫情有关。她说，“在几年后，我们可能会看到变化，”，她同时警告说，但到那时，员工们可能还需要面对在经济衰退期间找工作的挑战。

The relatively low incidence of job-seeking could also be related to the pandemic, Letourneau said. “We might see a change in a couple of years,” she said, but at that point workers might also need to deal with the challenges of looking for work in the midst of a recession, she warned.

最后，请重点关注在图1中的年龄统计数据中: 虽然有42%和54%的人说他们至少不太可能再找另一份工作，但并不意味着他们还会继续工作。他们可能会选择“躺平”，慢慢走向退休。

Finally, remember the age demographic from Figure 1: Just because 42% and 54% say they’re at least unlikely to be looking for another job doesn’t mean they’re still going to be around. They may be “quiet quitting ” and coasting toward retirement instead.

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