Malta - British Expat Forum

Hi guys,
I have a short question about salaries in Malta. I'm planning to move with my family (wife/future child) and I would like to know what salary I should get to have a normal life, not high not low.

I'm not sure if this matters, but I'm working in IT field for the last 7 years (senior software developer).

Best regards,
Michael

Hi Michael, and welcome to the forum

Are you moving from the UK ? If so, salaries are generally lower here, but so is the cost of living, especially rent, and the fact there is no council tax. Most local families seem to live on € 10-20,000 - expats similar or a little higher. A salary of over 20,000 is good here - your field should be better than that.

Thanks for the fast reply. I really appreciate it.

P.S: We are coming from Cyprus.

There have been some posts on here saying Cyprus is somewhat more expensive than Malta - you will find more by searching for "Cyprus" in the forum search engine

http://britishexpat.com/expatforum/malta/viewtopic.php?t=8712
http://britishexpat.com/expatforum/malta/viewtopic.php?t=8921

From a 2009 salary review

Information Technology
Job roles Malta
ANNUAL EARNINGS
Min (EURO) Max (EURO)
Analyst (MIS/Data) 37,000 60,000
Architect 40,000 60,000
Business Analyst 28,000 47,000
Developer (Applications) 30,000 65,000
Developer (Web) 22,000 30,000
Information Security 31,000 77,000
IT Director 35,000 55,000
IT Help-desk Support 15,000 25,000
IT Manager 28,000 38,000
IT Project Manager 25,000 38,000
IT Support 16,000 20,000
IT Systems Engineer/Administrator 28,000 38,000
Network Engineer 25,000 35,000
PC Support 14,000 18,000
Programmer/Developer Manager 29,000 38,000
Senior Developer 35,000 60,000
Service Delivery Manager 28,000 38,000
Systems Support 24,000 36,000
Tester/Test Analyst 16,000 20,000

A little bump to the thread.

I was looking for work in IT recently, and the salaries offered (at least to me) are much lower than in this 2009 Reed report.

It could just be me, of course. But I've been looking at various ads, and even though some don't specify the salary, many do, and those that do have figures that are generally in the lower range of what is quoted in the report. That is, 30.000 euros seems to be the higher end, with 20.000 euros being the lower end, and most salaries offered are in between (there are exceptions, of course).

I'm wondering if this is my impression or is it true that salaries are nowadays lower than in the report? Is there a newer report from Reed, or someone else (official statistics bureau perhaps?).

Or if you are in IT in Malta, you can comment on the salary range in your company, so that we have a better picture of the current situation.

"I'm wondering if this is my impression or is it true that salaries are nowadays lower than in the report?" but "those that do have figures that are generally in the lower range of what is quoted in the report"- doesn't that suggest that salaries are still comparable to the Reed report ? Wouldn't most jobs in any sector be in the bottom end of the salary range ?

I'm a senior specialist and I've been looking at ads for non-beginner positions.

I think Mark's point is that the majority, say 75% of jobs in any sector will be at the lower end of the price bracket. In other words, there aren't many jobs at the higher end - although there are some, hence the from and to figures in the report.

Another way of looking at it: the majority of analysts will earn closer to 37,000 than 60,000.

Just to continue this theme from an IT perspective what is the state of the IT market in Malta at the moment. I am a Service Delivery Manager in the UK at the moment and have been an IT Manager for the last 9 years... Thinking of coming over to live with family but not sure of the state of the market.
Thanks in advance...