Admittedly I am not in IT, but I do run the IT infrastructure for my financial services practice. I would think that one of the biggest issues facing IT professionals today is that everyone is in agreement of the importance IT plays in their business, but no one wants to pay the IT personnel for their expertise. More qualifications in IT (unlike in other professions) does very little to guarantee better income and job prospects because the band of companies willing to pay you for your education is very narrow. Then there are thousands of IT pro's out there that may not have the qualifications, but have built the experience (sometimes by very expensive lessons) to do everything you can do. The crux is the IT Pro is being underpaid because their being pooled with others who deserve to earn less for doing the same job. Corps seem to only be interested in getting the job done, at the cheapest strike rate