Recruitment firm predicting salary hikes for professionals

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.