swissICT Salary Survey

The Challenge

The ICT Salary Survey by swissICT has been the leading reference for salaries and employment conditions in the Swiss ICT industry since 1981. Each year, the incomes of around 39,500 ICT professionals from over 230 companies are collected and analysed, based on 50 standardised roles. The results provide employers and professionals with reliable benchmark data for salary negotiations, budget planning, and the design of fair compensation systems. In late 2024, swissICT had to migrate the Salary Survey under time pressure after the previous service provider shut down their business. Server configurations, ownership and access rights had to be clarified at short notice. At the same time, swissICT was clear that key requirements would need to continue to be met: all parties involved should operate exclusively within the Swiss legal framework, the code should remain fully under the association's control, and the risk of another vendor lock-in had to be eliminated.

The Solution

The choice fell on Deploio, our Swiss Platform-as-a-Service solution built on open standards with no vendor lock-in. The technical implementation was carried out by Renuo AG, a Swiss software agency and swissICT member specialising in Ruby on Rails applications. Through the strict separation of application code and configuration, portability and security are structurally embedded – the entire setup is subject exclusively to Swiss law, with US CLOUD Act and foreign government access structurally excluded.

The Result

The migration was completed successfully in early 2025. swissICT has regained full control over the core asset of the Salary Survey and is now CyberSAFE certified. The decision to use Deploio embeds the fundamental values of Swiss ICT into the association's technical DNA: independence, quality and security.