University of Toronto. Data Library Service

Pilot survey of information technology occupations, 2002

Principal investigator: Software Human Resource Council (SHRC)

Producer: Statistics Canada. Business Survey Methods Division & Small Business and Special Surveys Division.

Distributor: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative

Edition: 2004-07-13 See also: 2000 pilot survey data

Software dependance: Tables require Microsoft Excel, or use Excel 97 Spreadsheet File Viewer to view tables. Documentation requires MS Word or MS Word viewer.

Restrictions on access: Access by University of Toronto, York University, and Ryerson University faculty, students and staff, for research and teaching only. See limited use licence agreement.

File characteristics: 60 data files (MS Excel format) and accompanying documentation (7 files, PDF format and MS Word format)

Documentation
methreport.doc Methodology report (2004/02)
sito2002-od.pdf List of occupations
sito2002-qi.pdf Data quality indicators
sito2002-rog.pdf Regions and occupations grouping
  Questionnaires:
Employee tables
sito2002empe-dat.xls Contents:
  • Q6   % of employee reporting how long they have worked at this position.
  • Q9   % of employee reporting if they worked overtime in the past year.
  • Q10   % of employee reporting how their overtime is compensated.
  • Q13   % of employee reporting their annual salary before taxes and other deductions.
  • Q14   % of employee reporting their estimated earnings from overtime payments, shift premiums or piecework payments in the last 12 months.
  • Q16   % of employee reporting their estimated total earnings from any bonuses, profit sharing, exercised stock options or marketable shares in the last 12 months.
  • Q18   % of employee reporting non-salary benefits that their employer fully or partially pays for and provides.
  • Q19   % of employee reporting other benefits their employer provides.
  • Q20   % of employee reporting the main sources of information on job availability and market conditions.
  • Q34   % of employee reporting their highest level of education they have completed.
  • Q36   % of employee reporting the level of university education they received.
  • Q37   % of employee reporting their main field of study by university levels.
  • Q38   % of employee reporting where they received their most recent university education.
  • Q45   % of employee reporting have earned a cerficate or diploma from a private business school or other private training institutes.
  • Q46   % of employee reporting their main field of study at private business schools or other private training institutes.
  • Q50   % of employee reporting which certifications they have.
  • Q51   % of employee reporting which professional credentials or designations they have.
  • Q60   % of employee reporting the level of importance of IT skills needed in their current position.
  • Q61   % of employee reporting the areas they work for in their current position.
  • Q64   % of employee reporting how they acquire the IT skills that are needed for their current position.
  • Q66   % of employee reporting their age group.
  • Q67   % of employee reporting their gender.
    • Employer tables
    qc2.xls Employees profile
     - private sector
     - federal public administration
     - provincial and territorial public administration
    qd1.xls New hired within the last six months
     - by size and total public
     - by region
    qd2.xls % of employers reporting where they are staffing outside their company
     - total public sector
     - private sector by size
     - public administration by region
     - private sector by region
    qd3.xls % of employers reporting which recruitment methods they use
     - total public sector
     - private sector by size
     - public administration by region
     - private sector by region
    qd5.xls Ratio of the number of vacant positions on the number of vacancies
     - total public sector
     - private sector by size
     - private and public by region
    qd6.xls % of employers reporting factors that make it difficult to fill position
     - total public sector
     - private sector by size
     - public sector by region
     - private sector by region
    qd9.xls % of employers reporting providing non-financial benefits
     - total public sector
     - private sector by size
     - public sector by region
     - private sector by region
    qe1.xls % of employers reporting how many employees have vacated their positions in the past 6 months
     - private and public sectors
    qf2.xls Ratio of numbers of employees who received formal training by total number of IT workers and IT contract workers
     - QF2 (NOCS)
     - by regions
    qf3.xls % of type of formal training provided by employers
     - total public sector
     - private sector by size
     - public sector by region
     - private sector by region

    Html by Laine Ruus, Data Library Service, University of Toronto
    Created: 2004/07/19; last updated: 2004/09/02