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Access comprehensive Canadian tech sector compensation and people practices data that enables confident, competitive talent strategies.
TAP Network partners with Mercer to produce an annual salary and total rewards survey focused on the Canadian tech sector, reporting on local and national salaries, total compensation, detailed policy data, and more.
Compensation Trends Report
Report on Compensation Trends in Canada’s Tech Sector
Read TAP Network's summary report, covering key insights and trends from our 2024 Tech Sector Salary and Total Rewards Survey.
Attracting and keeping top tech talent starts with getting compensation right—because value, recognition, and retention go hand in hand.
Employees and candidates expect competitive pay and comprehensive rewards. The most successful compensation strategies are grounded in credible data and aligned with business priorities. And with Pay Transparency legislation now in effect in several Canadian provinces, understanding where your organization stands in the market is more important than ever.
For over 25 years, TAP Network’s Tech Sector Salary and Total Rewards Survey has been the go-to resource for tech sector compensation data in B.C. In 2020, the survey expanded to include national data, offering a broader view of tech sector pay trends across Canada.
Published each September, the survey features data submitted by hundreds of TAP Network member companies and is validated by Mercer. It also includes our comprehensive Policies and Practices Report, providing deeper insight into how companies approach compensation and rewards.
Our 2024 Tech Sector Salary and Total Rewards Survey includes data on 27,448 incumbents, across 243 jobs (9 new positions reported this year), supplied by 202 technology companies operating in Canada.
In addition to salary and total compensation data, this survey package includes our comprehensive Policies and Practices Report on employment practices such as annual salary and merit increase budgets, geographic differentials, remote work, projected and actual short-term incentives, total rewards practices, voluntary turnover, severance policies, flexible work practices, diversity, equity and inclusion and more.
It also includes detailed diversity demographics data for Canada's tech sector.
Survey participants include startups, scale ups, and large multinationals. Click here for our 2024 participant list.
Our job library includes 120 hardware and software technology design and support, life sciences and manufacturing roles, such as: software development, DevOps, data science, machine learning, QA, software testing, UX, product management, hardware/electrical engineer, production, manufacturing engineer, lab technicians, biologists, and more.
The library also includes 62 VFX, Animation, Video Game and Interactive Digital Media roles, such as: animation, lighting, digital matte painting artist, modelling, concept art, game designer, level designer, art direction and more.
Also included are 66 business support roles in executive leadership, sales, marketing, people and culture, finance, legal, and compliance and regulatory affairs.
Compensation data is reported using both incumbent weighted and organization weighted totals. Elements include:
- Base salary
- Short term incentive – target and actual
- Sales incentive – target and actual
- Long term incentive – eligibility and value
- Total Cash Compensation – target and actual
- Overtime pay
- On call pay
** New this year – In depth Long Term Incentives (LTI) policies and plan design section, including eligibility, targets, plan design and policies for stock options, RSUs, ESPP’s and more.
Our Tech Sector Salary and Total Rewards Survey provides reporting by organization size, annual revenue, geographic location and subsector.
Regional data cuts are included for:
- Ontario; Metro Toronto Area
- Quebec
- Alberta
- British Columbia; Metro Vancouver Area; Vancouver Island
- Atlantic Canada (new this year)
Subsectors represented in our survey include:
Software Products and Services, Fintech, e-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Machine Learning and Robotics, Quantum Computing, Hardware Design, Development, Manufacturing, Technology / Engineering Services and Consulting, Clean Tech, AgTech, Video Game, Interactive and Digital Media, VFX, Animation, Life Sciences and Healthcare Tech
Regional datasets can be powered up with Mercer’s Geographic Salary Differential Tool, available as an add-on to TAP Network’s Salary and Total Rewards Survey. Contact us at info@tapnetwork.ca to learn more.
TAP Network’s Tech Sector Salary and Total Rewards Survey includes our comprehensive Policies and Practices Report covering timely questions on what Canadian tech companies are facing today.
Content includes annual salary and merit increase budgets, geographic differentials, pay transparency, projected and actual short-term incentives, long term incentives, total rewards practices, voluntary turnover, severance policies, flexible work practices, diversity, equity and inclusion and more.
Contents Include:
- Compensation Planning
- Geographic Differentials
- Short-term Incentives and Bonus Pool
- Long-term Incentives Policies and Plan Design
- Employee Share Purchase Program
- Pay Transparency Practices
- Perquisites and Workplace Benefits
- Flexible Work Programs
- Sales Incentives
- On Call Premiums
- Overtime Practices
- Internships and Co-op Pay Practices
- Relocation Practices
- Paid Time Off and Vacation Policies
- Statutory Holidays
- Attraction and Retention, including Voluntary Turnover
- Severance Policies and Practices
- Training Budgets
- Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Practices
Companies that participate in our survey have access to Mercer WIN, an online reporting tool that allows participants to create custom reports, including roll ups, applying aging factors, creating custom cuts against peer comparators, and much more.
Participating companies also receive access to in-depth analysis of Canadian tech sector compensation and total rewards trends by Mercer compensation experts, covering topics such as pay equity, salary movement by sub-sector, year over year increases for hot jobs, total cash compensation, geographic differentials, executive total compensation, remote work and more.
The 2024 survey purchase price for non-participants is $2,695 +GST.
Member participants receive more than 60-70% discount off the non-participant rate! Sign up for membership before April 1st, 2025 to participate in our 2025 survey cycle.
Click HERE for a more detailed summary of the 2024 Tech Sector Salary and Total Rewards Survey, with sample output of the compensation data and the table of contents for the Policies and Practices section of our survey.