<p>IT contractors are being treated to whopping great annual pay rises of up to 13 per cent, a survey has revealed.</p><p>While the rest of the world makes do with rock bottom wages, tech bods working in the financial services sector are finding their pay packets shoot skywards due to heavy demand for their skills, according to the Robert Walters Salary Survey 2014.</p><p>Outside of Mammon's palaces, surging demand for e-commerce and mobile technology expertise continues to explode, pushing up salaries in permanent roles in these areas by an average of seven per cent.</p><p>Unsurprisingly, the Midlands is failing to attract anyone with skills in Java and .NET, meaning contractor pay has soared by 12 per cent in the region.</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/25/tech_bods_enjoy_double_digit_pay_rise/">Keep reading...</a></p>