9 th November 2018 – Salary increase budgets at technology companies are expected to increase in China, India, Japan and South Korea in 2019 according to new data from Radford, a division of the rewards solutions practice at Aon plc (NYSE: AON). In Singapore, salary budgets are expected to remain flat at 4.0% in 2019. The fast-growth, developing markets of China and India report the highest increases in salaries at 7.8% and 10.5%, respectively. Median Overall Salary Increase Budgets Source: Radford Global Technology Survey Quarterly Workforce Trends Report, Q3 2018 Meanwhile, technology companies across Asia-Pacific also report increasingly optimistic hiring plans despite battling high employee turnover at the same time. The prevalence of technology companies reporting aggressive hiring plans– defined as actively planning and recruiting for organisational growth– increased during the third quarter of this year in five of eight key Asia-Pacific markets.