Christmas came and the geese got fat but did anyone put a penny in the IT professional's hat?

The past three years have been terrible years for many in the technology sector. Off shoring, project postponements and post-GFC austerity have put the squeeze on rates and salaries and seen many workers experience long gaps between gigs.

Will technology workers have reason to celebrate in 2014?

But there glad tidings in store for technology workers as they shape up for a new working year.

Peter Acheson, the CEO of Peoplebank, Australia's largest ICT recruiter, says "2014 will be a better year than 2013".