Employees in Beijing working in such industries as accounting and finance, human resources, and marketing can expect their salaries to go up by 20 percent if they opt to change jobs. Those working in the sales and engineering research and development sector are likely to see their salaries increase by up to 30 percent.

For employees in Shanghai, they can also expect a salary increase of around 20 percent if they look for new opportunities in such industries as finance and accounting, banking, human resources, information technology and sales. Walters expects pharmaceutical and chemical industries to have strong demand in 2015, and those working in the operation and manufacturing sectors can see their salaries go up by 30 percent if they change jobs.

But it should be noted thatsales professionals in the luxury industry will see very limited salary increase due to the stagnantindustry. Only 5 to 15 percent increase will be seen for those who change jobs in this sector in 2015.