2003 Houston IT Candidate Salary Survey The Houston IT Salary Survey is an annual survey conducted by the president of JDA Professional Services, Inc., James Del Monte. The salaries in this survey are based on current average earnings at the time of publishing. This survey is an effective tool for guiding IT salaries year round. However, when using it to evaluate your own salary, you must take into consideration the amount of inflation that has occurred since the current survey was conducted. Typical inflation over the course of a year is 4 to 6 percent. Depending on the current state of the local IT employment market, that number is subject to change. "Steady plodding brings prosperity; hasty speculation brings poverty." Proverbs 21:5 "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." -Confuscious People do best at what they like most, and people like most what they do best. The reality is for us is people will accept jobs they think they can do best, and if they do will like their jobs most. Title Salary Hourly Pay Rate Low Avg. High Low Avg. High Management CIO  1 5 6 7  $ 150 K $ 160 K $ 275 K $ 105 $ 112 $ 192 CTO  1 5 6 7  $ 85 K $ 110 K $ 150 K $ 55 $ 77 $ 105 IT Director - Large Company  1 5 6  $ 120 K $ 145 K $ 240 K $ 84 $ 101 $ 168 IT Director - Mid-size Company  2 5 6  $ 85 K $ 110 K $ 148 K $ 55 $ 77 $ 103 IT Director - Small Company  3 6  $ 65 K $ 80 K $ 101 K $ 43 $ 52 $ 70 Business Applications Manager - Large Company  1  $ 90 K $ 120 K $ 160 K $ 59 $ 84 $ 112 Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company  2  $ 75 K $ 84 K $ 107 K $ 49 $ 55 $ 75 Data Center Manager  1  $ 65 K $ 87 K $ 111 K $ 43 $ 57 $ 77 Infrastructure Manager - Large Company  1  $ 82 K $ 97 K $ 126 K $ 53 $ 63 $ 88 Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company  2  $ 68 K $ 82 K $ 95 K $ 45 $ 53 $ 62 Help Desk Manager $ 60 K $ 70 K $ 85 K $ 39 $ 46 $ 55 PMO Manager - with PMP $ 83 K $ 97 K $ 128 K $ 54 $ 63 $ 89 Project Manager - with PMP $ 76 K $ 83 K $ 106 K $ 50 $ 54 $ 74 Security and Audit Security Architect $ 75 K $ 96 K $ 120 K $ 49 $ 62 $ 84 Security Administrator $ 38 K $ 46 K $ 61 K $ 25 $ 30 $ 40 Applications Applications Project Manager /Team Lead  1 2  $ 65 K $ 87 K $ 110 K $ 43 $ 57 $ 77 Business Analyst - Applications  4  $ 65 K $ 78 K $ 92 K $ 43 $ 51 $ 60 Developer - .NET $ 47 K $ 57 K $ 80 K $ 31 $ 37 $ 52 Developer - JAVA $ 40 K $ 51 K $ 62 K $ 27 $ 34 $ 41 Developer - Client Server $ 45 K $ 63 K $ 82 K $ 30 $ 41 $ 53 Junior Developer $ 33 K $ 45 K $ 52 K $ 22 $ 30 $ 34 Quality Assurance - Applications Testing $ 44 K $ 54 K $ 79 K $ 29 $ 36 $ 52 Database / Data Warehousing Data Warehousing Specialist $ 64 K $ 83 K $ 105 K $ 42 $ 54 $ 73 Senior DBA $ 55 K $ 68 K $ 85 K $ 36 $ 45 $ 55 Junior DBA $ 77 K $ 85 K $ 110 K $ 50 $ 55 $ 77 Data Analyst  7  $ 65 K $ 85 K $ 95 K $ 43 $ 55 $ 62 Infrastructure Infrastructure Project Manager $ 53 K $ 68 K $ 82 K $ 35 $ 45 $ 53 Communications Architect - CCIE  1 2  $ 80 K $ 110 K $ 130 K $ 52 $ 77 $ 91 Network Engineer $ 63 K $ 77 K $ 95 K $ 41 $ 50 $ 62 UNIX/Linux Administrator $ 51 K $ 69 K $ 91 K $ 34 $ 45 $ 59 UNIX/Linux System Engineer $ 62 K $ 78 K $ 105 K $ 41 $ 51 $ 73 2nd Level LAN Administrator $ 45 K $ 55 K $ 70 K $ 30 $ 36 $ 46 1st Level LAN Administrator $ 36 K $ 45 K $ 57 K $ 24 $ 30 $ 37 Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop Help Desk - Level I Support $ 24 K $ 35 K $ 45 K $ 16 $ 23 $ 30 Software Support $ 30 K $ 44 K $ 55 K $ 20 $ 29 $ 36 Hardware Technician $ 26 K $ 40 K $ 50 K $ 18 $ 27 $ 33 Miscellaneous Technical Writer $ 37 K $ 46 K $ 61 K $ 25 $ 30 $ 40 Training $ 33 K $ 45 K $ 55 K $ 22 $ 30 $ 36 Assumptions Default: Rates good for Houston metropolitan area. Assume candidate has 4-year degree unless otherwise noted. Contract term of greater than 6 months Specific: 1. Large company is defined as greater than 50 IT employees with 1 billion in revenue. 2. Mid-size company is defined as 10-50 IT employees with revenue over 250 million and less than 1 billion. 3. Small company is defined as fewer than 10 IT employees with less than 250 million in revenue. 4. Indicates hot skill - add 10-15% to salary (ie: Java, .Net, Sharepoint, engineering) 5. Excludes bonuses. 6. Top IT person. 7. Limited pool of candidates. 8. Team member.