2005 Houston IT Candidate Salary Survey - IT Professionals

	2005 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.

Here is a link to our job descriptions. These are not meant to be all encompassing, but rather a generic sense of what a particular job does.

Job Descriptions

Title	Salary			Hourly Pay Rate
Title	Low	Avg.	High	Low	Avg.	High
Management
CIO ^1 5 6 7	$ 150 K	$ 175 K	$ 280 K	$ 97	$ 113	$ 180
CTO ^1 5 6 7	$ 85 K	$ 105 K	$ 145 K	$ 56	$ 69	$ 94
IT Director - Large Company ^1 5 6	$ 120 K	$ 145 K	$ 230 K	$ 78	$ 94	$ 149
IT Director - Mid-size Company ^2 5 6	$ 85 K	$ 110 K	$ 152 K	$ 56	$ 72	$ 99
IT Director - Small Company ^3 6	$ 75 K	$ 95 K	$ 120 K	$ 49	$ 62	$ 78
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer ^1 7	$ 100 K	$ 140 K	$ 185 K	$ 62	$ 78	$ 98
Audit Director	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 130 K	$ 62	$ 75	$ 85
IT Audit Manager	$ 80 K	$ 93 K	$ 105 K	$ 53	$ 61	$ 60
Business Applications Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 90 K	$ 110 K	$ 150 K	$ 59	$ 72	$ 97
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 81 K	$ 92 K	$ 110 K	$ 53	$ 60	$ 72
Data Center Manager ¹	$ 65 K	$ 87 K	$ 120 K	$ 43	$ 57	$ 78
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 82 K	$ 97 K	$ 126 K	$ 54	$ 64	$ 82
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 105 K	$ 46	$ 57	$ 69
Help Desk Manager	$ 60 K	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 40	$ 46	$ 56
PMO Manager - with PMP	$ 83 K	$ 97 K	$ 128 K	$ 55	$ 64	$ 83
Project Manager - with PMP	$ 72 K	$ 85 K	$ 110 K	$ 48	$ 56	$ 72
Web
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop	$ 31 K	$ 40 K	$ 54 K	$ 21	$ 27	$ 36
Interactive Marketing/Search Engine Optimization ⁷	$ 55 K	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 37	$ 46	$ 56
Security and Audit
Security Architect	$ 65 K	$ 85 K	$ 105 K	$ 43	$ 56	$ 69
Security Administrator	$ 50 K	$ 60 K	$ 70 K	$ 34	$ 40	$ 46
Internal Auditor	$ 55 K	$ 66 K	$ 78 K	$ 37	$ 44	$ 51
IT/IS Auditor	$ 55 K	$ 66 K	$ 78 K	$ 37	$ 44	$ 51
Applications
Applications Project Manager /Team Lead ^1 2	$ 65 K	$ 85 K	$ 110 K	$ 43	$ 53	$ 72
Business Analyst - Applications ⁴	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 92 K	$ 43	$ 51	$ 60
Developer - .NET	$ 50 K	$ 75 K	$ 105 K	$ 34	$ 49	$ 69
Developer - JAVA	$ 47 K	$ 69 K	$ 98 K	$ 32	$ 46	$ 64
Developer - Client Server	$ 45 K	$ 63 K	$ 80 K	$ 30	$ 42	$ 53
Junior Developer	$ 38 K	$ 45 K	$ 55 K	$ 26	$ 30	$ 37
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing	$ 40 K	$ 50 K	$ 65 K	$ 27	$ 34	$ 43
Database / Data Warehousing
Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 57 K	$ 82 K	$ 110 K	$ 38	$ 54	$ 72
Senior DBA	$ 55 K	$ 65 K	$ 80 K	$ 37	$ 43	$ 53
Junior DBA	$ 77 K	$ 85 K	$ 110 K	$ 51	$ 56	$ 72
Data Analyst ⁷	$ 60 K	$ 80 K	$ 90 K	$ 40	$ 53	$ 59
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Project Manager	$ 53 K	$ 71 K	$ 89 K	$ 35	$ 47	$ 58
Communications Architect - CCIE ^1 2	$ 65 K	$ 90 K	$ 120 K	$ 43	$ 59	$ 78
Network Engineer	$ 63 K	$ 77 K	$ 95 K	$ 41	$ 51	$ 62
UNIX/Linux Administrator	$ 45 K	$ 69 K	$ 91 K	$ 30	$ 46	$ 60
UNIX/Linux System Engineer	$ 62 K	$ 78 K	$ 105 K	$ 41	$ 51	$ 69
2nd Level LAN Administrator	$ 48 K	$ 57 K	$ 79 K	$ 32	$ 38	$ 52
1st Level LAN Administrator	$ 38 K	$ 50 K	$ 63 K	$ 26	$ 34	$ 42
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop
Help Desk - Level I Support	$ 26 K	$ 37 K	$ 47 K	$ 18	$ 25	$ 32
Software Support	$ 32 K	$ 43 K	$ 55 K	$ 22	$ 29	$ 37
Hardware Technician	$ 24 K	$ 35 K	$ 50 K	$ 17	$ 24	$ 34
Miscellaneous
Technical Writer	$ 37 K	$ 46 K	$ 61 K	$ 25	$ 31	$ 41
Training	$ 33 K	$ 45 K	$ 55 K	$ 23	$ 30	$ 37

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.