2007 Houston IT Candidate Salary Survey - IT Professionals

	2007 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.

For a man who uses well what he is given shall be given more, and shall have abundance. Matthew 25:29

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." -- Lou Holtz

�Formal education will earn you a living; self-education will earn you a fortune� � Jim Rhon

Job Descriptions

Title	Salary			Hourly Pay Rate
Title	Low	Avg.	High	Low	Avg.	High
Management
CIO ^1 5 6 7	$ 175 K	$ 210 K	$ 310 K	$ 113	$ 136	$ 200
CTO ^1 5 6 7	$ 105 K	$ 125 K	$ 160 K	$ 69	$ 81	$ 104
IT Director - Large Company ^1 5 6	$ 130 K	$ 156 K	$ 235 K	$ 85	$ 101	$ 152
IT Director - Mid-size Company ^2 5 6	$ 95 K	$ 125 K	$ 165 K	$ 62	$ 81	$ 107
IT Director - Small Company ^3 6	$ 75 K	$ 102 K	$ 130 K	$ 49	$ 67	$ 85
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer ^1 7	$ 120 K	$ 150 K	$ 170 K	$ 78	$ 97	$ 110
Security Manager	$ 75 K	$ 93 K	$ 115 K	$ 49	$ 61	$ 75
Audit Director	$ 100 K	$ 120 K	$ 150 K	$ 65	$ 78	$ 97
IT Audit Manager	$ 85 K	$ 100 K	$ 115 K	$ 56	$ 65	$ 75
Business Applications Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 115 K	$ 140 K	$ 185 K	$ 75	$ 91	$ 120
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 92 K	$ 110 K	$ 128 K	$ 60	$ 72	$ 83
Data Center Manager ¹	$ 70 K	$ 87 K	$ 120 K	$ 46	$ 57	$ 78
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 91 K	$ 115 K	$ 140 K	$ 60	$ 75	$ 91
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 80 K	$ 93 K	$ 118 K	$ 53	$ 61	$ 77
Service Desk Manager - ITIL ⁷	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 130 K	$ 62	$ 75	$ 85
Help Desk Manager	$ 62 K	$ 72 K	$ 90 K	$ 41	$ 48	$ 59
PMO Manager - with PMP	$ 90 K	$ 120 K	$ 145 K	$ 59	$ 78	$ 94
Project Manager - with PMP	$ 72 K	$ 94 K	$ 125 K	$ 48	$ 62	$ 81
ERP
Oracle Developer - PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, Discoverer	$ 65 K	$ 79 K	$ 98 K	$ 43	$ 52	$ 64
Oracle Functional Analyst	$ 75 K	$ 87 K	$ 110 K	$ 49	$ 57	$ 71
PeopleSoft Developer - PeopleTools	$ 65 K	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 43	$ 57	$ 64
PeopleSoft Functional Analyst	$ 85 K	$ 96 K	$ 120 K	$ 56	$ 63	$ 78
SAP Developer - ABAP	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 102 K	$ 43	$ 51	$ 67
SAP Functional Analyst - Configuration	$ 85 K	$ 93 K	$ 115 K	$ 56	$ 61	$ 75
Web
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop	$ 35 K	$ 42 K	$ 61 K	$ 24	$ 28	$ 41
Interactive Marketing/Search Engine Optimization ⁷	$ 55 K	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 37	$ 46	$ 56
Security and Audit
Security Architect	$ 70 K	$ 99 K	$ 120 K	$ 46	$ 65	$ 78
Security Administrator	$ 45 K	$ 75 K	$ 95 K	$ 30	$ 49	$ 62
Internal Auditor	$ 55 K	$ 72 K	$ 90 K	$ 32	$ 45	$ 53
IT/IS Auditor	$ 66 K	$ 72 K	$ 90 K	$ 37	$ 45	$ 56
Applications
Applications Project Manager /Team Lead ^1 2	$ 70 K	$ 90 K	$ 125 K	$ 46	$ 59	$ 81
Enterprise/Applications Architect	$ 85 K	$ 95 K	$ 120 K	$ 56	$ 62	$ 78
Business Analyst - Applications ⁴	$ 61 K	$ 77 K	$ 92 K	$ 41	$ 51	$ 61
Developer - .NET	$ 61 K	$ 76 K	$ 98 K	$ 41	$ 50	$ 64
Developer - JAVA	$ 55 K	$ 72 K	$ 95 K	$ 37	$ 48	$ 62
Developer - Client Server	$ 48 K	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 32	$ 43	$ 51
Junior Developer	$ 42 K	$ 54 K	$ 62 K	$ 28	$ 36	$ 41
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing	$ 50 K	$ 65 K	$ 95 K	$ 30	$ 39	$ 58
Quality Assurance � Team Lead	$ 85 K	$ 95 K	$ 110 K	$ 56	$ 62	$ 72
Database / Data Warehousing
Senior Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 90 K	$ 105 K	$ 125 K	$ 59	$ 69	$ 81
Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 62 K	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 41	$ 56	$ 75
Senior DBA	$ 82 K	$ 87 K	$ 115 K	$ 54	$ 57	$ 75
Junior DBA	$ 60 K	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 40	$ 46	$ 56
Data Analyst ⁷	$ 63 K	$ 84 K	$ 92 K	$ 42	$ 55	$ 60
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Project Manager	$ 63 K	$ 79 K	$ 106 K	$ 42	$ 52	$ 69
Communications Architect - CCIE ^1 2	$ 75 K	$ 100 K	$ 130 K	$ 49	$ 65	$ 84
Network Engineer	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 105 K	$ 46	$ 56	$ 69
UNIX/Linux Administrator	$ 45 K	$ 70 K	$ 91 K	$ 30	$ 46	$ 60
UNIX/Linux System Engineer	$ 62 K	$ 80 K	$ 111 K	$ 41	$ 53	$ 72
2nd Level LAN Administrator	$ 53 K	$ 62 K	$ 86 K	$ 35	$ 41	$ 56
1st Level LAN Administrator	$ 42 K	$ 55 K	$ 68 K	$ 29	$ 37	$ 45
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop
Help Desk - Level III Service Desk	$ 65 K	$ 73 K	$ 81 K	$ 43	$ 48	$ 53
Help Desk - Level II Service Desk	$ 62 K	$ 68 K	$ 75 K	$ 41	$ 45	$ 49
Help Desk - Level I Support	$ 29 K	$ 40 K	$ 49 K	$ 20	$ 27	$ 33
Software Support	$ 36 K	$ 50 K	$ 65 K	$ 25	$ 34	$ 43
Hardware Technician	$ 26 K	$ 36 K	$ 52 K	$ 18	$ 25	$ 35
Miscellaneous
Technical Writer	$ 41 K	$ 51 K	$ 69 K	$ 28	$ 34	$ 46
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.