2010 Houston IT Candidate Salary Survey - IT Professionals

	2010 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.

If you don�t plow in the cold, you won�t eat at the Harvest.
Proverbs 20:4

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Title	Salary			Hourly Pay Rate
Title	Low	Avg.	High	Low	Avg.	High
Management
CIO ^1 5 6 7	$ 175 K	$ 210 K	$ 310 K	$ 114	$ 136	$ 200
CTO ^1 5 6 7	$ 125 K	$ 168 K	$ 200 K	$ 82	$ 109	$ 130
IT Director - Large Company ^1 5 6	$ 145 K	$ 165 K	$ 245 K	$ 95	$ 108	$ 159
IT Director - Mid-size Company ^2 5 6	$ 115 K	$ 140 K	$ 175 K	$ 76	$ 92	$ 114
IT Director - Small Company ^3 6	$ 80 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 53	$ 72	$ 88
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer ^1 7	$ 125 K	$ 153 K	$ 178 K	$ 82	$ 100	$ 116
Security Manager	$ 78 K	$ 98 K	$ 128 K	$ 52	$ 65	$ 84
Audit Director	$ 106 K	$ 126 K	$ 165 K	$ 70	$ 83	$ 108
IT Audit Manager	$ 98 K	$ 120 K	$ 145 K	$ 65	$ 79	$ 95
Business Applications Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 120 K	$ 148 K	$ 190 K	$ 79	$ 97	$ 123
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 105 K	$ 120 K	$ 138 K	$ 69	$ 79	$ 90
Data Center Manager ¹	$ 75 K	$ 91 K	$ 125 K	$ 50	$ 60	$ 82
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 105 K	$ 120 K	$ 140 K	$ 69	$ 79	$ 92
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 89 K	$ 110 K	$ 125 K	$ 59	$ 72	$ 82
Service Desk Manager - ITIL ⁷	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 130 K	$ 63	$ 76	$ 85
Help Desk Manager	$ 70 K	$ 88 K	$ 110 K	$ 47	$ 58	$ 72
PMO Manager - with PMP	$ 100 K	$ 126 K	$ 150 K	$ 66	$ 83	$ 98
Project Manager - with PMP	$ 80 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 53	$ 72	$ 88
ERP
Oracle Developer - PL/SQL, Forms, Reports, Discoverer	$ 70 K	$ 84 K	$ 115 K	$ 47	$ 56	$ 76
Oracle Functional Analyst	$ 80 K	$ 92 K	$ 120 K	$ 53	$ 61	$ 79
PeopleSoft Developer - PeopleTools	$ 65 K	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 44	$ 57	$ 64
PeopleSoft Functional Analyst	$ 85 K	$ 96 K	$ 120 K	$ 56	$ 63	$ 79
SAP Developer - ABAP	$ 85 K	$ 102 K	$ 120 K	$ 56	$ 67	$ 79
SAP Functional Analyst - Configuration	$ 80 K	$ 94 K	$ 120 K	$ 53	$ 62	$ 79
ERP Administrator	$ 65 K	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 44	$ 57	$ 64
Web
Web Developer - PHP, ASP, Flash, HTML	$ 48 K	$ 57 K	$ 68 K	$ 33	$ 39	$ 46
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop	$ 38 K	$ 44 K	$ 65 K	$ 26	$ 30	$ 44
Interactive Marketing/Search Engine Optimization ⁷	$ 55 K	$ 76 K	$ 97 K	$ 37	$ 51	$ 64
Security and Audit
Security Architect	$ 75 K	$ 99 K	$ 125 K	$ 50	$ 65	$ 82
Security Administrator	$ 47 K	$ 76 K	$ 95 K	$ 32	$ 51	$ 63
Internal Auditor	$ 55 K	$ 73 K	$ 103 K	$ 37	$ 49	$ 68
IT/IS Auditor	$ 68 K	$ 79 K	$ 110 K	$ 46	$ 53	$ 72
Applications
Applications Project Manager /Team Lead ^1 2	$ 80 K	$ 102 K	$ 125 K	$ 53	$ 67	$ 82
Enterprise/Applications Architect	$ 87 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 58	$ 72	$ 88
Senior Developer/Team Lead ⁴	$ 84 K	$ 105 K	$ 125 K	$ 56	$ 69	$ 82
Business Analyst - Applications ⁴	$ 68 K	$ 85 K	$ 105 K	$ 46	$ 56	$ 69
Developer - SharePoint	$ 80 K	$ 99 K	$ 125 K	$ 53	$ 65	$ 82
Developer - .NET	$ 66 K	$ 86 K	$ 115 K	$ 44	$ 57	$ 76
Developer - JAVA	$ 64 K	$ 86 K	$ 115 K	$ 43	$ 57	$ 76
Developer - C++	$ 71 K	$ 95 K	$ 110 K	$ 48	$ 63	$ 72
Developer - Client Server	$ 52 K	$ 74 K	$ 86 K	$ 35	$ 49	$ 57
Junior Developer	$ 48 K	$ 66 K	$ 74 K	$ 33	$ 44	$ 49
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing	$ 49 K	$ 63 K	$ 90 K	$ 33	$ 42	$ 60
Quality Assurance � Team Lead	$ 86 K	$ 96 K	$ 115 K	$ 57	$ 63	$ 76
Entry Level Applications - 4-Year Degree	$ 38 K	$ 48 K	$ 72 K	$ 26	$ 33	$ 48
Entry Level Applications - 2-Year Degree	$ 30 K	$ 33 K	$ 40 K	$ 21	$ 23	$ 28
Database / Data Warehousing
Senior Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 90 K	$ 105 K	$ 125 K	$ 60	$ 69	$ 82
Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 68 K	$ 86 K	$ 108 K	$ 46	$ 57	$ 71
ETL Developer	$ 85 K	$ 93 K	$ 120 K	$ 56	$ 62	$ 79
Senior DBA	$ 85 K	$ 93 K	$ 125 K	$ 56	$ 62	$ 82
Junior DBA	$ 68 K	$ 75 K	$ 89 K	$ 46	$ 50	$ 59
Oracle Developer - PL/SQL Database Focused	$ 83 K	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 55	$ 63	$ 76
Data Analyst ⁷	$ 65 K	$ 86 K	$ 95 K	$ 44	$ 57	$ 63
Report Writer	$ 51 K	$ 64 K	$ 78 K	$ 35	$ 43	$ 52
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Project Manager	$ 86 K	$ 92 K	$ 115 K	$ 57	$ 61	$ 76
Communications Architect - CCIE ^1 2	$ 87 K	$ 110 K	$ 130 K	$ 58	$ 72	$ 85
Network Engineer	$ 73 K	$ 91 K	$ 115 K	$ 49	$ 60	$ 76
Communications Analyst (Voice) - Configuration Analyst	$ 63 K	$ 75 K	$ 95 K	$ 42	$ 50	$ 63
UNIX/Linux Administrator	$ 47 K	$ 75 K	$ 94 K	$ 32	$ 50	$ 62
UNIX/Linux System Engineer	$ 63 K	$ 86 K	$ 111 K	$ 42	$ 57	$ 73
2nd Level LAN Administrator	$ 57 K	$ 71 K	$ 95 K	$ 39	$ 48	$ 63
1st Level LAN Administrator	$ 45 K	$ 58 K	$ 73 K	$ 31	$ 39	$ 49
Entry Level Infrastructure - 4-Year Degree	$ 36 K	$ 46 K	$ 65 K	$ 25	$ 31	$ 44
Entry Level Infrastructure - 2-Year Degree	$ 24 K	$ 32 K	$ 39 K	$ 18	$ 23	$ 27
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop
Help Desk - Level III Service Desk	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 95 K	$ 44	$ 52	$ 63
Help Desk - Level II Service Desk	$ 55 K	$ 68 K	$ 73 K	$ 37	$ 46	$ 49
Help Desk - Level I Support	$ 33 K	$ 44 K	$ 52 K	$ 23	$ 30	$ 35
Software Support	$ 40 K	$ 53 K	$ 68 K	$ 28	$ 36	$ 46
Hardware Technician	$ 30 K	$ 41 K	$ 55 K	$ 21	$ 28	$ 37
Miscellaneous
Technical Writer	$ 45 K	$ 54 K	$ 75 K	$ 31	$ 37	$ 50
Training	$ 55 K	$ 68 K	$ 90 K	$ 37	$ 46	$ 60

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.