2003 Houston IT Client 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. "A faithful employee is as refreshing as a cool day in the hot summertime." Proverbs 26:13 "There is something that is much rarer than ability.  It is the ability to recognize ability." ?Robert Half "Make every decision as if you owned the whole company." -Robert Townsend Title Salary Hourly Bill Rate Low Avg. High Low Avg. High Management CIO  1 5 6 7  $ 150 K $ 160 K $ 275 K $ 163 $ 168 $ 238 CTO  1 5 6 7  $ 85 K $ 110 K $ 150 K $ 90 $ 127 $ 163 IT Director - Large Company  1 5 6  $ 120 K $ 145 K $ 240 K $ 117 $ 143 $ 212 IT Director - Mid-size Company  2 5 6  $ 85 K $ 110 K $ 148 K $ 90 $ 127 $ 159 IT Director - Small Company  3 6  $ 65 K $ 80 K $ 101 K $ 62 $ 77 $ 94 Business Applications Manager - Large Company  1  $ 90 K $ 120 K $ 160 K $ 74 $ 98 $ 133 Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company  2  $ 75 K $ 84 K $ 107 K $ 72 $ 79 $ 97 Data Center Manager  1  $ 65 K $ 87 K $ 111 K $ 58 $ 75 $ 98 Infrastructure Manager - Large Company  1  $ 82 K $ 97 K $ 126 K $ 71 $ 84 $ 118 Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company  2  $ 68 K $ 82 K $ 95 K $ 65 $ 78 $ 90 Help Desk Manager $ 60 K $ 70 K $ 85 K $ 58 $ 64 $ 75 PMO Manager - with PMP $ 83 K $ 97 K $ 128 K $ 86 $ 92 $ 132 Project Manager - with PMP $ 76 K $ 83 K $ 106 K $ 73 $ 79 $ 95 Security and Audit Security Architect $ 75 K $ 96 K $ 120 K $ 66 $ 85 $ 130 Security Administrator $ 38 K $ 46 K $ 61 K $ 35 $ 57 $ 84 Applications Applications Project Manager /Team Lead  1 2  $ 65 K $ 87 K $ 110 K $ 78 $ 93 $ 108 Business Analyst - Applications  4  $ 65 K $ 78 K $ 92 K $ 56 $ 67 $ 79 Developer - .NET $ 47 K $ 57 K $ 80 K $ 45 $ 53 $ 67 Developer - JAVA $ 40 K $ 51 K $ 62 K $ 39 $ 56 $ 64 Developer - Client Server $ 45 K $ 63 K $ 82 K $ 42 $ 55 $ 68 Junior Developer $ 33 K $ 45 K $ 52 K $ 34 $ 40 $ 49 Quality Assurance - Applications Testing $ 44 K $ 54 K $ 79 K $ 40 $ 49 $ 70 Database / Data Warehousing Data Warehousing Specialist $ 64 K $ 83 K $ 105 K $ 62 $ 58 $ 99 Senior DBA $ 55 K $ 68 K $ 85 K $ 53 $ 65 $ 81 Junior DBA $ 77 K $ 85 K $ 110 K $ 73 $ 82 $ 110 Data Analyst  7  $ 65 K $ 85 K $ 95 K $ 58 $ 81 $ 84 Infrastructure Infrastructure Project Manager $ 53 K $ 68 K $ 82 K $ 48 $ 57 $ 69 Communications Architect - CCIE  1 2  $ 80 K $ 110 K $ 130 K $ 90 $ 122 $ 140 Network Engineer $ 63 K $ 77 K $ 95 K $ 54 $ 67 $ 84 UNIX/Linux Administrator $ 51 K $ 69 K $ 91 K $ 46 $ 62 $ 80 UNIX/Linux System Engineer $ 62 K $ 78 K $ 105 K $ 56 $ 68 $ 85 2nd Level LAN Administrator $ 45 K $ 55 K $ 70 K $ 39 $ 51 $ 61 1st Level LAN Administrator $ 36 K $ 45 K $ 57 K $ 33 $ 40 $ 48 Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop Help Desk - Level I Support $ 24 K $ 35 K $ 45 K $ 27 $ 36 $ 44 Software Support $ 30 K $ 44 K $ 55 K $ 32 $ 45 $ 52 Hardware Technician $ 26 K $ 40 K $ 50 K $ 28 $ 41 $ 49 Miscellaneous Technical Writer $ 37 K $ 46 K $ 61 K $ 34 $ 42 $ 55 Training $ 33 K $ 45 K $ 55 K $ 31 $ 41 $ 50 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.