2006 Houston IT Client Salary Survey - IT Employers

	2006 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.

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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

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Title	Salary			Hourly Bill Rate
Title	Low	Avg.	High	Low	Avg.	High
Management
CIO ^1 5 6 7	$ 150 K	$ 180 K	$ 280 K	$ 139	$ 167	$ 258
CTO ^1 5 6 7	$ 89 K	$ 105 K	$ 148 K	$ 83	$ 98	$ 137
IT Director - Large Company ^1 5 6	$ 130 K	$ 156 K	$ 235 K	$ 121	$ 145	$ 217
IT Director - Mid-size Company ^2 5 6	$ 90 K	$ 115 K	$ 152 K	$ 84	$ 107	$ 141
IT Director - Small Company ^3 6	$ 78 K	$ 98 K	$ 120 K	$ 73	$ 92	$ 112
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer ^1 7	$ 90 K	$ 120 K	$ 150 K	$ 84	$ 112	$ 139
Audit Director	$ 100 K	$ 120 K	$ 150 K	$ 93	$ 112	$ 139
IT Audit Manager	$ 85 K	$ 100 K	$ 115 K	$ 80	$ 93	$ 107
Business Applications Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 101 K	$ 122 K	$ 150 K	$ 94	$ 114	$ 139
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 92 K	$ 103 K	$ 120 K	$ 86	$ 96	$ 112
Data Center Manager ¹	$ 65 K	$ 87 K	$ 120 K	$ 62	$ 82	$ 112
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 91 K	$ 110 K	$ 140 K	$ 85	$ 103	$ 130
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 72 K	$ 93 K	$ 118 K	$ 68	$ 87	$ 110
Help Desk Manager	$ 62 K	$ 72 K	$ 90 K	$ 59	$ 68	$ 84
PMO Manager - with PMP	$ 85 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 80	$ 103	$ 125
Project Manager - with PMP	$ 72 K	$ 91 K	$ 118 K	$ 68	$ 85	$ 110
Web
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop	$ 32 K	$ 40 K	$ 58 K	$ 31	$ 39	$ 55
Interactive Marketing/Search Engine Optimization ⁷	$ 55 K	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 52	$ 66	$ 80
Security and Audit
Security Architect	$ 65 K	$ 90 K	$ 110 K	$ 62	$ 84	$ 103
Security Administrator	$ 45 K	$ 75 K	$ 95 K	$ 43	$ 71	$ 89
Internal Auditor	$ 48 K	$ 68 K	$ 80 K	$ 46	$ 62	$ 75
IT/IS Auditor	$ 55 K	$ 68 K	$ 85 K	$ 52	$ 64	$ 80
Applications
Applications Project Manager /Team Lead ^1 2	$ 68 K	$ 82 K	$ 110 K	$ 64	$ 77	$ 103
Business Analyst - Applications ⁴	$ 61 K	$ 75 K	$ 89 K	$ 58	$ 71	$ 83
Developer - .NET	$ 55 K	$ 76 K	$ 93 K	$ 52	$ 72	$ 87
Developer - JAVA	$ 50 K	$ 68 K	$ 90 K	$ 48	$ 64	$ 84
Developer - Client Server	$ 48 K	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 46	$ 62	$ 73
Junior Developer	$ 41 K	$ 50 K	$ 55 K	$ 40	$ 48	$ 52
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing	$ 40 K	$ 55 K	$ 72 K	$ 39	$ 52	$ 68
Database / Data Warehousing
Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 58 K	$ 82 K	$ 110 K	$ 55	$ 77	$ 103
Senior DBA	$ 77 K	$ 85 K	$ 110 K	$ 72	$ 80	$ 103
Junior DBA	$ 57 K	$ 68 K	$ 83 K	$ 54	$ 64	$ 78
Data Analyst ⁷	$ 62 K	$ 82 K	$ 91 K	$ 59	$ 77	$ 85
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Project Manager	$ 55 K	$ 72 K	$ 91 K	$ 52	$ 68	$ 85
Communications Architect - CCIE ^1 2	$ 72 K	$ 90 K	$ 120 K	$ 68	$ 84	$ 112
Network Engineer	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 98 K	$ 62	$ 73	$ 92
UNIX/Linux Administrator	$ 45 K	$ 70 K	$ 91 K	$ 43	$ 66	$ 85
UNIX/Linux System Engineer	$ 62 K	$ 79 K	$ 105 K	$ 59	$ 74	$ 98
2nd Level LAN Administrator	$ 49 K	$ 58 K	$ 82 K	$ 47	$ 55	$ 77
1st Level LAN Administrator	$ 38 K	$ 53 K	$ 64 K	$ 37	$ 51	$ 61
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop
Help Desk - Level I Support	$ 28 K	$ 38 K	$ 48 K	$ 28	$ 37	$ 46
Software Support	$ 34 K	$ 43 K	$ 56 K	$ 33	$ 41	$ 53
Hardware Technician	$ 24 K	$ 36 K	$ 52 K	$ 25	$ 35	$ 50
Miscellaneous
Technical Writer	$ 37 K	$ 46 K	$ 61 K	$ 36	$ 44	$ 58
Training	$ 33 K	$ 45 K	$ 55 K	$ 32	$ 43	$ 52

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.