2009 Houston IT Client Salary Survey - IT Employers

	2009 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.

Houston-area IT salaries are expected to increase through 2009 despite national economic conditions.

Good people are still hard to find and harder to retain.

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Title	Salary			Hourly Bill Rate
Title	Low	Avg.	High	Low	Avg.	High
Management
CIO - Large Company ^1 6	$ 175 K	$ 210 K	$ 310 K	$ 163	$ 195	$ 286
CTO ^1 6	$ 125 K	$ 168 K	$ 200 K	$ 117	$ 156	$ 186
IT Director - Large Company ^1 6	$ 145 K	$ 165 K	$ 245 K	$ 135	$ 154	$ 227
IT Director - Mid-size Company ^2 6 8	$ 115 K	$ 140 K	$ 175 K	$ 108	$ 131	$ 163
IT Director - Small Company ^3 6 8	$ 80 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 76	$ 103	$ 126
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer	$ 125 K	$ 153 K	$ 178 K	$ 117	$ 143	$ 165
Security Manager	$ 78 K	$ 98 K	$ 128 K	$ 74	$ 92	$ 120
Audit Director	$ 106 K	$ 126 K	$ 165 K	$ 100	$ 118	$ 154
IT Audit Manager	$ 98 K	$ 120 K	$ 145 K	$ 92	$ 113	$ 135
Business Applications Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 120 K	$ 148 K	$ 190 K	$ 113	$ 138	$ 176
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 105 K	$ 120 K	$ 138 K	$ 99	$ 113	$ 129
Data Center Manager ¹	$ 75 K	$ 91 K	$ 125 K	$ 71	$ 86	$ 117
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 105 K	$ 120 K	$ 140 K	$ 99	$ 113	$ 131
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 89 K	$ 110 K	$ 125 K	$ 84	$ 103	$ 117
Service Desk Manager - ITIL	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 130 K	$ 90	$ 108	$ 122
Help Desk Manager	$ 70 K	$ 88 K	$ 110 K	$ 67	$ 83	$ 103
PMO Manager - with PMP ^1 2	$ 100 K	$ 126 K	$ 150 K	$ 94	$ 118	$ 140
Project Manager - with PMP ^1 2	$ 80 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 76	$ 103	$ 126
ERP
Oracle - Developer - PL/SQL (4+ years)	$ 70 K	$ 84 K	$ 115 K	$ 67	$ 80	$ 108
Oracle - SME - Functional Analyst	$ 80 K	$ 92 K	$ 120 K	$ 76	$ 87	$ 113
PeopleSoft Developer - PeopleTools	$ 65 K	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 62	$ 82	$ 92
PeopleSoft - SME - Functional Analyst	$ 85 K	$ 96 K	$ 120 K	$ 81	$ 91	$ 113
SAP - Developer ABAP	$ 85 K	$ 102 K	$ 120 K	$ 81	$ 96	$ 113
SAP - SME - Functional Analyst	$ 80 K	$ 94 K	$ 120 K	$ 76	$ 89	$ 113
ERP Administrator	$ 65 K	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 62	$ 82	$ 92
Web
Web Developer - PHP, ASP, Flash, HTML	$ 48 K	$ 57 K	$ 68 K	$ 47	$ 55	$ 65
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop	$ 38 K	$ 44 K	$ 65 K	$ 38	$ 43	$ 62
Interactive Marketing/Search Engine Optimization	$ 55 K	$ 76 K	$ 97 K	$ 53	$ 72	$ 92
Security and Audit
Security Architect	$ 75 K	$ 99 K	$ 125 K	$ 71	$ 93	$ 117
Security Administrator	$ 47 K	$ 76 K	$ 95 K	$ 46	$ 72	$ 90
Internal Auditor	$ 55 K	$ 73 K	$ 103 K	$ 53	$ 70	$ 97
IT/IS Auditor	$ 68 K	$ 79 K	$ 110 K	$ 65	$ 75	$ 103
Applications
Project/Team Lead - Applications ^1 2	$ 80 K	$ 102 K	$ 125 K	$ 76	$ 96	$ 117
Enterprise/Applications Architect	$ 87 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 82	$ 103	$ 126
Senior Developer/Team Lead ⁴	$ 84 K	$ 105 K	$ 125 K	$ 80	$ 99	$ 117
Systems/Business Analyst ⁴	$ 68 K	$ 85 K	$ 105 K	$ 65	$ 81	$ 99
SharePoint Developer (4 - 10 years)	$ 80 K	$ 99 K	$ 125 K	$ 76	$ 93	$ 117
Developer - .NET (4 - 10 years)	$ 66 K	$ 86 K	$ 115 K	$ 63	$ 82	$ 108
Developer - JAVA (4 - 10 years)	$ 64 K	$ 86 K	$ 115 K	$ 61	$ 82	$ 108
Developer - C++	$ 71 K	$ 95 K	$ 110 K	$ 68	$ 90	$ 103
Developer - Client Server (3+ years)	$ 52 K	$ 74 K	$ 86 K	$ 50	$ 71	$ 82
Junior Developer (0 - 4 years)	$ 48 K	$ 66 K	$ 74 K	$ 47	$ 63	$ 71
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing	$ 49 K	$ 63 K	$ 90 K	$ 48	$ 61	$ 85
Quality Assurance � Team Lead/Manager	$ 86 K	$ 96 K	$ 115 K	$ 82	$ 91	$ 108
Entry Level Applications - 4-Year Degree	$ 38 K	$ 48 K	$ 72 K	$ 38	$ 47	$ 69
Entry Level Applications - 2-Year Degree	$ 30 K	$ 33 K	$ 40 K	$ 30	$ 33	$ 40
Database / Data Warehousing
Senior Data Warehousing Specialist B/I	$ 90 K	$ 105 K	$ 125 K	$ 85	$ 99	$ 117
Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 68 K	$ 86 K	$ 108 K	$ 65	$ 82	$ 102
ETL Developer	$ 85 K	$ 93 K	$ 120 K	$ 81	$ 88	$ 113
Senior DBA	$ 85 K	$ 93 K	$ 125 K	$ 81	$ 88	$ 117
Junior DBA	$ 68 K	$ 75 K	$ 89 K	$ 65	$ 71	$ 84
Oracle Developer - PL/SQL Database Focused	$ 83 K	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 79	$ 90	$ 108
Data Analyst	$ 65 K	$ 86 K	$ 95 K	$ 62	$ 82	$ 90
Report Writer	$ 51 K	$ 64 K	$ 78 K	$ 50	$ 61	$ 74
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Project Manager ^1 2	$ 86 K	$ 92 K	$ 115 K	$ 82	$ 87	$ 108
Communications Architect - CCIE ^1 2	$ 87 K	$ 110 K	$ 130 K	$ 82	$ 103	$ 122
Systems Network Engineer (10+ years)	$ 73 K	$ 91 K	$ 115 K	$ 70	$ 86	$ 108
Communications Analyst - Voice ⁷	$ 63 K	$ 75 K	$ 95 K	$ 61	$ 71	$ 90
UNIX/Linux Administrator	$ 47 K	$ 75 K	$ 94 K	$ 46	$ 71	$ 89
UNIX/Linux System Engineer ^1 2	$ 63 K	$ 86 K	$ 111 K	$ 61	$ 82	$ 104
2nd Level LAN Administrator (7+ years)	$ 57 K	$ 71 K	$ 95 K	$ 55	$ 68	$ 90
1st Level LAN Administrator (2+ years)	$ 45 K	$ 58 K	$ 73 K	$ 44	$ 56	$ 70
Entry Level Infrastructure - 4-Year Degree	$ 36 K	$ 46 K	$ 65 K	$ 36	$ 45	$ 62
Entry Level Infrastructure - 2-Year Degree	$ 24 K	$ 32 K	$ 39 K	$ 24	$ 32	$ 39
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop
Help Desk - Level III Service Desk	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 95 K	$ 62	$ 74	$ 90
Help Desk - Level II Service Desk (5 - 10 years)	$ 55 K	$ 68 K	$ 73 K	$ 53	$ 65	$ 70
Help Desk - Level I Support (0 - 10 years)	$ 33 K	$ 44 K	$ 52 K	$ 33	$ 43	$ 50
Software Support (2+ years)	$ 40 K	$ 53 K	$ 68 K	$ 40	$ 51	$ 65
Hardware Technician (1 - 5 years)	$ 30 K	$ 41 K	$ 55 K	$ 30	$ 40	$ 53
Miscellaneous
Technical Writer	$ 45 K	$ 54 K	$ 75 K	$ 44	$ 52	$ 71
Training	$ 55 K	$ 68 K	$ 90 K	$ 53	$ 65	$ 85

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.