2012 Houston IT Client Salary Survey - IT Employers

	2012 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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Title	Salary			Hourly Bill Rate
Title	Low	Avg.	High	Low	Avg.	High
Management
CIO - Large Company ^1 7 10	$ 157 K	$ 261 K	$ 375 K	$ 146	$ 241	$ 345
CIO - Mid/Large Size Company ^2 7 9 10	$ 129 K	$ 169 K	$ 307 K	$ 121	$ 157	$ 283
CIO - Mid-Size Company ^3 7 9 10	$ 122 K	$ 166 K	$ 262 K	$ 114	$ 155	$ 242
CIO - Small-Size Company ^4 7 9 10	$ 96 K	$ 116 K	$ 184 K	$ 91	$ 109	$ 171
CTO ^1 7	$ 125 K	$ 168 K	$ 200 K	$ 117	$ 156	$ 186
IT Director - Large Company ^1 7	$ 119 K	$ 148 K	$ 237 K	$ 111	$ 139	$ 219
IT Director - Mid-size Company ^2 3 7 9	$ 112 K	$ 151 K	$ 199 K	$ 105	$ 141	$ 185
IT Director - Small Company ^4 7 9	$ 82 K	$ 111 K	$ 146 K	$ 78	$ 104	$ 136
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer	$ 130 K	$ 158 K	$ 175 K	$ 122	$ 147	$ 163
Security Manager	$ 84 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 80	$ 103	$ 126
Audit Director	$ 108 K	$ 127 K	$ 165 K	$ 102	$ 119	$ 154
IT Audit Manager	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 151 K	$ 103	$ 126	$ 141
Business Applications Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 125 K	$ 149 K	$ 180 K	$ 117	$ 139	$ 167
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company ³	$ 110 K	$ 125 K	$ 141 K	$ 103	$ 117	$ 132
Data Center Manager ¹	$ 80 K	$ 99 K	$ 130 K	$ 76	$ 93	$ 122
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 110 K	$ 128 K	$ 145 K	$ 103	$ 120	$ 135
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company ³	$ 92 K	$ 115 K	$ 127 K	$ 87	$ 108	$ 119
Service Desk Manager - ITIL	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 130 K	$ 90	$ 108	$ 122
Help Desk Manager	$ 72 K	$ 89 K	$ 115 K	$ 68	$ 84	$ 108
PMO Manager - with PMP ^1 2 3	$ 107 K	$ 124 K	$ 150 K	$ 101	$ 116	$ 140
Project Manager - with PMP ^1 2 3	$ 85 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 81	$ 103	$ 126
ERP
Oracle - Developer - PL/SQL (4+ years)	$ 75 K	$ 91 K	$ 121 K	$ 71	$ 86	$ 113
Oracle - Techno/Functional Analyst	$ 95 K	$ 118 K	$ 135 K	$ 90	$ 111	$ 126
Oracle - SME - Functional Analyst	$ 83 K	$ 105 K	$ 130 K	$ 79	$ 99	$ 122
PeopleSoft Developer - PeopleTools	$ 68 K	$ 88 K	$ 98 K	$ 65	$ 83	$ 92
PeopleSoft - SME - Functional Analyst	$ 85 K	$ 96 K	$ 125 K	$ 81	$ 91	$ 117
SAP - Developer ABAP	$ 85 K	$ 105 K	$ 120 K	$ 81	$ 99	$ 113
Sap - Techno/Functional Analyst	$ 93 K	$ 110 K	$ 130 K	$ 88	$ 103	$ 122
SAP - SME - Functional Analyst	$ 85 K	$ 107 K	$ 132 K	$ 81	$ 101	$ 123
ERP Administrator	$ 68 K	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 65	$ 82	$ 92
Web
Web Developer - PHP, ASP, Flash, HTML	$ 52 K	$ 64 K	$ 85 K	$ 51	$ 61	$ 81
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop	$ 40 K	$ 52 K	$ 68 K	$ 40	$ 50	$ 65
Interactive Marketing/Search Engine Optimization	$ 60 K	$ 83 K	$ 115 K	$ 58	$ 79	$ 108
Security and Audit
Security Architect	$ 77 K	$ 103 K	$ 125 K	$ 73	$ 97	$ 117
Security Administrator	$ 52 K	$ 78 K	$ 96 K	$ 51	$ 74	$ 91
Internal Auditor	$ 55 K	$ 73 K	$ 103 K	$ 53	$ 70	$ 97
IT/IS Auditor	$ 70 K	$ 88 K	$ 115 K	$ 67	$ 83	$ 108
Applications
Project/Team Lead - Applications ^1 2 3	$ 85 K	$ 112 K	$ 135 K	$ 81	$ 105	$ 126
Enterprise/Applications Architect	$ 90 K	$ 118 K	$ 140 K	$ 85	$ 111	$ 131
Senior Developer/Team Lead ⁵	$ 89 K	$ 118 K	$ 130 K	$ 84	$ 111	$ 122
Systems/Business Analyst ⁵	$ 75 K	$ 98 K	$ 122 K	$ 71	$ 92	$ 114
SharePoint Developer (4 - 10 years)	$ 88 K	$ 117 K	$ 130 K	$ 83	$ 110	$ 122
Developer - .NET (4 - 10 years)	$ 78 K	$ 98 K	$ 118 K	$ 74	$ 92	$ 111
Developer - JAVA (4 - 10 years)	$ 68 K	$ 87 K	$ 115 K	$ 65	$ 82	$ 108
Developer - C++	$ 71 K	$ 95 K	$ 110 K	$ 68	$ 90	$ 103
Developer - Client Server (3+ years)	$ 56 K	$ 76 K	$ 92 K	$ 54	$ 72	$ 87
Junior Developer (0 - 4 years)	$ 51 K	$ 69 K	$ 85 K	$ 50	$ 66	$ 81
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing	$ 50 K	$ 65 K	$ 92 K	$ 49	$ 62	$ 87
Quality Assurance � Team Lead/Manager	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 118 K	$ 82	$ 92	$ 111
Entry Level Applications - 4-Year Degree	$ 41 K	$ 52 K	$ 75 K	$ 40	$ 50	$ 71
Entry Level Applications - 2-Year Degree	$ 30 K	$ 35 K	$ 42 K	$ 30	$ 35	$ 41
Database / Data Warehousing
Senior Data Warehousing Specialist B/I	$ 91 K	$ 112 K	$ 125 K	$ 86	$ 105	$ 117
Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 71 K	$ 89 K	$ 112 K	$ 68	$ 84	$ 105
ETL Developer	$ 87 K	$ 96 K	$ 120 K	$ 82	$ 91	$ 113
Senior DBA	$ 90 K	$ 99 K	$ 127 K	$ 85	$ 93	$ 119
Junior DBA	$ 72 K	$ 79 K	$ 92 K	$ 69	$ 75	$ 87
Oracle Developer - PL/SQL Database Focused	$ 84 K	$ 96 K	$ 115 K	$ 80	$ 91	$ 108
Data Analyst	$ 73 K	$ 94 K	$ 110 K	$ 70	$ 89	$ 103
Report Writer	$ 55 K	$ 67 K	$ 83 K	$ 53	$ 64	$ 79
Techno/Functional Analyst	$ 80 K	$ 97 K	$ 120 K	$ 76	$ 92	$ 113
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Project Manager ^1 2 3	$ 85 K	$ 93 K	$ 125 K	$ 81	$ 88	$ 117
Communications Architect - CCIE ^1 2 3	$ 92 K	$ 115 K	$ 135 K	$ 87	$ 108	$ 126
Systems Network Engineer (10+ years)	$ 83 K	$ 98 K	$ 122 K	$ 79	$ 92	$ 114
Communications Analyst - Voice ⁸	$ 64 K	$ 76 K	$ 96 K	$ 61	$ 72	$ 91
UNIX/Linux Administrator	$ 55 K	$ 85 K	$ 103 K	$ 53	$ 81	$ 97
UNIX/Linux System Engineer ^1 2 3	$ 73 K	$ 97 K	$ 125 K	$ 70	$ 92	$ 117
2nd Level LAN Administrator (7+ years)	$ 61 K	$ 77 K	$ 97 K	$ 59	$ 73	$ 92
1st Level LAN Administrator (2+ years)	$ 49 K	$ 63 K	$ 77 K	$ 48	$ 61	$ 73
Entry Level Infrastructure - 4-Year Degree	$ 43 K	$ 50 K	$ 70 K	$ 42	$ 49	$ 67
Entry Level Infrastructure - 2-Year Degree	$ 25 K	$ 33 K	$ 39 K	$ 26	$ 33	$ 39
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop
Help Desk - Level III Service Desk	$ 72 K	$ 86 K	$ 102 K	$ 69	$ 82	$ 96
Help Desk - Level II Service Desk (5 - 10 years)	$ 57 K	$ 70 K	$ 79 K	$ 55	$ 67	$ 75
Help Desk - Level I Support (0 - 10 years)	$ 35 K	$ 49 K	$ 59 K	$ 35	$ 48	$ 57
Software Support (2+ years)	$ 42 K	$ 56 K	$ 75 K	$ 41	$ 54	$ 71
Hardware Technician (1 - 5 years)	$ 31 K	$ 42 K	$ 60 K	$ 31	$ 41	$ 58
Miscellaneous
Technical Writer	$ 50 K	$ 58 K	$ 80 K	$ 49	$ 56	$ 76
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 100+ IT employees.
2. Mid/Large company is defined as 50-100 IT employees.
3. Mid-size company is defined as 10-49 IT employees.
4. Small company is defined as fewer than 10 IT employees.
5. Indicates hot skill - add 10-15% to salary (ie: Java, .Net, Sharepoint, engineering)
6. Excludes bonuses.
7. Top IT person.
8. Limited pool of candidates.
9. Team member.
10. Total Compensation (base + bonus + benefits)