2013 Houston IT Client Salary Survey - IT Employers

	2013 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 total compensation which has several variables. Some considerations that impact base salaries are bonuses, location, cost of insurance and other non cash incentives.

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Title	Salary			Hourly Bill Rate
Title	Low	Avg.	High	Low	Avg.	High
Management
CIO - Large Company ^1 7 10 11	$ 157 K	$ 261 K	$ 375 K	$ 146	$ 241	$ 345
CIO - Mid-Size/Large Company ^2 7 10 11	$ 129 K	$ 169 K	$ 307 K	$ 120	$ 157	$ 283
CIO - Mid-Size Company ^3 7 10 11	$ 122 K	$ 166 K	$ 262 K	$ 114	$ 154	$ 242
CIO - Small Company ^4 7 10 11	$ 96 K	$ 116 K	$ 184 K	$ 90	$ 108	$ 171
CTO ^1 10	$ 125 K	$ 168 K	$ 200 K	$ 117	$ 156	$ 185
IT Director - Large Company ^1 7 10 11	$ 119 K	$ 148 K	$ 237 K	$ 111	$ 138	$ 219
IT Director - Mid-Size Company ^{2 3 7 10 11}	$ 112 K	$ 151 K	$ 199 K	$ 105	$ 140	$ 184
IT Director - Small Company ^4 7 10 11	$ 82 K	$ 111 K	$ 146 K	$ 77	$ 104	$ 136
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer	$ 130 K	$ 158 K	$ 175 K	$ 121	$ 147	$ 162
Security Manager/Director	$ 84 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 79	$ 103	$ 126
Audit Director ⁸	$ 108 K	$ 127 K	$ 165 K	$ 101	$ 119	$ 153
IT Audit Manager ⁸	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 151 K	$ 103	$ 126	$ 140
Business Applications Manager - Large Company ^1 11	$ 125 K	$ 149 K	$ 180 K	$ 117	$ 139	$ 167
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company ^2 3 11	$ 110 K	$ 125 K	$ 141 K	$ 103	$ 117	$ 131
Data Center Manager ^1 11	$ 80 K	$ 99 K	$ 130 K	$ 76	$ 93	$ 121
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company ^1 11	$ 110 K	$ 128 K	$ 145 K	$ 103	$ 119	$ 135
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-Size Company ^2 3 11	$ 92 K	$ 115 K	$ 127 K	$ 87	$ 108	$ 119
Service Desk Manager - ITIL ¹¹	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 130 K	$ 89	$ 108	$ 121
Help Desk Manager ¹¹	$ 72 K	$ 89 K	$ 115 K	$ 68	$ 84	$ 108
PMO Manager - with PMP ^1 2 3 11	$ 107 K	$ 127 K	$ 150 K	$ 100	$ 116	$ 140
Project Manager - with PMP ^1 2 3 11	$ 85 K	$ 110 K	$ 135 K	$ 80	$ 103	$ 126
Security and Audit
Security Architect/Engineer ⁵	$ 79 K	$ 106 K	$ 129 K	$ 75	$ 99	$ 120
Security Administrator ⁵	$ 54 K	$ 80 K	$ 99 K	$ 52	$ 76	$ 93
Internal Auditor	$ 57 K	$ 75 K	$ 106 K	$ 55	$ 71	$ 99
IT/IS Auditor To Lead	$ 72 K	$ 91 K	$ 118 K	$ 68	$ 86	$ 110
Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Warehousing
Senior Data Warehousing Specialist B/I ⁵	$ 94 K	$ 115 K	$ 129 K	$ 88	$ 108	$ 120
Data Warehousing Specialist ⁵	$ 73 K	$ 102 K	$ 115 K	$ 69	$ 96	$ 108
ETL Developer	$ 90 K	$ 99 K	$ 124 K	$ 85	$ 93	$ 116
DBA - Senior ¹¹	$ 93 K	$ 118 K	$ 131 K	$ 88	$ 110	$ 122
DBA - Junior ¹¹	$ 74 K	$ 81 K	$ 95 K	$ 70	$ 77	$ 89
Oracle Developer - PL/SQL Database Focused	$ 87 K	$ 99 K	$ 118 K	$ 82	$ 93	$ 110
Data Analyst	$ 75 K	$ 97 K	$ 113 K	$ 71	$ 91	$ 106
Report Writer	$ 57 K	$ 69 K	$ 85 K	$ 55	$ 66	$ 80
Techno/Functional Analyst	$ 82 K	$ 100 K	$ 124 K	$ 77	$ 94	$ 116
ERP
Oracle Developer - PL/SQL (4+ years)	$ 77 K	$ 103 K	$ 125 K	$ 73	$ 96	$ 117
Oracle - Techno/Functional Analyst ¹¹	$ 98 K	$ 122 K	$ 139 K	$ 92	$ 114	$ 129
Oracle - SME - Functional Analyst ¹¹	$ 85 K	$ 108 K	$ 134 K	$ 80	$ 101	$ 125
PeopleSoft Developer - PeopleTools ¹¹	$ 70 K	$ 91 K	$ 101 K	$ 67	$ 86	$ 95
PeopleSoft - SME - Functional Analyst ¹¹	$ 88 K	$ 99 K	$ 129 K	$ 83	$ 93	$ 120
SAP - Developer ABAP ¹¹	$ 88 K	$ 108 K	$ 120 K	$ 83	$ 112	$ 116
SAP - Techno/Functional Analyst ¹¹	$ 96 K	$ 113 K	$ 134 K	$ 90	$ 106	$ 125
SAP - SME - Functional Analyst ¹¹	$ 88 K	$ 110 K	$ 136 K	$ 83	$ 103	$ 127
ERP Administrator ⁵	$ 70 K	$ 89 K	$ 100 K	$ 67	$ 84	$ 94
Web Development
Developer - PHP, ASP, Flash, HTML	$ 54 K	$ 66 K	$ 88 K	$ 52	$ 63	$ 83
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop	$ 41 K	$ 54 K	$ 70 K	$ 40	$ 52	$ 67
Interactive Marketing / Search Engine Optimization / Social Media	$ 62 K	$ 85 K	$ 118 K	$ 59	$ 80	$ 110
Applications
Project/Team Lead - Applications ^1 2 3 11	$ 88 K	$ 115 K	$ 139 K	$ 83	$ 108	$ 129
Enterprise/Applications Architect	$ 93 K	$ 122 K	$ 144 K	$ 88	$ 114	$ 134
Senior Developer/Team Lead ⁵	$ 92 K	$ 122 K	$ 134 K	$ 87	$ 114	$ 125
Systems/Business Analyst ¹¹	$ 77 K	$ 101 K	$ 126 K	$ 73	$ 95	$ 118
SharePoint Developer (4 - 10 years)	$ 91 K	$ 121 K	$ 134 K	$ 86	$ 113	$ 125
Developer - .NET (4 - 10 years) ⁵	$ 80 K	$ 101 K	$ 122 K	$ 76	$ 95	$ 114
Developer - JAVA (4 - 10 years) ⁵	$ 70 K	$ 90 K	$ 118 K	$ 67	$ 85	$ 110
Developer - C++	$ 73 K	$ 98 K	$ 113 K	$ 69	$ 92	$ 106
Developer - Client Server (3+ years)	$ 58 K	$ 78 K	$ 95 K	$ 56	$ 74	$ 89
Junior Developer (1 - 4 years) ⁵	$ 53 K	$ 71 K	$ 88 K	$ 51	$ 67	$ 83
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing	$ 52 K	$ 67 K	$ 95 K	$ 50	$ 64	$ 89
Quality Assurance � Team Lead/Manager	$ 89 K	$ 100 K	$ 122 K	$ 84	$ 94	$ 114
Entry Level Applications - 4-Year Degree	$ 42 K	$ 54 K	$ 77 K	$ 41	$ 52	$ 73
Entry Level Applications - 2-Year Degree	$ 31 K	$ 36 K	$ 43 K	$ 31	$ 35	$ 42
Miscellaneous
Technical Writer	$ 52 K	$ 60 K	$ 82 K	$ 50	$ 57	$ 77
Training	$ 57 K	$ 70 K	$ 93 K	$ 55	$ 67	$ 88
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Project Manager ^1 2 3 11	$ 88 K	$ 96 K	$ 129 K	$ 83	$ 90	$ 120
Communications Architect - CCIE ^1 2 3	$ 95 K	$ 118 K	$ 139 K	$ 89	$ 110	$ 129
Systems Network Engineer (10+ years)	$ 85 K	$ 101 K	$ 126 K	$ 80	$ 95	$ 118
Communications - VoIP	$ 66 K	$ 78 K	$ 99 K	$ 63	$ 74	$ 93
UNIX/Linux Administrator	$ 57 K	$ 88 K	$ 106 K	$ 55	$ 83	$ 99
UNIX/Linux System Engineer ^1 2 3	$ 75 K	$ 100 K	$ 129 K	$ 71	$ 94	$ 120
2nd Level LAN Administrator (7+ years)	$ 63 K	$ 79 K	$ 100 K	$ 60	$ 75	$ 94
1st Level LAN Administrator (2+ years)	$ 50 K	$ 65 K	$ 79 K	$ 48	$ 62	$ 75
Entry Level Infrastructure - 4-Year Degree	$ 44 K	$ 52 K	$ 72 K	$ 43	$ 50	$ 68
Entry Level Infrastructure - 2-Year Degree	$ 26 K	$ 34 K	$ 40 K	$ 26	$ 34	$ 39
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop
Help Desk - Level III Service Desk (7+ years)	$ 74 K	$ 89 K	$ 105 K	$ 70	$ 84	$ 98
Help Desk - Level II Service Desk (5 - 10 years) ¹¹	$ 59 K	$ 72 K	$ 81 K	$ 56	$ 68	$ 77
Help Desk - Level I Support (0 - 10 years) ¹¹	$ 36 K	$ 50 K	$ 61 K	$ 35	$ 48	$ 58
Software Support (2+ years) ¹¹	$ 43 K	$ 58 K	$ 77 K	$ 42	$ 56	$ 73
Hardware Technician (1 - 5 years) ¹¹	$ 32 K	$ 43 K	$ 62 K	$ 32	$ 42	$ 59

Assumptions

Default:

Rates apply to greater Houston metropolitan area.

Candidate has 4-year degree unless otherwise noted.

Contract term is greater than 6 months.

Outliers are eliminated in compiling the survey.

A more detailed survey is available for executive compensation at www.jdapsi.com.

Specific:
1. Large company is defined as greater than 100+ IT employees.
2. Mid-Size/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: security, B/I, mobile, engineering).
6. Excludes bonuses.
7. Top IT person.
8. Limited pool of candidates.
9. Team member.
10. Base compensation (Total = base + bonus + benefits).
11. Current contract market rates could drop up to 50 percent less.