2007 Houston IT Client Salary Survey - IT Employers

	2007 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.

Treat others as you want them to treat you. Luke 6:31

� . . . Almost 100% of a managers success comes from hiring
and retaining good people. Good people don�t make the
difference - they are the difference� - James Del Monte

Job Descriptions

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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	$ 105 K	$ 125 K	$ 160 K	$ 99	$ 117	$ 149
IT Director - Large Company ^1 6	$ 130 K	$ 156 K	$ 235 K	$ 122	$ 145	$ 217
IT Director - Mid-size Company ^2 6 8	$ 95 K	$ 125 K	$ 165 K	$ 90	$ 117	$ 154
IT Director - Small Company ^3 6 8	$ 75 K	$ 102 K	$ 130 K	$ 71	$ 96	$ 122
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer	$ 120 K	$ 150 K	$ 170 K	$ 112	$ 140	$ 158
Security Manager	$ 75 K	$ 93 K	$ 115 K	$ 71	$ 88	$ 108
Audit Director	$ 100 K	$ 120 K	$ 150 K	$ 94	$ 113	$ 140
IT Audit Manager	$ 85 K	$ 100 K	$ 115 K	$ 81	$ 94	$ 108
Business Applications Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 115 K	$ 140 K	$ 185 K	$ 108	$ 131	$ 172
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 92 K	$ 110 K	$ 128 K	$ 87	$ 103	$ 120
Data Center Manager ¹	$ 70 K	$ 87 K	$ 120 K	$ 67	$ 82	$ 113
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company ¹	$ 91 K	$ 115 K	$ 140 K	$ 86	$ 108	$ 131
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-size Company ²	$ 80 K	$ 93 K	$ 118 K	$ 76	$ 88	$ 111
Service Desk Manager - ITIL	$ 95 K	$ 115 K	$ 130 K	$ 90	$ 108	$ 122
Help Desk Manager	$ 62 K	$ 72 K	$ 90 K	$ 60	$ 69	$ 85
PMO Manager - with PMP ^1 2	$ 90 K	$ 120 K	$ 145 K	$ 85	$ 113	$ 135
Project Manager - with PMP ^1 2	$ 72 K	$ 94 K	$ 125 K	$ 69	$ 89	$ 117
ERP
Oracle - Developer - PL/SQL (4+ years)	$ 65 K	$ 79 K	$ 98 K	$ 62	$ 75	$ 92
Oracle - SME - Functional Analyst	$ 75 K	$ 87 K	$ 110 K	$ 71	$ 82	$ 103
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	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 102 K	$ 62	$ 74	$ 96
SAP - SME - Functional Analyst	$ 85 K	$ 93 K	$ 115 K	$ 81	$ 88	$ 108
Web
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop	$ 35 K	$ 42 K	$ 61 K	$ 35	$ 41	$ 59
Interactive Marketing/Search Engine Optimization	$ 55 K	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 53	$ 67	$ 81
Security and Audit
Security Architect	$ 70 K	$ 99 K	$ 120 K	$ 67	$ 93	$ 113
Security Administrator	$ 45 K	$ 75 K	$ 95 K	$ 44	$ 71	$ 90
Internal Auditor	$ 55 K	$ 72 K	$ 90 K	$ 47	$ 65	$ 76
IT/IS Auditor	$ 66 K	$ 72 K	$ 90 K	$ 53	$ 65	$ 81
Applications
Project/Team Lead - Applications ^1 2	$ 70 K	$ 90 K	$ 125 K	$ 67	$ 85	$ 117
Enterprise/Applications Architect	$ 85 K	$ 95 K	$ 120 K	$ 80	$ 90	$ 113
Systems/Business Analyst ⁴	$ 61 K	$ 77 K	$ 92 K	$ 59	$ 73	$ 87
Developer - .NET (4 - 10 years)	$ 61 K	$ 76 K	$ 98 K	$ 59	$ 72	$ 92
Developer - JAVA (4 - 10 years)	$ 55 K	$ 72 K	$ 95 K	$ 53	$ 69	$ 90
Developer - Client Server (3+ years)	$ 48 K	$ 65 K	$ 78 K	$ 47	$ 62	$ 74
Junior Developer (0 - 4 years)	$ 42 K	$ 54 K	$ 62 K	$ 41	$ 52	$ 60
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing	$ 50 K	$ 65 K	$ 95 K	$ 44	$ 56	$ 83
Quality Assurance � Team Lead/Manager	$ 85 K	$ 95 K	$ 110 K	$ 81	$ 90	$ 103
Database / Data Warehousing
Senior Data Warehousing Specialist B/I	$ 90 K	$ 105 K	$ 125 K	$ 85	$ 99	$ 117
Data Warehousing Specialist	$ 62 K	$ 86 K	$ 97 K	$ 60	$ 82	$ 108
Senior DBA	$ 82 K	$ 87 K	$ 115 K	$ 78	$ 82	$ 108
Junior DBA	$ 60 K	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 58	$ 67	$ 81
Data Analyst	$ 63 K	$ 84 K	$ 92 K	$ 61	$ 80	$ 87
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Project Manager ^1 2	$ 63 K	$ 79 K	$ 106 K	$ 61	$ 75	$ 100
Communications Architect - CCIE ^1 2	$ 75 K	$ 100 K	$ 130 K	$ 71	$ 94	$ 122
Systems Network Engineer (10+ years)	$ 70 K	$ 85 K	$ 105 K	$ 67	$ 81	$ 99
UNIX/Linux Administrator	$ 45 K	$ 70 K	$ 91 K	$ 44	$ 67	$ 86
UNIX/Linux System Engineer ^1 2	$ 62 K	$ 80 K	$ 111 K	$ 60	$ 76	$ 104
2nd Level LAN Administrator (7+ years)	$ 53 K	$ 62 K	$ 86 K	$ 51	$ 60	$ 82
1st Level LAN Administrator (2+ years)	$ 42 K	$ 55 K	$ 68 K	$ 41	$ 53	$ 65
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop
Help Desk - Level III Service Desk	$ 65 K	$ 73 K	$ 81 K	$ 62	$ 70	$ 77
Help Desk - Level II Service Desk (5 - 10 years)	$ 62 K	$ 68 K	$ 75 K	$ 60	$ 65	$ 71
Help Desk - Level I Support (0 - 10 years)	$ 29 K	$ 40 K	$ 49 K	$ 29	$ 40	$ 48
Software Support (2+ years)	$ 36 K	$ 50 K	$ 65 K	$ 36	$ 49	$ 62
Hardware Technician (1 - 5 years)	$ 26 K	$ 36 K	$ 52 K	$ 27	$ 36	$ 51
Miscellaneous
Technical Writer	$ 41 K	$ 51 K	$ 69 K	$ 40	$ 50	$ 66
Training	$ 33 K	$ 45 K	$ 55 K	$ 33	$ 44	$ 53

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.