2019 Houston IT Hiring Trends and Compensation Report

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Title

Salary

Hourly Bill Rate

Low

Avg.

High

Low

Avg.

High

Management

CIO - Large Company  ^1 7 10 11

$ 199 K

$ 286 K

$ 418 K

$184

$264

$385

CIO - Mid-Size/Large Company  ^2 7 10 11

$ 185 K

$ 214 K

$ 348 K

$171

$198

$320

CIO - Mid-Size Company  ^3 7 10 11

$ 158 K

$ 195 K

$ 349 K

$147

$181

$321

CIO - Small Company  ^4 7 10 11

$ 131 K

$ 173 K

$ 271 K

$122

$161

$250

CTO  ^1 10

$ 149 K

$ 197 K

$ 236 K

$139

$182

$218

IT Director - Large Company  ^1 7 10 11

$ 142 K

$ 181 K

$ 282 K

$132

$168

$260

IT Director - Mid-Size Company  ^{2 3 7 10 11}

$ 132 K

$ 178 K

$ 237 K

$123

$165

$219

IT Director - Small Company  ^4 7 10 11

$ 97 K

$ 133 K

$ 180 K

$91

$124

$167

CISO - Chief Information Security Officer

$ 151 K

$ 187 K

$ 233 K

$140

$173

$215

Security Manager/Director

$ 120 K

$ 152 K

$ 195 K

$112

$141

$181

IT Audit Manager/Director  ⁸

$ 131 K

$ 159 K

$ 187 K

$122

$148

$173

Business Applications Manager - Large Company  ^1 11

$ 153 K

$ 184 K

$ 213 K

$142

$171

$197

Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company  ^2 3 11

$ 141 K

$ 156 K

$ 187 K

$131

$145

$173

Data Center Manager  ^1 11

$ 126 K

$ 146 K

$ 176 K

$118

$136

$163

Infrastructure Manager - Large Company  ^1 11

$ 148 K

$ 174 K

$ 208 K

$138

$161

$192

Infrastructure Manager - Mid-Size Company  ^2 3 11

$ 120 K

$ 157 K

$ 185 K

$112

$146

$171

Service Desk Manager - ITIL  ¹¹

$ 109 K

$ 136 K

$ 159 K

$102

$127

$148

Help Desk Manager  ¹¹

$ 85 K

$ 108 K

$ 138 K

$80

$101

$129

PMO Manager - with PMP  ^1 2 3 11

$ 131 K

$ 148 K

$ 180 K

$122

$138

$167

Project Manager - with PMP  ^1 2 3 11

$ 99 K

$ 133 K

$ 163 K

$93

$124

$151

Security and Audit

Security Architect/Engineer  ⁵

$ 96 K

$ 137 K

$ 168 K

$90

$128

$156

Security Administrator  ⁵

$ 78 K

$ 124 K

$ 149 K

$74

$116

$139

Security INFOSEC - Compliance  ⁵

$ 88 K

$ 110 K

$ 133 K

$83

$103

$124

IT/IS Auditor To Lead

$ 88 K

$ 115 K

$ 152 K

$83

$108

$141

Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Warehousing

Senior Data Warehousing Specialist B/I  ⁵

$ 119 K

$ 146 K

$ 165 K

$111

$136

$153

Data Warehousing Specialist  ⁵

$ 90 K

$ 131 K

$ 147 K

$85

$122

$137

ETL Developer

$ 105 K

$ 125 K

$ 158 K

$98

$117

$147

DBA - Senior  ¹¹

$ 115 K

$ 147 K

$ 168 K

$108

$137

$156

DBA - Junior  ¹¹

$ 88 K

$ 106 K

$ 119 K

$83

$99

$111

Oracle Developer - RICE/PL/SQL (4+ years)

$ 95 K

$ 126 K

$ 152 K

$89

$118

$141

Data Analyst

$ 89 K

$ 118 K

$ 140 K

$84

$110

$130

Report Writer

$ 68 K

$ 88 K

$ 110 K

$65

$83

$103

Techno/Functional Analyst

$ 97 K

$ 123 K

$ 153 K

$91

$115

$142

ERP

Oracle Developer - PL/SQ database focused

$ 105 K

$ 123 K

$ 154 K

$98

$115

$143

Oracle - Techno/Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 110 K

$ 133 K

$ 163 K

$103

$124

$151

Oracle - SME - Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 104 K

$ 130 K

$ 154 K

$98

$121

$143

PeopleSoft Developer - PeopleTools  ¹¹

$ 85 K

$ 111 K

$ 135 K

$80

$104

$126

PeopleSoft - SME - Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 105 K

$ 124 K

$ 152 K

$98

$116

$141

SAP - Developer ABAP  ¹¹

$ 104 K

$ 133 K

$ 152 K

$98

$124

$141

SAP - Techno/Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 121 K

$ 145 K

$ 176 K

$113

$135

$163

SAP - SME - Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 107 K

$ 137 K

$ 174 K

$100

$128

$161

ERP Administrator  ⁵

$ 84 K

$ 107 K

$ 131 K

$79

$100

$122

Web Development

Developer - PHP, ASP, Flash, HTML

$ 64 K

$ 84 K

$ 111 K

$61

$79

$104

Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop

$ 49 K

$ 67 K

$ 88 K

$47

$64

$83

Interactive Marketing / Search Engine Optimization / Social Media

$ 74 K

$ 104 K

$ 146 K

$70

$98

$136

Applications

Project/Team Lead - Applications  ^1 2 3 11

$ 105 K

$ 140 K

$ 173 K

$98

$130

$161

Enterprise/Applications Architect

$ 112 K

$ 152 K

$ 180 K

$105

$141

$167

Senior Developer/Team Lead  ⁵

$ 111 K

$ 153 K

$ 164 K

$104

$142

$152

Systems/Business Analyst  ¹¹

$ 90 K

$ 129 K

$ 153 K

$85

$120

$142

SharePoint Developer (4 - 10 years)

$ 99 K

$ 121 K

$ 143 K

$93

$113

$133

Developer - .NET (4 - 10 years)  ⁵

$ 97 K

$ 131 K

$ 157 K

$91

$122

$146

Developer - JAVA (4 - 10 years)  ⁵

$ 88 K

$ 113 K

$ 148 K

$83

$106

$138

Developer - C++

$ 88 K

$ 123 K

$ 145 K

$83

$115

$135

Developer - Client Server (3+ years)

$ 76 K

$ 101 K

$ 134 K

$72

$95

$125

Junior Developer (1 - 4 years)  ⁵

$ 64 K

$ 91 K

$ 116 K

$61

$86

$108

Quality Assurance - Applications Testing

$ 66 K

$ 90 K

$ 123 K

$63

$85

$115

Quality Assurance – Team Lead/Manager

$ 108 K

$ 134 K

$ 164 K

$101

$125

$152

Entry Level Applications - 4-Year Degree

$ 47 K

$ 56 K

$ 80 K

$46

$54

$76

Entry Level Applications - 2-Year Degree

$ 37 K

$ 47 K

$ 55 K

$36

$46

$53

Miscellaneous

Technical Writer

$ 64 K

$ 78 K

$ 108 K

$61

$74

$101

Training

$ 68 K

$ 86 K

$ 114 K

$65

$81

$107

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Project Manager  ^1 2 3 11

$ 107 K

$ 119 K

$ 164 K

$100

$111

$152

Communications Architect - CCIE  ^1 2 3

$ 115 K

$ 142 K

$ 172 K

$108

$132

$160

Systems Network Engineer (10+ years)

$ 102 K

$ 127 K

$ 158 K

$96

$119

$147

Communications - VoIP

$ 86 K

$ 115 K

$ 144 K

$81

$108

$134

UNIX/Linux Administrator

$ 70 K

$ 110 K

$ 138 K

$67

$103

$129

UNIX/Linux System Engineer  ^1 2 3

$ 90 K

$ 125 K

$ 159 K

$85

$117

$148

2nd Level LAN Administrator (7+ years)

$ 80 K

$ 105 K

$ 135 K

$76

$98

$126

1st Level LAN Administrator (2+ years)

$ 62 K

$ 84 K

$ 99 K

$59

$79

$93

Entry Level Infrastructure - 4-Year Degree

$ 47 K

$ 51 K

$ 72 K

$46

$49

$68

Entry Level Infrastructure - 2-Year Degree

$ 33 K

$ 40 K

$ 49 K

$33

$39

$47

Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop

Help Desk - Level III Service Desk (7+ years)

$ 88 K

$ 109 K

$ 134 K

$83

$102

$125

Help Desk - Level II Service Desk (5 - 10 years)  ¹¹

$ 70 K

$ 90 K

$ 105 K

$67

$85

$98

Help Desk - Level I Support (0 - 10 years)  ¹¹

$ 43 K

$ 61 K

$ 74 K

$42

$58

$70

Software Support (2+ years)  ¹¹

$ 52 K

$ 76 K

$ 101 K

$50

$72

$95

Hardware Technician (1 - 5 years)  ¹¹

$ 40 K

$ 55 K

$ 82 K

$39

$53

$77

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.