2020 Houston IT Hiring Trends and Compensation Report

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.

To download a copy of the annual compensation report and survey, please click the link: 2020 Houston IT Compensation Report

To request a hard copy report, please send an email to jdel (at) jdapsi (dot) com.

Title

Salary

Hourly Bill Rate

Low

Avg.

High

Low

Avg.

High

Management

CIO - Large Company  ^1 7 10 11

$ 207 K

$ 300 K

$ 443 K

$228

$322

$461

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

$ 192 K

$ 225 K

$ 369 K

$212

$241

$383

CIO - Mid-Size Company  ^3 7 10 11

$ 165 K

$ 205 K

$ 370 K

$182

$220

$384

CIO - Small Company  ^4 7 10 11

$ 136 K

$ 182 K

$ 287 K

$151

$195

$298

CTO  ^1 10

$ 155 K

$ 207 K

$ 250 K

$171

$222

$260

IT Director - Large Company  ^1 7 10 11

$ 148 K

$ 190 K

$ 299 K

$163

$203

$311

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

$ 137 K

$ 187 K

$ 252 K

$151

$201

$262

IT Director - Small Company  ^4 7 10 11

$ 100 K

$ 140 K

$ 190 K

$111

$150

$198

CISO - Chief Information Security Officer

$ 157 K

$ 196 K

$ 247 K

$174

$210

$257

Security Manager/Director

$ 125 K

$ 160 K

$ 207 K

$138

$171

$215

IT Audit Manager/Director  ⁸

$ 136 K

$ 167 K

$ 198 K

$150

$179

$206

Business Applications Manager - Large Company  ^1 11

$ 159 K

$ 194 K

$ 226 K

$176

$207

$234

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

$ 147 K

$ 163 K

$ 198 K

$162

$175

$206

Data Center Manager  ^1 11

$ 131 K

$ 153 K

$ 187 K

$144

$164

$194

Infrastructure Manager - Large Company  ^1 11

$ 153 K

$ 183 K

$ 221 K

$169

$196

$230

Infrastructure Manager - Mid-Size Company  ^2 3 11

$ 125 K

$ 165 K

$ 196 K

$138

$176

$204

Service Desk Manager - ITIL  ¹¹

$ 113 K

$ 142 K

$ 169 K

$125

$153

$176

Help Desk Manager  ¹¹

$ 89 K

$ 113 K

$ 147 K

$98

$121

$152

PMO Manager - with PMP  ^1 2 3 11

$ 136 K

$ 156 K

$ 190 K

$150

$167

$198

Project Manager - with PMP  ^1 2 3 11

$ 103 K

$ 140 K

$ 173 K

$114

$150

$180

Security and Audit

Security Architect/Engineer  ⁵

$ 120 K

$ 152 K

$ 185 K

$132

$163

$192

Security Administrator  ⁵

$ 81 K

$ 130 K

$ 157 K

$90

$139

$164

Security INFOSEC - Compliance  ⁵

$ 92 K

$ 116 K

$ 141 K

$102

$124

$146

IT/IS Auditor To Lead

$ 85 K

$ 120 K

$ 161 K

$94

$129

$168

Security - Dev/OPS

$ 115 K

$ 173 K

$ 190 K

$127

$185

$197

Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Warehousing

Senior Data Warehousing Specialist B/I  ⁵

$ 124 K

$ 153 K

$ 175 K

$137

$164

$182

Data Warehousing Specialist  ⁵

$ 94 K

$ 138 K

$ 156 K

$103

$148

$162

ETL Developer

$ 110 K

$ 132 K

$ 168 K

$121

$141

$174

DBA - Senior  ¹¹

$ 119 K

$ 154 K

$ 178 K

$132

$165

$185

DBA - Junior  ¹¹

$ 91 K

$ 112 K

$ 126 K

$101

$120

$131

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

$ 99 K

$ 133 K

$ 161 K

$109

$142

$167

Data Analyst

$ 93 K

$ 124 K

$ 148 K

$102

$133

$154

Report Writer

$ 71 K

$ 93 K

$ 116 K

$78

$99

$121

Techno/Functional Analyst

$ 101 K

$ 129 K

$ 163 K

$112

$138

$169

ERP

Oracle Developer - PL/SQ database focused

$ 95 K

$ 129 K

$ 163 K

$105

$138

$169

Oracle - Techno/Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 108 K

$ 140 K

$ 173 K

$119

$149

$179

Oracle - SME - Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 108 K

$ 136 K

$ 163 K

$120

$146

$170

PeopleSoft Developer - PeopleTools  ¹¹

$ 89 K

$ 117 K

$ 143 K

$98

$125

$149

PeopleSoft - SME - Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 110 K

$ 130 K

$ 161 K

$121

$140

$167

SAP - Developer ABAP  ¹¹

$ 108 K

$ 139 K

$ 161 K

$120

$149

$168

SAP - Techno/Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 125 K

$ 152 K

$ 187 K

$138

$163

$194

SAP - SME - Functional Analyst  ¹¹

$ 111 K

$ 144 K

$ 184 K

$122

$154

$192

ERP Administrator  ⁵

$ 88 K

$ 113 K

$ 139 K

$97

$121

$145

Web Development

Developer - PHP, ASP, Flash, HTML

$ 67 K

$ 88 K

$ 117 K

$74

$94

$122

Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop

$ 51 K

$ 70 K

$ 93 K

$56

$75

$96

Interactive Marketing / Search Engine Optimization / Social Media

$ 77 K

$ 109 K

$ 155 K

$85

$117

$161

Applications

Project/Team Lead - Applications  ^1 2 3 11

$ 95 K

$ 130 K

$ 176 K

$105

$139

$183

Enterprise/Applications Architect

$ 117 K

$ 159 K

$ 191 K

$129

$171

$198

Senior Developer/Team Lead  ⁵

$ 116 K

$ 160 K

$ 174 K

$128

$172

$181

Systems/Business Analyst  ¹¹

$ 87 K

$ 120 K

$ 152 K

$96

$129

$158

SharePoint Developer (4 - 10 years)

$ 103 K

$ 127 K

$ 152 K

$113

$136

$158

Developer - .NET (4 - 10 years)  ⁵

$ 101 K

$ 138 K

$ 166 K

$112

$148

$173

Developer - JAVA (4 - 10 years)  ⁵

$ 91 K

$ 119 K

$ 157 K

$101

$128

$164

Developer - C++

$ 91 K

$ 129 K

$ 153 K

$101

$138

$159

Developer - Client Server (3+ years)

$ 79 K

$ 107 K

$ 142 K

$87

$114

$147

Junior Developer (1 - 4 years)  ⁵

$ 67 K

$ 95 K

$ 123 K

$74

$102

$127

Quality Assurance - Applications Testing

$ 68 K

$ 94 K

$ 130 K

$75

$101

$135

Quality Assurance – Team Lead/Manager

$ 112 K

$ 140 K

$ 174 K

$124

$150

$181

Entry Level Applications - 4-Year Degree

$ 49 K

$ 58 K

$ 84 K

$54

$63

$88

Entry Level Applications - 2-Year Degree

$ 39 K

$ 49 K

$ 58 K

$43

$52

$60

Miscellaneous

Technical Writer

$ 67 K

$ 81 K

$ 115 K

$74

$87

$119

Training

$ 71 K

$ 90 K

$ 121 K

$78

$97

$126

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Project Manager  ^1 2 3 11

$ 111 K

$ 125 K

$ 174 K

$122

$134

$181

Communications Architect - CCIE  ^1 2 3

$ 122 K

$ 149 K

$ 195 K

$135

$160

$203

Systems Network Engineer (10+ years)

$ 106 K

$ 133 K

$ 168 K

$117

$142

$174

Communications - VoIP

$ 89 K

$ 121 K

$ 152 K

$98

$129

$158

UNIX/Linux Administrator

$ 73 K

$ 115 K

$ 146 K

$81

$124

$151

UNIX/Linux System Engineer  ^1 2 3

$ 94 K

$ 132 K

$ 169 K

$103

$141

$176

2nd Level LAN Administrator (7+ years)

$ 83 K

$ 110 K

$ 143 K

$91

$118

$149

1st Level LAN Administrator (2+ years)

$ 65 K

$ 88 K

$ 104 K

$71

$94

$109

Entry Level Infrastructure - 4-Year Degree

$ 49 K

$ 54 K

$ 76 K

$54

$58

$79

Entry Level Infrastructure - 2-Year Degree

$ 34 K

$ 42 K

$ 52 K

$38

$45

$54

Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop

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

$ 91 K

$ 114 K

$ 142 K

$101

$122

$147

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

$ 73 K

$ 94 K

$ 111 K

$81

$101

$115

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

$ 45 K

$ 64 K

$ 79 K

$50

$68

$82

Software Support (2+ years)  ¹¹

$ 54 K

$ 80 K

$ 107 K

$59

$86

$111

Hardware Technician (1 - 5 years) ¹¹

$ 41 K

$ 58 K

$ 86 K

$46

$62

$90

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.