IT Salary Survey

2009 IT Salary Survey Mid Year &

Comparative Year Salary Survey
1996 - 2009

IT Hiring Kit

Are you paying too much or too little to your information technology staff? Are you earning what you're worth? Whether employer or employee, it is important to know what other companies are paying in total compensation for a similar position in your area. Learn howyour company compares in the area of compensation. Get IT Job Descriptions and staff hiring guidelines.

The Janco Associates, Inc. salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year by extensive internet-based and completed surveyforms sent to businesses throughout the United States and Canada.  Our database contains over 80,000 data points.

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The compensation study (160 plus pages in PDF or WORD and EXCEL with the data) can be ordered here. In addition if you provide us with more than ten (10) data points you can get a copy of the next IT Salary Survey for free. This survey is published in January and July.

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IT Staffing and Compensastion News

06/29/2009
Project Managers are a Bright Spot in the IT Job Market

Janco released its 2009 Mid Year IT Salary Survey which shows that overall pay has declined for IT Professionals in the past 18 months. Janco also found that demand is down for IT Professionals.  Project Managers are one of the few bright spots in the market, especially in large enterprises.

Project Manager - Titles

Large Enterprises

Mid-Sized Enterprises

   Applications

$94,471.74

$80,058.56

   Distributed Systems

$95,658.06

$86,119.15

  Network Technical Services

$89,257.62

$62,462.99

  Systems

$89,004.99

$89,193.04

 

The one Project Manager type that has been impacted the most by the economy is Network Technical Services. That is the area where many enterprises (Mid-sized Enterprises in particular) have made cuts. 

 

Currently the Mid-Atlantic market is toughest place to find a job.


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06/20/2009
IT Executive Salary Medians Fall

Janco Associates is just completing its 2009 Mid Year Salary Survey and found that the median salaries paid to IT Executives in large enterprises (over 500 million in sales or with more than 100 IT professionals) has fallen in the last 18 months.

Historic Salaries for IT Executives

The CEO of Janco, Victor Janulaitis said, "Over the last six quarters there has been a noticeable reduction in costs associated with senior level IT professionals in large enterprise.  In New York alone there are over 200 IT executives  that had earned well into the six figures that are now looking for work."

The 2009 Mid Year IT Salary Survey will be released at the end of June and more information can be gotten at Janco's websites.


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06/15/2009
Staffing Needs to Address New Application Approaches

CIO's need to adjust staffing requirements to address the needs of 2010 versus 1990.  Application achitecture has and is continuing to change.

1990 Applications

2010 Applications

Mainframe - Host Based

Web - Server Based

Designed to last

Designed to change

Tightly integrated

Open Architecture, modular

Application silos

Enterprise Mirrors

Code-oriented

Process-oriented

Rigid sequential development - SDM

Interactive and iterative development - SOA

Cost-centered

Business-oriented

Homogeneous

Heterogeneous

Job content is changing as well as knowledge requirements.

 


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06/13/2009
How to Tell if the CIO's Job is at Risk

What are the signs that the CIOs job is at risk. Unfortunately, many CIOs have a hard time recognizing their own shortcomings.   CIOs and IT managers should watch for these signs that could indicate that co-workers have a problem with them:

  • Meetings happen without the CIO or IT manager being involved or informed.
  • The CIO’s or IT Manager’s feedback and input are not sought or are ignored.
  • CIO or IT manager are not included in strategic planning.
  • The IT department suffers from high turnover, and the CIO or IT manager have a particularly hard time keeping top-tier talent.
  • People work around the CIO or IT manager.
  • The business-side peers seek out others in IT to handle their problems, while IT staffers seek out other IT leaders or even go over your head.
  • The CIO or IT manager don't hear bad news directly from those who should be delivering it. (It could indicate that they are not good at taking criticism or handling problems.)

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06/07/2009
How to avoid the courtroom for employment lawsuits

Internet and Information Technology HandiguideThe Internet and IT Job Description HandiGuide is a tool that every CIO and IT manager should have at their disposal.  It defines some simple things that you can do to avoid employment-based lawsuits:

  • Know the laws that apply – EEOC and OSHA
  • Create an employee handbook and follow it for everyone
  • Minimize the use of employee contracts
  • Retain copies of your offer letter
  • Document all employment-based conversations
  • Do not assume that "transferring" an employee will solve a problem
  • Hire well and do detail vetting and reference checking
  • Be proactive any all personnel issues

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06/04/2009
Top Reasons For CIO and IT Manager Failures

The top reasons why CIOs and IT Managers lose their jobs are:

  • Inability to communicate effectively
  • Poor interpersonal skills
  • Lack of leadership skills
  • Inability to accept new solutions - locked into doing things the same old way
  • Inability to deliver systems and expected results
  • Not meeting budget (time and dollars) expectations
  • Inability to see beyond technology - missing business objectives

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