Government Technology

2005 IT Salary Survey


September 12, 2005 By

Enterprise Systems (ES), a provider of business and technology information, has released the findings of an extensive IT salary survey for 2005.

Key findings include:
  • Application programmers saw the largest jump in salaries across the IT staff positions for the second year in a row, and now average $56,500 -- a rise of 6.6 percent over last year's survey.

  • Systems programmers had the toughest year in terms of salary and bonuses with base salaries dropping nearly 5% to $67,150 in 2005.

  • Database administrators make more than most IT line positions with premiums paid to those working in the IMS and DB2 environments.

  • IT executives responsible for building and deploying customer-facing systems are getting the highest rewards.

  • The western United States, which felt the pain of recent IT layoffs and cutbacks perhaps more acutely than other regions, is now rebounding strongly and leading the way in salaries.

  • More than one out of five IT professionals (22 percent) feel their jobs are likely to be outsourced at some point in the future.
This salary survey of 1,170 enterprise-IT sites tracked salary figures for IT managers and professionals across a broad spectrum of organizations. The survey covers seven IT line positions and eight IT management positions.

This report also examines: salary by region, industry, and company size; job satisfaction and security; and average number of hours worked per week.

To download the ES 2005 IT Salary Survey Report, go to: www.esj.com/2005itsalary.

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