2013 IT Skills & Salary Report

1. 2013 IT Skills & Salary Report Liu, Jie Professor and Chair Department of Computer Science Computer Science Division Western Oregon University Monmouth, OR 97361 Liuj@wou.edu

2. Based on a report by • From over 10K participants all in NA

3. Overview • COMPENSATION IS INCREASING • JOB SATISFACTION IS HOLDING STEADY • TRAINING MATTERS • CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING

4. Base Salary

5. Salary Changes

6. Getting Younger and stay shorter

7. Male vs. Female-Wrong Direction

8. Salary

9. Job roles and compensation • The average salary for help desk support technicians was $49,899, 37% below the overall average of $78,649. Other job roles with salaries below the average include analysts (-10%), systems administrators (-15%), and specialists (-12%). • Roles with salaries above the average include systems architects (+30%), • project managers (+15%), IT managers (+17%), and consultants (+22%). Directors and above ranged from 37% to 71% above the average.

10. What do people do

11. Bigger Companies Pay More • Salary increases with department size, due in part to technology specialization. The average salary in departments with fewer than 10 IT pros was $69,149. Average salaries increase 14 percent for those in departments of 10–49 ($78,949), and salaries continue to increase, topping out at $89,499, for IT pros working in departments of 250 or more.

12. Service Area Industry Matters

13. Raises and Their Reasons

14. OVERALL JOB SATISFACTION

15. OVERALL SENSE OF JOB SECURITY

16. Trainings

17. TOP 15 SKILLS IMPACTED SALARY

18. TOP CERTIFICATIONS BY SALARY

19. Likely added skills