2010 Mid-Year IT Salary Survey
Comparative Year Salary Survey 1996 - 2010
Are you paying too much or too little to your IT staff? Do you have IT job descriptions? 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 how your company compares in the area of compensation. Data is as of June 2010.
The Janco Associates, Inc. salary survey draws on data collected throughout the year by extensive interviews, internet-based survey data, and survey forms completed by businesses throughout the United States and Canada. The compensation study (over 155 pages in PDF or WORD and EXCEL with the data) can be ordered here. If you do not want to purchase the full salary study, you can get just the data for a particular city for a fraction of the cost of the full study. Just click here to see all the cities covered. Summary Results and Changes in Demand for IT Jobs 2010
IT Median Salaries June 2009 vs. June 2010
Currently the Mid-Atlantic market is toughest place to find a job. Skills with a high demand
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The Benchmark represents our assessment of the compensation level required for organizations to remain competitive and minimize the risk of losing employees to other organizations. Reviews were conducted from the standpoint of a comparison o base salary and, when appropriate, from the additional standpoint of total compensation. Total compensation is determined by adding the budgetary bonus amounts and an equivalent cash value for above-standard compensation to an individual's base salary. The compensation Study data was divided into two categories. Large companies are companies whose gross revenues are equal to or greater than $500MM. Mid-sized companies are companies whose gross revenues are less than $500MM. |
 Janco's 2010 IT Salary Survey includes
the following 78 United States cities, as well as 23 selected cities inCanada.
US Cities
Canadian Cities
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IT Positions in Demand
Currently the Mid-Atlantic market is toughest place to find a job.
Skills with a high demand
Janco has identified the following as skills that are in high demand.
- Project Management – especially large projects with short time frame for delivery
- Security – focus on mandated compliance issues
- Network Administration – wireless and cloud administration
- Virtualization (Cloud) – new applications and management of the IT infrastructure
- Business and Operational Analysis – focus on business change
- Productivity Improvement Analysis – metrics and operational analysis
- Web 2 – interactive applications that add value
- Database Management – applications that leverage enterprise assets
- System Administration – Windows and UNIX management
- Desktop Support – standardization and change management
Fringe Benefits for IT Professionals June 2010
Companies have started to cut back on the fringe benefits provided to IT Professionals. For example in January of 2008 95% of IT professionals had health insurance supplied by their employers while in June 2009 only 88% did. A full historical comparison of trends in benefits is included with the full version of the Janco IT Salary Survey.
f you do not want to purchase the full salary study, you can get just the data for a particular city for a fraction of the cost of the full study. Just click here to see all the cities covered.
Historical Data - Executives Large Enterprises
Similar data is provide for all 73 positions for both large and mid-sized enterprises. In addition the data is all broken down by major metro areas with the United States and Canada.
Charts showing key compensation trends are provide in all versions of the study. An example of one of the charts is shown below.  Excel sheet includes means and benchmarks for each position. To see a limited number of pages of the Comparative IT Salary Survey. |
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If you provide ten or more job title data points you will qualify to get a free copy of the full study. If you have any questions on the survey send us an email at
Janco Associates, Inc.
U.S. Department of Labor National Employment Report
Job picture still poor for IT
The U.S. Department of Labor National Employment Report, showed a loss of IT-related jobs. Janco tracks ups and downs in employment in five key job categories – IT services, computer systems design, data processing and telecommunications. Data for the past 12 months shows a gain in jobs for Information Services and computer systems design and related services.
| Un Adjusted (x000) | Seasonally Adjusted (x000) | |||||||||
| Sep-2009 | Jul-2010 | Aug-2010 | Sep-2010 | % Change | Sept-2009 | Jul-2010 | Aug-2010 | Sep-2010 | % Change | |
| Telecommunications | 963.4 | 919.6 | 920.0 | 913.5 | -5.18% | 966.7 | 921 | 919.4 | 914.2 | -5.43% |
| Data Processing, hosting and related services | 249.6 | 245.2 | 242.2 | 242.1 | -3.00% | 250.1 | 245.5 | 244.0 | 243.8 | -2.52% |
| Other information services | 132.9 | 141.3 | 141.7 | 141.3 | 6.32% | 134.3 | 140.8 | 141.2 | 141.7 | 5.51% |
| Computer systems design related services | 1,421.5 | 1,459.1 | 1,466.4 | 1,457.6 | 2.54% | 1,425.5 | 1,454.8 | 1,459.6 | 1,458.7 | 2.33% |
| Total | 2,767.4 | 2,765.2 | 2,770.3 | 2,754.5 | -0.47% | 2,776.6 | 2,762.1 | 2,764.2 | 2,758.4 | -0.66% |
| Un Adjusted (x000) | Seasonally Adjusted (x000) | |||||||||
| May-09 | Mar-09 | Apr-09 | May-10 | % Change | May-09 | Mar-09 | Apr-09 | May-10 | % Change | |
| Telecommunications | 976.9 | 942.4 | 929.4 | 927.7 | -5.04% | 977.3 | 941.1 | 934.1 | 929.5 | -4.89% |
| Data Processing, hosting and related services |
251.5 | 248.6 | 250.4 | 247.9 | -1.43% | 249.3 | 248.0 | 247.6 | 246.3 | -1.20% |
| Other information services | 133.6 | 135.9 | 137.0 | 137.8 | 3.14% | 133.4 | 136.5 | 137.3 | 137.9 | 3.37% |
| Computer systems design related services |
1,414.4 | 1,428.6 | 1,441.1 | 1,427.1 | 0.90% | 1,419.7 | 1,426.1 | 1,443.3 | 1,443.0 | 1.64% |
| Total | 2,776.4 | 2,755.5 | 2,757.9 | 2,740.5 | -1.29% | 2,779.7 | 2,751.7 | 2,762.3 | 2,756.7 | -0.83% |
Based on this data and interviews that Janco has conducted. Janco predicts there will be more churn in IT staffs as CIOs accelerate their move to more flexible staffing models. CIOs are outsourcing more technical work, including managed IP services such as VoIP and VPNs. They are hiring more contractors for desktop and security services, and they are putting more applications such as remote backup in the cloud. At the same time, they are looking to hire IT people with business and analytical skills, such as risk management and project management. CIOs report that they're having trouble hiring IT people because either they can't find IT professionals with the right business skills or they can't afford them. All of this means more turnover in IT departments.
