Good news for those who occupy key positions in IT departments, including CIO, CTO and chief security officer (CSO). Although IT budgets are expected to see only flat growth in 2017, organisations will find money to hike IT salaries.
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A new IT salary report from Robert Half Technology provides a list of 19 IT jobs that will pay the most in 2017, including the expected salary range for each job. (2016 salary range is in parentheses.)
Chief information officer: $175,000 to $279,000 ($172,000 to $268,000); difference: 3.1 percent
Chief technology officer: $149,000 to $240,000 ($147,500 to $229,000); 3.3 percent
Chief security officer: $145,250 to $235,750 ($140,250 to $222,500); 5.3 percent
VP of information technology: $143,250 to $234,250 ($141,000 to $225,000); 3.1 percent
Information systems security manager: $136,000 to $191,750 ($129,750 to $182,000); 5.1 percent
Big data engineer: $135,000 to $196,000 ($129,500 to $183,500); 5.8 percent
Data architect: $131,250 to $184,000 ($127,250 to $175,500); 4.1 percent
Data warehouse manager: $129,000 to $123,750 to $172,000); 4.1 percent
Practice manager, consulting and systems integration: $127,750 to $180,000 ($125,000 to $173,500); 3.1 percent
Director, consulting and systems integration: $126,750 to $198,000 ($123,750 to $190,250); 3.4 percent
Network architect: $125,000 to $183,000 ($120,000 to $175,000); 4.4 percent
Director of information technology: $124,500 to $193,500 ($122,750 to $185,000); 3.3 percent
Applications architect: $124,500 to $128,750 ($121,250 to $171,750); 3.5 percent
Database manager: $122,250 to $177,000 ($118,000 to $170,500); 3.7 percent
Senior information technology auditor: $121,000 to $173,500 ($116,000 to $164,250); 5.1 percent
Mobile applications developer: $118,750 to $182,250 ($115,250to $175,750); 3.4 percent
Data security analyst: $118,250 to $169,000 ($113,500 to $160,000); 5 percent
Business intelligence analyst: $118,000 to $171,750 ($113,750 to $164,000); 4.3 percent
Senior web developer: $116,250 to $161,500 ($111,250 to $154,000); 4.7 percent
Source: Health Data Management
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A new IT salary report from Robert Half Technology provides a list of 19 IT jobs that will pay the most in 2017, including the expected salary range for each job.