IT Salary Survey 2012 Final

7/28/2019 IT Salary Survey 2012 Final

1/20

$$$

$$$

0%

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

IT SALARY SURVEY 2012:

PAYCHECKS, PRIDE ANDPEACE OF MINDTechTargets annual IT Salary Survey delves into executive and staff salarytrends, pay by industry and the factors that contribute to job satisfaction.

nThe State oIT Careers

nSalary StatisticsReveal ModestGrowth in ITSector in 2012

nGap AmongIndustries in

Average Salaryor Senior ITis Considerable

nInormationTechnology CostsMust Considerthe Human Factor

nIT leader and CIOSalaries or Women

Dont Measure upto Male Peers


2/20


3/20


4/20


5/20

IT SALARY SURVEY 2012: PAYCHECKS, PRIDE AND PEACE OF MIND 5

EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY

FOR SENIOR IT ISCONSIDERABLE

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR

WOMEN DONTMEASURE UP TO

MALE PEERS

SALARY STATISTICS REVEAL MODEST GROWTH IN IT SECTOR IN 2012

SALARY STATISTICS BY JOB TITLE

Across the salary survey, the averagehighest-paying IT position was theposition the survey titled EVP/SVP/VP o Business Applications (seeTable 1, page 4). Survey respondentswho identied themselves as anexecutive vice president, senior vicepresident or vice president o busi-ness applications reported an aver-age salary o $167,900. Their individ-

ual base salaries were widely spreadbetween $56,000 and $300,000annually.

Survey respondents who identi-ed themselves as chie technologyocer (CTO) reported an aver-age salary o $155,625, and CTOsbase salaries ranged rom $80,000

to $275,000. Meanwhile, CIOs

reported an average salary that was$30,000 less than the average sala-ry reported by CTOs, and CIOs basesalaries varied more, ranging rom$45,000 to $360,000.

In general, CTOs reported largeraverage salaries: Among CTOs,85% reported earning more than$110,000, while 58% o CIOs report-ed the same income marker. CIOs in

larger, enterprise-level companiestended to earn average salaries thatwere larger than CTOs averagesalaries$164,750 was the averagesalary reported by CIOs in enterpriseorganizationsbut similarly, CTOsin enterprise-level organizations alsoreported a higher average salary

Figure 1: AVERAGE PAY RAISES FROM 2010 TO 2012The majority o respondents received an average yearly raise o 2% to 4.9% in 2012.

SOURCE: TECHTARGETS IT SALARY SURVEY 2012

2010

2011

201276

45131

7

542311

4733165.3%raise of2-4.9%

62.9%raise of2-4.9%

61.3%raise of2-4.9%

15.2% 13.9% 9.8%

3.7% 5.1% 4.3%

7.2% 7.5% 10%

2.6% 2.9% 3.6%

0.2% 0.7% 0.2% 0.7%

4.9% 4.4% 7.1%

0.9% 2.4% 3.2%

nRAISE OF0.01-1.9%

nRAISE OF2-4.9%

nRAISE OF5-6.9%

nRAISE OF

7-9.9%

nRAISE OF10-14.9%

nRAISE OF15-19.9%

nRAISE OF

20-49.9%

nRAISE OF

50-99%

nRAISE OF100% ORMORE


6/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS


($231,667 average salary).

In my mind, the right salary or aCIO depends on the size o the insti-tution, its complexity and your nego-tiation skills, said Jaime Manriquez,CTO at the Santa Cruz County Bankin Caliornia. A CIO touches everycorner o the institution and eelshe or she should be under the samecompensation as the business exec-utives.

The lowest average salary rateswere reported by respondents whoidentied themselves as being in thesurvey categories o IT Sta and Net-work Manager/Administrator. Theaverage salaries across the board orthose individuals were the lowest, at$72,717 and $73,934 respectively,

but proessionals in those roles in

organizations with ewer than 100employees reported the lowest aver-age salaries o any group in the sur-vey ($47,787 and $55,486, respec-tively).

INSIGHT INTO THE AVERAGE

YEARLY RAISE

I 2012 is any indication, the aver-

age pay raise or 2013 is going tobe modest. By ar the majority orespondents (61%) received an aver-age yearly raise o 2.0% to 4.9%(see Figure 1, page 5) with another10% o respondents receiving anaverage pay raise o 0.01% to 1.9%.Although the number o respon-

Figure 2: IS YOUR IT DEPARTMENT FULLY STAFFED?The recession is still having an impact on IT departments, with most

respondents reporting that they are not hiring.

2+41s16%

Hiring freeze

14%

Shrinking/Not hiring

1%

Staff shortage/Not hiring

28%

Fully staffed, not hiring

41%

Growing/Hiring



7/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS


dents receiving an average payraise o.01% to 1.9% has climbedover the last three years o Tech-

Targets IT salary surveys (up rom7.2% in 2010), so has the number orespondents receiving more than a7% average raise. In 2010, 12.4% osurvey takers reported receiving anaverage pay raise o 7.0% or higher.In 2011, the percentage o surveytakers in that group rose to 15.7%;and in 2012, about one in ve surveytakers reported average raises higher

than 7.0%.Here are a ew more takeaways

rom TechTargets IT Salary Survey2012:

n The majority (47%) o respon-dents had been in their currentroles or one to ve years. Aboutone-quarter (24%) had been in

their roles or six to 10 years. Andalthough the average time spent inany given role is usually less than10 years, the majority o respon-dents had been in the IT eld rom11 to 20 years (42%), and morethan one-third (36%) o respon-dents had been in the IT eld ormore than 21 years.

nOne-th (22%) o respondentssaid they were happy in theircurrent roles, while almost hal(47%) had their eyes on inter-nal advancement in the nextthree to ve years in either IT or

another area o the business. Only17% said they were interestedin leaving their current organiza-

tion.

nIT sta working in larger compa-nies were more likely to reportbeing contacted by recruiters.More than 70% o respondents inenterprise organizations had beentapped by executive headhunters,compared to 57% o respondentsin companies with ewer than 100

employees.

About hal (57%) o the salarysurvey respondents said their over-all compensation had improved orincreased compared to 2011, while17% said that it had declined ortaken a negative turn. In TechTar-gets 2011 salary survey data, the

statistics were nearly identical, with56% reporting a positive trend com-pared to 2010.

There are strong indicators thatthe recession is still having an impacton IT departments, but an optimistic41% o survey respondents reportedthat their IT departments are grow-ing or are actively hiring (see Figure2, page 6). Almost one-third (30%),

however, reported their departmentsare shrinking or under a hiring

reeze, while 1% reportedthey currently have a stashortage but are not able toll the positions. n

!!!


8/20


9/20


10/20


11/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

GAP AMONG INDUSTRIES IN AVERAGE SALARY FOR SENIOR IT IS CONSIDERABLE

a college closing is small. Ive donethe risk vs. rewards, and right now Ilike stability.

Also not driven by money is JeSwiney, director o IS and distribu-tion at a small, ast-growing wom-ens apparel chain. About 15 yearsolder than Stockton, Swiney tooka signicant cut in pay to workin a business that not only taps hisexpertise in both IT and logistics butis also located in his beloved Tennes-see, where he has amily and grand-

children. In act, his pay is under theretail industrys average salary o$92,000 in the TechTarget survey,but he stands to make considerablymore i the company goes public.The quality o lie made up or thepay, he said.

ALREADY ON TOP, WITH

NOWHERE TO GROW

Jim, a senior sotware architect ata large IT services provider on theEast Coast, who needed to remainanonymous to discuss salary details,is in the top echelon o pay. An expe-rienced IT proessional in his mid-40s with a masters degree in elec-tronics and telecommunications, he

earns $220,000 in salary and earneda $6,000 bonus in 2011. For him,career development must ocus onparameters other than just pay.

Jim joined his company in 2007through an acquisition and considershimsel ortunate to have made theleap at the cusp o a recession that

put many startups out o business.The last time he worked at a largecompany was during the dot-com

bust, by way o an acquisition madejust beore the economy went sour.

Large companies weather the stormbetter, he said. As a senior proes-sional in the providers research anddevelopment arm, Jim is measuredon his ability to innovate, work cre-atively and bring projects to comple-

tion. He is open to making a moveand is oten contacted by recruiters,but hes nding that his salary is pric-ing him out o contention.

Theyll say, Oh, that is out o ourrange, he said, adding that thispast downturn has been hard or ITproessionals at the upper end o thescale. Companies are not investingin expensive senior people. People

like him used to be able to demandsigning bonuses and were oeredlucrative stock options. You mightstill get those perks when you comeaboard, especially in an acquisition,but once youre there, or sure theydry up, he said.

For all these reasons, Jims

IVE DONE THE RISK VS.REWARDS, AND RIGHTNOW I LIKE STABILITY.Tim Stocktonsystems engineer, Virginia Western

Community College


12/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

GAP AMONG INDUSTRIES IN AVERAGE SALARY FOR SENIOR IT IS CONSIDERABLE

employment is dictated by threequestions: Is the division hes ingrowing, and can he grow with it?

What other divisions oer oppor-tunities to grow? I advancementisnt possible, is it prudent to go toanother startup? Some o his riendsin Silicon Valley are making theleap now, but his sense is thatthe tech economy on the EastCoast is not robust enough towarrant a move.

The big question going orward iswhether the pay disparity betweenindustries and the pay disparities

between IT leaders and IT stapeople remain stable. I IT olks in anindustry are ocused on how they aredoing relative to others in the same

industry, according to currenttrends in TechTargets IT Sal-ary Survey 2012, these dis-parities are likely to be with usor some time. n

$$$


13/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

LTHOUGH SPECIFIC COSTSvary by industry andcompany size, busi-nesses typically spendmore on labor or

employee compensation than onanything else. One notable excep-tion is the airline industry, whoseexpense or uel averages about evenwith labor costs, with each at

Inormation technology costs area big chunk o business expensestoobetween 2% and 4% o rev-enue, according to Gartner Inc.But because much o IT costs also

consist o human capital, it quicklybecomes obvious why the role oIT and the transormation o the ITdepartment or the uture should becore strategic unctions or CIOsas much i not more so than whichtechnology to buy and deploy.

TechTargets IT Salary Survey

2012examined IT careers, salaries,job satisaction and drivers or pro-ductivity. The survey data showedwhat motivates IT workers and howdierent levels o IT employees are

treated when it comes to compensa-tion.For instance, senior IT leaders are

nearly our times more likely to leavetheir jobs because they need a newchallenge (26%) than because theywant higher pay (see Figure 3, page14). Leaving or a new challenge isalso important to IT staers (21%),but leaving or more money is a big-

ger issue or them (12%) than ortheir bosses (7%).

Also, IT staers (6%) are morelikely than their senior IT leaders(2%) to leave because o businessuncertainty. This makes sense iyou consider that senior IT leadershave more insight into whats being

A

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST CONSIDERTHE HUMAN FACTORExact costs vary by industry and company size, but the bottomline is clear: Businesses generally spend the most on employeecompensation. By Scot Petersen
http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240151077/Moving-away-from-IT-spend-as-a-percentage-of-revenuehttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240151077/Moving-away-from-IT-spend-as-a-percentage-of-revenuehttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240160874/IT-jobs-caught-in-the-middle-of-IT-transformationhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240160874/IT-jobs-caught-in-the-middle-of-IT-transformationhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240173834/Job-satisfaction-Why-senior-IT-leaders-stay-and-why-they-gohttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240173834/Job-satisfaction-Why-senior-IT-leaders-stay-and-why-they-gohttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240160874/IT-jobs-caught-in-the-middle-of-IT-transformationhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240160874/IT-jobs-caught-in-the-middle-of-IT-transformationhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240151077/Moving-away-from-IT-spend-as-a-percentage-of-revenuehttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240151077/Moving-away-from-IT-spend-as-a-percentage-of-revenue


14/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COSTS MUST CONSIDER THE HUMAN FACTOR

done in the business to address thechanging climate and are betterable to gauge optimism about those

changes.The survey data also showed that

the higher ranking the IT executive,the higher his or her salary increaseis likely to be (see Table 3, page15). In short, a majority o IT sta(64%) and senior IT employees(56%) received modest raises in

2012, ranging rom 2% to 5%. Forraises ranging rom 20% to 50%,however, the parity no longer exists:

Senior IT leaders were much morelikely (8%) than their IT sta (2%)to be awarded big raises. This couldbe related to the act that senior ITexecutives have compensation tiedto the completion o a big project oror hitting ROI.

Clearly, general IT sta cannot

Figure 3: WHY IT TALENT LEFT PREVIOUS POSITIONSSenior IT leaders are more likely to leave their jobs in search o new challenges

than or bigger paychecks..

Business uncertainty

General dissatisaction

New boss or management

Other

Position eliminateddue to merger or acquisition

Previous position was evolvingin a way that didnt interest me

Previous position was evolving ina way that no longer ft my skills

Wanted a new challenge

Wanted more money

Was fred

Was laid o

(or would have been laid o)

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%


n SENIOR IT LEADERS

n GENERAL IT STAFF

2

2

2

1

2

24

26

21

21

6

66

5

7

7

4

9

10

12

13

14
http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240173905/Salary-statistics-reveal-modest-growth-in-IT-sector-in-2012http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240173905/Salary-statistics-reveal-modest-growth-in-IT-sector-in-2012


15/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COSTS MUST CONSIDER THE HUMAN FACTOR

make these types o big increases,but this should be considered when

a company tries to nd skilled IT per-sonnel or the types o IT specialtiesthat will emerge over the next ewyearsin services management,collaboration and data analysis,among others. Perhaps a strategy

o giving incentives to certain low ormid-level workers to get retrained

in needed areas will enable compa-nies to retain workers rather than gothrough the time and expenseo nding new ones. n

Additional reporting by

Wendy Schuchart.

Table 3: SALARIES OF GENERAL IT STAFFVS. SENIOR IT LEADERS

The majority o both IT sta and senior IT employeesreceived modest raises in 2012.


SALARY INCREASES GENERAL IT STAFF SENIOR IT LEADERS

0.01 - 1.9% 12% 6%

2 - 4.9% 64% 56%

5 - 6.9% 10% 9%

7 - 9.9% 3% 7%

10 - 14.9% 6% 9%

15 - 19.9% 2% 5%

20 - 49.9% 2% 8%

50 - 100% 1% 1%
http://searchcio.techtarget.com/tip/Evolving-IT-skill-sets-Seven-roles-that-should-be-on-CIOs-radarhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/tip/Evolving-IT-skill-sets-Seven-roles-that-should-be-on-CIOs-radar


16/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

ENDER MATTERS WHEN itcomes to IT leaderand CIO salaries.Data rom TechTar-gets IT Salary Survey

2012 shows that, in general, womenCIOs and IT leaders are making lessmoney annually than their malepeers.

O the 778 senior IT leaders sur-veyed, 138 emale respondents whowere either a vice president or CIOor reported into a C-level execu-tive reported an average salary o$86,294. The salary average or their

631 male peers was $108,741. More-over, a surprising 60% o emaleexecutives reported earning lessthan $89,000 annually, compared to

just 40% o their male peers report-ing similar salary averages.

Women in IT are not alone whenit comes to pay inequality. Disparity

in salary averages between genderscontinues to occur across industries,but it is disproportionately presentamong higher-level jobs, said Cath-erine Hill, research director at the

American Association o UniversityWomen (AAUW), a Washington,D.C.-based womens equity advo-cacy organization. TechTargets nd-ings refect national trends, includingthose ound in the AAUWs 2012study, The Simple Truth About theGender Pay Gap.

Some o the biggest pay gaps areamong the most highly educated

women at leadership levels, Hillsaid. Oten well hear theres suchgreat equality in a particular eldbecause there are so many womenin senior positions, but when youdrill down you oten nd bigger payinequality at the top.

According to 2011 U.S. Census

G

IT LEADER AND CIO SALARIES

FOR WOMEN DONT MEASUREUP TO MALE PEERSWhats behind the lagging CIO pay for women IT leaders?By Karen Goulart
http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/tip/Women-in-technology-Our-CIO-readers-talk-IT-gender-roleshttp://www.aauw.org/learn/research/simpleTruth.cfmhttp://www.aauw.org/learn/research/simpleTruth.cfmhttp://www.aauw.org/learn/research/simpleTruth.cfmhttp://www.aauw.org/learn/research/simpleTruth.cfmhttp://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/tip/Women-in-technology-Our-CIO-readers-talk-IT-gender-roles


17/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

IT LEADER AND CIO SALARIES FOR WOMEN DONT MEASURE UP TO MALE PEERS

Bureau data, about 6% o all womenworkers earned $100,000 or more,compared to 15% o male workers.

Put another way, Hill said, Womenmake up about a quarter o workersearning $100,000 or more annuallybut make up nearly hal o the overallworkorce.

The TechTarget IT Salary Survey2012 refected a similar gap in theupper ranks o CIO salaries. Whilemore than 5% o men IT leadersreported salaries o $190,000 or

higher, only 1.5% o women matchedthose earnings. In act, women earn-ing average salaries higher than$130,000 were a rarity (14%) com-pared with their male counterpartsearning that rate (27.2%).

CIO SALARIES: SELF-ASSESSMENT KEY

IN CORRECTING A PAY INEQUALITY

A ew o the women who took Tech-Targets IT Salary Survey 2012 saidthey were not surprised by the sal-ary survey ndings, although theywerent immediately willing to pinthe disparity solely on gender. Theirnames have been changed, but their

job titles and locations are real.All o the emale IT proession-

als who were interviewed maintainleadership positions that put themin charge o determining salaries otheir team members, and they areacutely aware o sticking to metricsand keeping pay air. It is sometimesa dierent story when it comes totheir own pay.

In her current role, Nancy, vicepresident o project management at

a Seattle digital marketing company,said she is being airly compensated,but this wasnt always the case.Early on I approached my boss andprovided him with examples o workId done and ended up getting a pro-motion as a result o that conversa-tion, which I dont think wouldvehappened otherwise, Nancy said. At

rst she didnt eel this was a genderissue, but upon urther refection, shesaw a link. It could be that men aremore vocal about sel-appraisal ver-sus women, Nancy said.

Vocalizing her sel-worth alsomade a big dierence or Paula.Today she is the IT manager at anOregon-based direct marketingcompany. During the course o more

than 20 years in the industry, herjobs have included programmer andmanager o a business intelligenceteam. On average she makes aboutas much as her male counterpartsbut only ater realizing that she hadsold hersel short, she said.

When Paula took her current posi-

WHILE MORE THAN5% OF MEN IT LEADERS

REPORTED SALARIESOF $190,000 ORHIGHER, ONLY 1.5%OF WOMEN MATCHEDTHOSE EARNINGS.
http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/tip/Women-in-information-technology-stymied-by-gender-gap-readers-reporthttp://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/tip/Women-in-information-technology-stymied-by-gender-gap-readers-reporthttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240160365/CIO-leadership-tips-from-Batman-Spider-Man-and-the-Avengershttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240146755/Forging-a-BI-strategy-in-a-user-centric-tablet-crazed-big-data-worldhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240146755/Forging-a-BI-strategy-in-a-user-centric-tablet-crazed-big-data-worldhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240160365/CIO-leadership-tips-from-Batman-Spider-Man-and-the-Avengershttp://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/tip/Women-in-information-technology-stymied-by-gender-gap-readers-reporthttp://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/tip/Women-in-information-technology-stymied-by-gender-gap-readers-report


18/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

tion, she assumed her companycould not aord to pay her morebecause it was a smaller business,

she said. Ater being on the job orabout a year, she learned that theprevious CIO had earned signi-cantly more. Despite having a sub-C-level title, Paula was doing thesame work but was earning a lowersalary. She put together a case orwhy she should be paid more anddid get a sizable raise that put heron par with her predecessor. I I had

known about the previous CIO soon-er, I would have been able to nego-tiate or a higher salary in the rstplace, leading back to the thoughtthat we dont ask or enough, Paulasaid.

Paula is still earning slightly lessthan the previous CIO, but the gapis now smaller. That works or her

or now because herjob satisactionis high. I love my job, and having asane place to work is priceless, shesaid.

Indeed, its not unusual or jobsatisaction to trump the desireor higher salaries. Cynthia, ITdirector at a Pennsylvania univer-sity, said she agrees completelywith the notion that women tend to

have lower salary expectations anddemands. She said she views this asunortunate, but at the same timeshe is satised with what she makes,despite suspecting she may be get-ting shortchanged.

Cynthia said that during her30-year IT career she has never

needed to negotiate her salary,which is in the average range o theTechTarget surveys IT leader and

CIO salaries. However, she addedthat with her experience, advanceddegree and certications, she oughtto be making more. But because othe specialized nature o her job overthe years, her position isnt easilycategorized, making it dicult toattach it to an industry standard orght or pay equality.

Personally, I have viewed my

salary as the secondary salary inour household, and I still eel veryblessed to be earning a secondarysalary that is more than the com-bined salary o some households,Cynthia said.

The underestimation o onesworth is not uncommon amongworking women in general, Hill said.But it is particularly high among

better-educated women in what areconsidered historically male indus-tries like science and medicine.

Although both women and menare loath to admit it, gender bias stillexists and it comes rom both sides,Hill said. She pointed to a recent YaleUniversity study in which male and

ITS NOT UNUSUAL FORJOB SATISFACTION TOTRUMP THE DESIREFOR HIGHER SALARIES.

http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240030794/Center-for-CIO-Leadership-hopes-to-retool-the-role-of-the-CIOhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240030794/Center-for-CIO-Leadership-hopes-to-retool-the-role-of-the-CIOhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240114003/IT-salary-satisfaction-survey-shows-CIO-salaries-dipped-in-2011http://news.yale.edu/2012/09/24/scientists-not-immune-gender-bias-yale-study-showshttp://news.yale.edu/2012/09/24/scientists-not-immune-gender-bias-yale-study-showshttp://news.yale.edu/2012/09/24/scientists-not-immune-gender-bias-yale-study-showshttp://news.yale.edu/2012/09/24/scientists-not-immune-gender-bias-yale-study-showshttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240114003/IT-salary-satisfaction-survey-shows-CIO-salaries-dipped-in-2011http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240030794/Center-for-CIO-Leadership-hopes-to-retool-the-role-of-the-CIOhttp://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/2240030794/Center-for-CIO-Leadership-hopes-to-retool-the-role-of-the-CIO


19/20


EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

emale candidates or a chemistrylab manager job were presented tomale and emale scientists. Both themale and emale scientists oeredlower average salaries to the candi-dates with emale-sounding nameson the resumes.

When it comes to CIO sala-ries and pay inequality (see

Figure 4), there are no easy

answers. There is a lot o evi-

dence that our biases are simply apart o how we perceive things; wedont hold these stereotypes con-sciously, and somehow that makesthem even more dangerous, so wehave to pay attention to them, Hill

said. Certainly there have beenenormous gains or women inthe workplace over the last 50years, but there are still stereo-

types that inorm us. n

25

20

15

10

5

0%

Figure 4: CIO SALARIES BY GENDERSalary gaps still exist between men and women CIOs.



n FEMALE

n MALE


20/20

EDITORS LETTER

SALARY

STATISTICS

REVEAL MODEST

GROWTH IN IT

SECTOR IN 2012

GAP AMONG

INDUSTRIES IN

AVERAGE SALARY


INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

COSTS MUST

CONSIDER THE

HUMAN FACTOR

IT LEADER AND

CIO SALARIES FOR


MALE PEERS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

IT Salary Survey 2012:

Paychecks, Pride and Peace o Mind

is a TechTarget e-publication.

Mark Schlack

Senior Vice President o Editorial

Cathleen A. GagneSenior Editorial Director

Christine Casatelli

Senior Managing Editor o E-products

Linda Koury

Director o Online Design

Neva Maniscalco

Graphic Designer

TechTarget

275 Grove Street

Newton, MA 02466

www.techtarget.com

2013 TechTarget Inc. No part o this publication

may be transmitted or reproduced in any orm or

by any means without written permission rom the

publisher. TechTarget reprints are available throughThe YGS Group.

About TechTarget:TechTarget publishes media or

inormation technology proessionals. More than 100

ocused websites enable quick access to a deep store o

news, advice and analysis about the technologies, prod-

ucts and processes crucial to your job. Our live and virtual

events give you direct access to independent expert com-

mentary and advice. At IT Knowledge Exchange, our social

community, you can get advice and share solutions with

peers and experts.

Wendy Schuchart is

site editor or SearchCIO-

Midmarket.com. Beore

joining TechTarget, she wasa technology and process analyst at

The Nielsen Co., and a section editor

orNetwork Computing and SecureEnterprise magazines. Write to her [email protected].

Linda Tucci is news direc-

tor or SearchCIO.com and

SearchCIO-Midmarket.com.She covers CIO strategies

or business intelligence, big data, o-

shoring, mobile computing and social

media. She also writes requently about

the CIO role and CIO careers. Write her

at [email protected].

Karen Goulart is eatureswriter or SearchCIO.com

and SearchCIO-Midmarket.

com. She covers CIO strate-

gies or cloud computing and virtualiza-

tion, the data center and business appli-

cation trends. Write her at [email protected].
http://www.techtarget.com/http://reprints.ygsgroup.com/m/techtargetmailto:[email protected]:ltucci%40techtarget.com?subject=mailto:kgoulart%40techtarget.com?subject=mailto:kgoulart%40techtarget.com?subject=mailto:kgoulart%40techtarget.com?subject=mailto:kgoulart%40techtarget.com?subject=mailto:ltucci%40techtarget.com?subject=mailto:[email protected]://reprints.ygsgroup.com/m/techtargethttp://www.techtarget.com/

IT Salary Survey 2012 Final

Documents

Transcript of IT Salary Survey 2012 Final