Salary Report 2013

Hey forum,

Hope I can post this here! Im sure its been posted before, and maybe its super old news. I found this just now and went through the whole thing. I found it very fascinating and thought I would share.

http://images.globalknowledge.com/wwwimages/pdfs/2013_salaryreport.pdf

Kai.

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RockinRobin

Great info... Thanks!

NetworkVeteran

Interesting. I noted no certifications on their chart promise to propel a senior-level engineer already in the top 20% any higher up the chart... although I noticed they didn't list the CCIE/JNCIE up there.

DAVIS NGUYEN

Interesting. Thanks for share

instant000

Keep this in mind, when looking at those numbers:
Average age: 42
Average tenure: 14

This kind of seems common sense, but they had this point in there also:

Roles with salaries above the average include systems architects (+30 percent), project managers (+15 percent), IT managers (+17 percent), and consultants (+22 percent). Directors and above ranged from 37 percent to 71 percent above the average.

gabypr

Very nice, thanks for sharing.

darkerz

Sometimes, you really need to step back and realize that in IT, the salaries are ridiculously high, and it gives people who would have otherwise failed in the economy a chance to truly "start at the bottom" and "work through to the top" with an actual ladder to climb.

This is, truly, rare to find if you're graduating with a degree in most other fields. If it wasn't for a 2 year degree in Net. Admin and a general interest in helping people and fixing computers, I would have been struggling or in serious debt starting out at 20 to 30k a year this year with another 4 year degree. Maybe more depending on luck and major.

It's really neat to reflect on it.

~

About7Narwhal

After reading this I hurt. For myself and for my co-workers. But I agree with darkerz in the fact that there is certainly something to shoot for, as many people have got there according to this survey.

astrogeek

Cool pdf! I'm going to send this to my boss and demand a raise now

LarryDaMan

NetworkVeteran wrote: »

Interesting. I noted no certifications on their chart promise to propel a senior-level engineer already in the top 20% any higher up the chart... although I noticed they didn't list the CCIE/JNCIE up there.

Maybe stop playing with packets and work toward a CIO/CTO position, that may move you up.

darkerz

LarryDaMan wrote: »

Maybe stop playing with packets and work toward a CIO/CTO position, that may move you up.

I dunno man.

I'd rather be a CCIE working with cutting edge technologies, staying relevant and being sharp minded than a CIO/CTO who's job borders on finances, capx/opex balancing, human and project oversight, etc.

Entirely subjective, based on personal opinion. I'm sure making multiple six-figures at one point is more important than happiness and cognitive engagement.

cruwl

Thanks Idaho for being 2nd lowest in the nation for IT wages... FML also I need a raise lol.

apr911

I havent fully read the report yet but has anyone else notice the text doesnt seem to match the graphs?

On page 4 of the pdf (or 6 & 7 of the booklet) it says "16 percent earned $100,000 or more" but the graph shows 25% earned 100,000 or more...

They also mix their terms stating the "average salary... ...was $78,649" when in fact it should have been median salary.

It especially disconcerting when you consider they correctly use mean and median later in the report...

You can also easily see the "Windows IT Pro" influence on the report when a full half of their respondent's said Microsoft skills have positively impacted their salary and 42% said they've taken some sort of Microsoft training in the last 12 months...

Hopefully there aren't more errors, though considering I found these after a quick 2-3 minute breeze through, Im not going to hold my breath...