Press Release - June 8, 2004  

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Up-Tick In Demand for IT Managers

Park City, UT - Victor Janulaitis, CEO of Janco Associates (www.e-janco.com) today announced results of its mid-year 2004 IT Salary Survey and Janco’s 1996 to 2004 Comparative IT Salary Survey. At the same time Janco announced the release of its new on-line survey instrument located at http://e-janco.com/takesurvey.htm .

In Janco’s January Compensation Survey data showed an increase in compensation for CIO’s. In the mid-year update there has been an increase in the compensation to the CIO’s direct reports. Demand and compensation for IT professionals is now starting to increase in unison. Mr. Janulaitis said, “The greatest demand for IT professionals is in internet followed by re-hiring of infrastructure positions that were eliminated in the recession.”

  • The mean total compensation for all positions surveyed has remained the same for the last six months. In mid-sized enterprises the mean total compensation has moved down to $75,345 from $76,003 in the last quarter of 2003. However in large enterprises the median compensation has moved up from $79,338 in December 2003 to $79,753 in June 2004.
  • Organizations that had eliminated training, planning and infrastructure positions, such as change control, are in the process of limited re-staffing in those areas.
  • Demand is high for direct reports to the CIO and in the internet and network areas of e-commerce, voice/wireless communication, object programming, data security and data warehousing as enterprisers begin to prepare for the next wave of new activity.
  • Voice/wireless communication and security positions have been upgraded within many enterprises. Where these positions were lower to mid level positions before 2000, in 2004 and beyond these positions are now mid level to being direct reports to the CIO..

Janco Associates, Inc. (www.e-janco.com) is an international consulting organization based out of Park City, Utah. It offers pre-written templates for Disaster Recovery Programs and Safety Programs, Job Descriptions, IT Salary Data, HandiGuides® for Metrics and Internet Policies and Procedures.

Selected Positions Compensation Analysis

At the same time, there has continued to be an increase in the Benchmark for SELECTED high demand positions within the IT functions.  Below is a table showing some results.

Size

Position

Prior

Current

Base Mean

Total Mean

Base Mean

Total Mean

% Change

Large

Manager - Internet Systems

$75,095

$77,753

$75,597

$84,546

8.74%

Large

Manager - Data Warehouse

$75,836

$80,638

$82,500

$87,480

8.48%

Large

Change Control Analyst

$57,214

$58,770

$61,413

$63,118

7.40%

Large

VP - Information Services

$105,338

$116,437

$109,874

$124,719

7.11%

Mid

Change Control Supervisor

$66,966

$70,287

$69,485

$74,832

6.47%

Large

VP - Administration

$112,147

$114,968

$115,468

$121,509

5.69%

Mid

Voice/Wireless Comm. Coordinator

$45,095

$46,089

$47,472

$48,389

4.99%

Large

Change Control Supervisor

$63,957

$65,116

$67,217

$68,087

4.56%

Large

Director - Production/Data Center

$112,544

$122,791

$115,395

$127,762

4.05%

Large

Technical Specialist

$54,691

$57,563

$56,586

$59,731

3.77%

Large

Programmer/Analyst

$68,775

$72,145

$70,865

$74,756

3.62%

Large

IT Planning Analyst

$77,023

$80,311

$73,963

$77,098

-4.00%

Mid

Manager - Data Communications

$60,380

$70,506

$58,567

$67,680

-4.01%

Large

Supervisor - Hardware Installations

$54,193

$56,143

$51,647

$53,820

-4.14%

Large

Project Manager - Distributed Sys

$106,044

$118,599

$102,252

$113,677

-4.15%

Mid

Computer Ops - Shift Supervisor

$50,325

$54,604

$48,866

$52,289

-4.24%

Large

Forms and Graphics Designer

$53,089

$54,557

$50,120

$51,586

-5.45%

Mid

Manager - Internet Systems

$80,382

$101,556

$78,790

$95,994

-5.48%

Large

Data Entry Clerk

$35,825

$36,359

$33,451

$33,968

-6.58%

Mid

Project Manager - Distributed Sys

$96,257

$116,959

$90,333

$108,114

-7.56%

Mid

Librarian

$42,556

$44,290

$38,997

$40,604

-8.32%

Mid

Manager - Security and Workstations

$75,244

$84,635

$70,705

$77,500

-8.43%

Mid

Manager - Op Sys Production

$97,743

$102,822

$87,631

$93,507

-9.06%

Large

Average

$74,416

$79,338

$74,504

$79,753

0.52%

Mid

Average

$70,467

$76,003

$69,895

$75,345

-0.87%

Total Mean – The “mean” of total compensation - bonuses and fringe benefits.
Averages -- For ALL positions not just those listed above

Benchmark Total Compensation

The total benchmark compensation for CIO and other top level positions has continued to its downward trend.  However the data shows that this trend is starting to reverse itself.  The full comparative study for the years 1996 - 2004 is now available.  Complementary copies are available to the media.

Janco Associates, Inc. (www.e-janco.com) is an international consulting organization based out of Park City, Utah.  It offers pre-written templates for Disaster Recovery Plan, Security, Outsourcing and Safety Programs, Job Descriptions, IT Salary Surveys, and HandiGuides® for Metrics and Internet Policies and Procedures.

These figure includes all forms of compensation comprising of items like bonuses and stock options to other special fringe benefits such as special trips.  The survey of over seventy technology positions is based upon responses given in extensive Internet polling as well as a “survey of surveys” that includes data from across the United States and Canada.  The complete 154 page study is available in an PDF version and PDF and Excel version.  The PDF version of the comparative study for the years of 1996 through 2005 is available