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Information Technology

Data / Database Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Internet and E-Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Networking & Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Software Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Technical Services, Help Desk & Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Application Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Consulting & Systems Integration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2015 SALARY GUIDEINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

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THE MOVEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYTechnology is a driving force for businesses today, impacting the bottom line, operations and overall livelihood . Most companies have accepted the significance of the Information Technology (IT) function, and as a result, have made changes to IT positions and accountability factors, making an impact on demand . As technology continues to evolve, the skillsets of IT professionals continues to expand . These proficiencies are being rewarded and salaries are increasing as a result .

The Bureau of Labor Statistics and Staffing Industry Analysts report that year-over-year demand for IT professionals is projected to grow seven percent in 2015, consistent with their 2013 and 2014 numbers . Additionally, Brilliant™ conducted a Q4 2014 Hiring Forecast and of the hiring managers surveyed, 34 percent report plans for hiring IT professionals in 2015 .

Therefore, as technology continues to thrive, it’s important to know the value of each IT professional . The 2015 Brilliant™ Information Technology Salary Guide gives you an in-depth look at what to expect for IT salaries and the velocity of IT growth, overall, in the Greater Chicago markets .

We hope you find this information useful . Feel free to contact Brilliant™ representatives to help you with any of your hiring or job-seeking needs .

Warm regards,James Wong, CPA (Inactive)

CEO of Brilliant™312 .582 .1800info@brilliantfs .com www .brilliantfs .com

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Data / Database AdministrationA Title 2015 Range

Database Manager $107,750 $149,000Database Developer $92,000 $134,500Database Administrator $87,500 $126,000Data Analyst / Report Writer $67,750 $101,000Data Architect $111,750 $153,750Data Modeler $97,250 $134,250Data Warehouse Manager $115,250 $154,250Data Warehouse Analyst $99,000 $133,750Business Intelligence Analyst $101,250 $142,250

A Based on national averages, the following skillsets draw increased salaries to the aforementioned IT titles. Add the following percentages if these skills are obtained:

IBM DB2 Database skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% Microsoft SQL Server database skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Oracle database skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%

Quality Assurance (QA) and TestingB

Title 2015 Range

QA / Testing Manager $90,125 $120,253QA / Associate / Analyst $62,058 $96,305

B Based on national averages, the following skillsets draw increased salaries to the aforementioned IT titles. Add the following percentages if these skills are obtained: Performance testing (e.g. Mercury Interactive Tools) skills . . . . . . . 5%

Internet and E-CommerceC Title 2015 Range

Senior Web Developer $100,194 $138,631Web Developer $71,750 $116,338Web Administrator $65,088 $98,144Web Designer $61,756 $101,475Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Specialist $74,056 $104,806

C Based on national averages, the following skillsets draw increased salaries to the aforementioned IT titles. Add the following percentages if these skills are obtained: AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) development skills . . . . 6%

ASP development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% C# development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% ColdFusion development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% Content management systems (CMS) skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% DCOM/COM/ActiveX development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Java Development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% Java EE/J2EE development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python) skills . . . . . . 8% .NET development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% PHP development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% SharePoint skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% Virtualization skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Web services development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%

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Networking & CommunicationsD Title 2015 Range

Network Architect $111,981 $160,413Network Manager $95,880 $132,600Network Engineer $88,406 $127,356Wireless Network Engineer $93,788 $128,381Network Administrator $68,085 $101,490Pre-Sales Engineer / Technical Engineer $84,819 $119,669Telecommunications Manager $83,895 $113,985

D Based on national averages, the following skillsets draw increased salaries to the aforementioned IT titles. Add the following percentages if these skills are obtained: Cisco network administration skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%

Linux/Unix administration skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% Voice over Internet Protocol (VolP) adminstration skills . . . . . . . . . 8% Windows 7 skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Windows Server 2008 skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%

SecurityE

Title 2015 Range

Data Security Analyst $103,766 $141,711Systems Security Administrator $95,479 $136,103Network Security Administrator $98,800 $135,980Network Security Engineer $103,740 $136,500Information Systems Security Manager $119,860 $166,400

E Based on national averages, the following skillsets draw increased salaries to the aforementioned IT titles. Add the following percentages if these skills are obtained: Check Point Firewall adminstration skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%

Cisco network administration skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% Linux/Unix administration skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%

Software DevelopmentF

Title 2015 Range

Product Manager $101,979 $139,740Software Engineer $92,218 $141,024Software Developer $82,457 $130,749

F Based on national averages, the following skillsets draw increased salaries to the aforementioned IT titles. Add the following percentages if these skills are obtained: ASP development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%

C# development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% C++ development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% DCOM/COM/ActiveX development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Java development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% Java EE/J2EE development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% .NET development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% PHP development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4% Web services development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8%

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Technical Services, Help Desk & Technical SupportG

Title 2015 Range

Manager $78,413 $111,725Desktop Support Analyst $50,994 $74,825Systems Administrator $64,118 $99,395Systems Engineer $79,053 $114,588Help Desk Tier 3 $54,325 $70,213Help Desk Tier 2 $43,050 $55,863Help Desk Tier 1 $33,825 $45,356Instructor / Trainer $53,556 $85,075PC Technician $33,056 $48,688Business Continuity Analyst $89,944 $128,125

G Based on national averages, the following skillsets draw increased salaries to the aforementioned IT titles. Add the following percentages if these skills are obtained: Basis administration skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5%

Cisco network administration skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% HDI certifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Linux/Unix administration skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% Virtualization skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10% Windows 7 skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Windows Server 2008 skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6%

Administration

Title 2015 Range

Chief Information Officer (CIO) $158,738 $256,003Chief Techology Officer (CTO) $136,879 $212,951Chief Security Officer (CSO) $131,186 $196,391Vice President of Information Technology $138,793 $202,653Information Technology Manager $102,218 $146,873

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Application DevelopmentH

Title 2015 Range

Manager $103,515 $146,775Project Manager $91,376 $135,774Systems Analyst $78,766 $112,339Applications Architect $113,591 $153,956Business Systems Analyst $78,143 $113,591CRM Business Analyst $82,800 $112,815CRM Technical Developer $92,185 $123,343Developer / Programmer $71,328 $126,433ERP Business Analyst $86,263 $118,708ERP Technical / Functional Analyst $92,700 $128,750ERP Technical Developer $97,078 $134,158Lead Applications Developer $102,743 $141,883Mobile Applications Developer $103,500 $149,040Technical Writer $54,590 $86,005

H Based on national averages, the following skillsets draw increased salaries to the aforementioned IT titles. Add the following percentages if these skills are obtained: AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) development skills . . . . 6%

Business Objects skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% C# development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% C++ development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5% Hyperion skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7% Java Development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% Java EE/J2EE development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP/Python) skills . . . . . . 8% .NET development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% PHP development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9% SAP development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8% SharePoint skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12% Visual Basic development skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4%

Consulting & Systems Integration Title 2015 Range

Senior IT Auditor $109,953 $151,153IT Auditor $94,245 $130,810

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Chicago, Illinois 60606312.582.1800

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