2025 IT Salary Survey Released
Median compensation for IT Pros now is $104,517 up 1.87% in the last 12 months
Park City - Janco has just released its January 2025 IT Salary
Survey. Janco has conducted salary surveys of the IT Job market over 40 years. The data from this survey has been published in the Computer Industry Almanac, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, eWeek, and many other business and industry publications. In addition, over the years it has been featured on CNN, the Wall Street Journal, and several national and international television and multi-media outlets.
The survey shows compensation has increased significantly for some positions while it has remained flat for others. In addition, the difference in compensation between Large Enterprises and Mid-sized is significant for many of the the positions surveyed.
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The only position that is paid more in the Midsize companies is that of the VP Consulting Services. This has been case for several years.
Looking across all of the positions. IT Pro who are employed by larger enterprises are paid an average of almost $6,300 more per year. The greatest differences are for executive positions which are paid almost $29,000 more.
Since the pandemic this trend seems to have accelerated. At the same time the tenure for IT pros (CIOs and CTOs in particular) has increased.
As employees are retained in organizations, their salaries tend to reflect the value they provide. In the case of CIOs who are doing good job their compensation goes up over time.
From the data that we have reviewed, we have found the tenure of executive and middle management in larger organizations is longer than in midsized ones. This something that we will investigate in more detail in our next surveys.
Summary Findings
Many IT organizations have eliminated or automated functions so there is less of a requirement for “entry-level” and “low-skill” level positions.
Total compensation for IT executives in Large enterprises is 15.4% higher than in Mid-sized enterprises.
Base salaries for all IT Pros increased by 1.22% - now $99,696.
Median compensation (including bonuses and fringe benefits) for IT Pros in large enterprises is $107,663 with executives' median of $186,286.
Salaries for IT Professionals, in aggregate, rose 1.87% in the past 4 quarters – less than the annualized inflation rate.
With bonuses and fringe benefits, IT Pros fared the best as their total compensation increased by 5.47% in large enterprises and 1.44% in mid-sized enterprises.
Salary compression is occurring as “new hires” are offered salaries at the top end of the pay ranges for existing positions – often paid more than current employees in the same position.
Attrition rates in mid-sized enterprises are rising faster than in large enterprises.
Salary levels in mid-sized enterprises are rising slower than in large enterprises, 0.89% versus 2.81%
Demand has remained high for IT professionals supporting artificial Intelligence, security, Blockchain, and e-commerce.
Staffing and retention continue as a primary priority of C-level management.