Chief information officers and chief technical officers top this year’s list of highest-paid technology professionals, according to the annual technology salary guide released by Mondo, an IT and digital marketing staffing provider headquartered in New York.
CIO and CTO salaries range from $160,000 to $292,500 this year, according to the report. Chief information security officer ranked second, while salaries for the DevOps lead engineer position jumped to a high of $250,000, making it the third highest-paid position among technology professionals.
Technology jobs with the highest salaries in 2018 include:
- CTO/CIO: $160,000 to $292,500
- Chief information security officer: $162,000 to $275,000
- DevOps lead/engineer: $115,000 to $250,000
- Demandware developer: $127,500 to $237,500
- Data architect: $130,000 to $210,000
- Data scientist: $130,000 to $210,000
- Database architect: $145,000 to $200,000
- Project manager: $77,500 to $200,000
“Salaries for technology professionals continue to increase with more than eight different positions now earning more than $200,000 a year,” said Gianna Scorsone, senior VP of marketing and sales operations for Mondo.
“This year, in particular, we have seen a spike in salaries for DevOps engineers and eCommerce developers,” Scorsone said. “Tech professionals with Virtual Reality, IoT, and artificial intelligence expertise can expect to see salary jumps for corresponding titles as demand rises for these skills in 2018.”
The technology salary data is based on Mondo’s placements over the past year in New York City, San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Denver, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Dallas.
