The 19 Top Paying IT Jobs for 2017
November 28, 2016 9:40 PM
IT budgets are expected to be flat for 2017, but organizations will find money to increase IT salaries. According to the new IT salary study by Robert Half Technology, the "2017 Salary Guide for Technology Professionals," these are expected to be the top paying IT jobs in 2017.
Chief information officer
2017 salary range = $175,000 to $279,000 2016 salary range = $172,000 to $268,000 Difference = 3.1 percent
Chief technology officer
2017 salary range = $149,000 to $240,000 2016 salary range = $147,500 to $229,000 Difference = 3.3 percent
Chief security officer
2017 salary range = $145,250 to $236,750 2016 salary range = $140,250 to $222,500 Difference = 5.3 percent
VP of IT
2017 salary range = $143,250 to $234,250 2016 salary range = $141,000 to $225,000 Difference = 3.1 percent
Information systems security manager
2017 salary range = $136,000 to $191,750 2016 salary range = $129,750 to $182,000 Difference = 5.1 percent
Big data engineer
2017 salary range = $135,000 to $196,000 2016 salary range = $129,500 to $183,500 Difference = 5.8
Data architect
2017 salary range = $131,250 to $184,000 2016 salary range = $127,250 to $175,500 Difference = 4.1 percent
Data warehouse manager
2017 salary range = $129,000 to $179,000 2016 salary range = $123,750 to $172,000 Difference = 4.1 percent
Practice manager, consulting and systems integration
2017 salary range = $127,750 to $180,000 2016 salary range = $125,000 to $173,500 Difference = 3.1 percent
Director, consulting and systems integration
2017 salary range = $126,750 to $198,000 2016 salary range = $123,750 to $190,250 Difference = 3.4 percent
Network architect
2017 salary range = $125,000 to $183,000 2016 salary range = $120,000 to $175,000 Difference = 4.4 percent
Director of IT
2017 salary range = $124,500 to $193,500 2016 salary range = $122,750 to $185,000 Difference = 3.3 percent
Applications architect
2017 salary range = $124,500 to $128,750 2016 salary range = $121,250 to $171,750 Difference = 3.5 percent
Database manager
2017 salary range = $122,250 to $177,000 2016 salary range = $118,000 to $170,500 Difference = 3.7 percent
Senior IT auditor
2017 salary range = $121,000 to $173,500 2016 salary range = $116,000 to $164,250 Difference = 5.1 percent
Mobile application developer
2017 salary range = $118,750 to $182,250 2016 salary range = $115,250to $175,750 Difference = 3.4 percent
Data security analyst
2017 salary range = $118,250 to $169,000 2016 salary range = $113,500 to $160,000 Difference = 5.0 percent
Business intelligence analyst
2017 salary range = $118,000 to $171,750 2016 salary range = $113,750 to $164,000 Difference = 4.3 percent
Senior web developer
2017 salary range = $116,250 to $161,500 2016 salary range = $111,250 to $154,000 Difference = 4.7 percent