The 2011 IT Salary Guide: Page 6

Job Title: Lead Applications Developer

2011 average salary range: $85,000 – $117,500.

• The 2010 salary range is an increase of 4.7% over this job’s 2010 range, which was $81,500 – $112,000.

• The 2010 salary range was a 1.4% decrease under this job’s 2009 range, which was $83,250 – $113,000.

• The 2009 salary range was an increase of 4.2% over this job’s 2008 salary range, which was $80,250 – $108,000.

Add a salary increase for the following skills:

• Add 6% for AJAX development skills (no change from 2010; down from 7% in 2009)

• Add 8% for Business Object skills

• Add 8% for C# development skills (no change from 2010; down from 10% in 2009)

• Add 5% for C++ development skills (no change from 2009)

• Add 7% for Hyperion skills

• Add 7% for Java development skills (no change from 2010; down from 10% in 2009)

• Add 7% for Java EE/J2EE development skills

• Add 7% for LAMP skills (up from 6% in 2010; no change from 7% in 2009)

• Add 10% for Microsoft SharePoint skills (no change from 2010);

• Add 7% for .NET development skills (no change from 2010; down from 8% in 2009)

• Add 8% for PHP development skills (no change from 2010; down from 10% in 2009)

• Add 8% for SAP development skills

• Add 11% for SharePoint skills

• Add 4% for Visual Basic development skills (no change from 2010; down from 5% in 2009).

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Note: Since these numbers are national averages, adjust them based on your city or region.

IT Salary levels are – approximately – 10% to 30% higher in the Northeast; about average in the South Atlantic (Florida to Delaware); average to modestly lower in the Midwest, Mountain west, and South; and 5% to 30% higher on the West coast.

IT salaries in major metropolitan areas are higher than the national average. For instance, in the following cities they are:

• Atlanta: 10% higher

• Boston: 30% higher

• Chicago: 23% higher

• Dallas/Houston: 3-5% higher

• Irvine: 24% higher

• Los Angeles: 24% higher

• Miami/Fort Lauderdale: 10% higher

• New York, NY: 41% higher

• Philadelphia: 15% higher • San Diego: 14% higher

• San Francisco: 35% higher

• San Jose: 32% higher

• Seattle: 18% higher

• Stamford: 31% higher

• Washington, DC: 30% higher

More IT Salary resources:

• IT Salary (a variety of IT salary resources)

• 2010 IT Salary Guide

• Are These Developer and IT Salary Figures Accurate?

• How Not to Get an IT Job: 10 Tips

• The Top 10 IT Certifications

• 25 IT Job Sites (and an Effective Formula)

• Search for IT Jobs at JustTechjobs.com

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Salary data courtesy of Robert Half Technology. To request a copy of the complete Robert Half Salary Guide, which includes salary ranges for more than 60 different job titles, in the U.S. and Canada, click here.