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Starting
salaries for IT professionals
Are your salary
expectations in sync with what the market is offering?
The following chart gives IT newcomers an idea of what to expect
in terms of average starting salaries for selected IT positions
in Canada. Keep in mind that these figures are only a guide, as
rates of pay will vary depending on factors such as specialty,
demand and location.
Title
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Salary
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Administration
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Chief
Information Officer
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$117,500
- $192,000
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Chief
Technical Officer
|
$108,500
- $155,000
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VP-Information
Systems
|
$112,250
- $187,500
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Director
Information Systems
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$88,250
- $136,750
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Applications
Development
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Manager
|
$78,500
- $113,750
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Project
Manager
|
$71,750
- $98,250
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Project
Leader
|
$68,500
- $82,500
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Systems
Architect
|
$68,000
- $91,250
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Systems
Developer Analyst
|
$61,750
- $91,750
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Programmer/Developer
|
$50,000
- $80,250
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Programmer
Analyst
|
$48,500
- $75,000
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Application
Architect
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$67,500
- $90,000
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Business
Systems Analyst
|
$55,000
- $84,750
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Consulting
and System Integration
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Director
|
$80,250
- $115,000
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Practice
Manager
|
$79,000
- $105,250
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Manager
|
$81,000
- $98,250
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Senior
Consultant
|
$67,500
- $91,500
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Staff
Consultant
|
$50,000
- $66,750
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Package
Implementation Specialist
|
$60,000
- $80,000
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Data/Database
Administration
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Database
Manager
|
$76,750
- $97,000
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Data
Warehouse Manager
|
$77,500
- $96,250
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Database
Director
|
$57,750
- $84,750
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Database
Administrator
|
$60,000
- $96,750
|
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Data
Architect
|
$70,000
- $97,500
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Data
Modeler
|
$68,250
- $92,250
|
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Data
Warehouse Analyst
|
$67,500
- $92,500
|
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Relational
Database Analyst
|
$65,000
- $85,000
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Software
Development
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Project
Manager
|
$82,000
- $117,000
|
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Configuration
Manager
|
$48,750
- $68,000
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Q/A
Associate / Analyst
|
$58,250
- $74,750
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Pre
& Post Sales Consultant
|
$45,000
- $70,000
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Product
Support
|
$48,750
- $69,000
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Software
Engineer
|
$50,000
- $92,500
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Programmer
Analyst
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$48,500
- $69,000
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Developer
|
$52,250
- $79,000
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Technical
Services, Help Desk, Tech Sup
|
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Manager
|
$71,750
- $95,000
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Analyst
|
$57,250
- $73,500
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Specialist
|
$47,500
- $62,500
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Systems
Administrator
|
$48,500
- $72,750
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Help
Desk Tier 1
|
$31,250
- $35,500
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Help
Desk Tier 2
|
$39,000
- $48,000
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Help
Desk Tier 3
|
$51,500
- $58,250
|
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Technical
Writer
|
$39,250
- $57,750
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Technical
Trainer
|
$45,000
- $75,000
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Hardware
Technician
|
$38,000
- $53,750
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PC Technician/Desktop
Support
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$36,750
- $49,250
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Internet
& Electronic Commerce
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Programmer/Analyst
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$57,250
- $95,000
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Senior
Inter/Intranet Developer
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$69,250
- $100,000
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Inter/Intranet
Developer
|
$57,500
- $75,000
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Webmaster
|
$56,750
- $74,250
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Electronic
Commerce Specialist
|
$51,000
- $72,250
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E-mail
Administrator
|
$45,000
- $68,000
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Networking/Telecommunications
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Systems
Architect
|
$67,500
- $110,000
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Network
Architect
|
$61,750
- $96,750
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Network
Manager
|
$65,000
- $90,750
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Network
Engineer
|
$53,000
- $78,500
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Network
Administrator
|
$41,250
- $75,250
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Telecommunications
Manager
|
$72,500
- $86,250
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Telecommunications
Specialist
|
$58,750
- $79,250
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Operations
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Senior
Manager
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$65,000
- $90,000
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Manager
|
$55,000
- $65,000
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Shift
Supervisor
|
$40,000
- $55,000
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Console
Operator
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$30,000
- $45,000
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Security
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Security
Manager
|
$89,000
- $125,750
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Senior
Security Analyst
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$70,250
- $84,000
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Security
Administrator
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$57,750
- $80,750
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Firewall
Specialist
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$61,000
- $91,250
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Source: RHI
Consulting 2001 Salary Guide.
- Add 5 -
15% for Oracle database skills; 10 - 15% for SQL-Sever, 5 -10%
for Access. 5 - 15% for Sybase; and 20 - 30% for PeoplesSoft
skills
- Add 10
- 25% for package implementation specialist skilled in SAP and
15 - 25% for PeopleSoft skills.
- Add 5 -
10% for C development skills; 10 - 20% for C++, 15 - 20% for
Delphi; 15 - 20% for Visual Basic; and 10 - 20% for PowerBuilder.
- Add 20%
for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, 20% for Certified
NetWare Engineer, and 15% for Certified NetWare Administrator
designations
- Add 10
- 15% for Java development skills, 10% for Visual Basic and
10 - 15% for Perl.
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