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INTRODUCTION

The State of
Tech Employment
2024 is an opportunity for tech workers and companies to
grow and evolve in exciting ways as technology continues to
advance and change at a rapid pace. Contents
Despite 2023's ups and downs, we see the strength and
03 The State of Tech Employment
resiliency of the IT community, which continues to optimize
Tech Employment Trends
the way work is done amid digital transformation, work- Tech Talent Demand in 2024
place changes and technological growth in areas like artifi- Workplace Enviornment
cial intelligence. Unsurprisingly, overall tech unemployment
rates remain far lower than other sectors, and the talent gap 14 Emerging Technology: AI
remains high.
18 Advice from the Experts
For Both Hiring Managers & Tech Workers
To continue this path to growth, it is crucial to have an For Hiring Managers
innate understanding of the IT job market and the value For Tech Workers
different positions provide. Having that knowledge is vital to
your success in 2024, and we hope this report and our spe- 21 Conclusion
cialized tech teams can help make it as smooth as possible
22 Tech Salary Ranges
to navigate.
31 Methodology
Matt Milano
President,
Motion Recruitment

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The State of
Tech Employment
Tech Employment Trends
At the start of 2023, the tech world was preparing itself for the worst. Fears of hyperinflation, smaller
profits, uncertainty about the future and more had tech leaders predicting a full recession inside the
IT economy, with mass layoffs and company closures among a sea change inside the industry.

At the end of 2022 heading into the first quarter of 2023, some of this came to fruition. Seemingly
every day there was a new headline about layoffs in different companies across North America. In
fact, the start of 2023 saw the biggest wave of layoffs in the past decade, with 150% more layoffs in
the first half of 2023 versus the year prior.

Tech Layoffs in 2022-2023

Source: layoffs.fyi, 2023

100,000 300
Employees Laid Off
Companies w/Layoffs
75,000
200
Employees

50,000 Layoffs
100
25,000

0 0
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG
2022 2023

Time

However, when looking deeper into the numbers, it shows that Even with these seemingly
the IT economy was far more resilient throughout the year than catastrophic numbers, layoffs
only rolled the tech industry
what was predicted, with tech unemployment rates still far below back by 8% of the post-
the national rate, reaching below 2% in the summer and bumping pandemic growth.
slightly up in the fall to 2.1%.

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Tech Industry Employment Unemployment Rate Trending

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

National Rate Tech Occupation Rate

5.8 14.0
12.0
5.4 10.0

projected
projected
8.0
5.0
6.0

4.6 4.0
2.0
4.2 0

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2021 2022 2023 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

There continues to be a tech talent shortage across the United States, with nearly 4 million tech jobs
available, and projections show that the United States tech industry is projected to grow 5.4% in 2023.
That being said, because of the unease in the market, overall tech salaries saw a very modest increase
this year of 2% on average, versus the nearly exponential growth trends over the past decade.

Tech Layoff Analysis 2020-2023

Source: Tech Layoff Analysis, 2020-2023 by skills.ai

30K

25K

20K

15K

10K

5K

0K
Amazon Meta Google Salesforce Microsoft Phillips Ericsson Flink Uber Micron

An important part of the story of 2023 – and what we can learn from it in 2024 – is who was part of
the tech layoffs, both company and personnel-wise. Accounting for 42% of all tech layoffs this year,
FAANG companies (Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Alphabet) were the biggest sources of job loss. This
must be put into context, as these companies, along with Microsoft, have been on a steady hiring
spree since 2019. Compared to the number of people hired by these companies since 2019, the lay-
offs of 2023 only account for 8% of that workforce.

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Tech Company Headcount Large Tech Companies Employees

2019-2023 2019 -2022
Source: 2023 Layoffs At Big Tech Companies by Crunchbase News Source: 2023 Layoffs At Big Tech Companies by Crunchbase News

250K
Microsoft
Amazon

200K
Meta
Alphabet
150K
Alphabet

100K Meta
Microsoft

50K Salesforce
Salesforce

Headcount Increase (2019-2022) Headcount Decrease (2022-2023) 0K

2019 2020 2021 2022

Additionally, while tech companies were clearly letting people go in 2023, it was not necessarily tech
workers being the ones looking for new employment. Internal recruitment teams, HR and marketing
were hit harder as opposed to tech roles.

Where FAANG Talent is Going Next

Source: State of Talent Report 2023 Takeaways by SignalFire

ENGINEERS WHO LEFT

6.4% FAANG FOR EARLY
APPLE STAGE STARTUPS
3%
OFF FROM FAANG
LAID

175 engineers
79% of tech
27.8% PRE-SEED workers laid off
18,987 ENGINEERS

HIRED AT
ANOTHER AMAZON/AWS
1%
60 engineers
in 2023 found
FAANG their next job in 3
MICROSOFT
9.3% months or less.
4.5% 590 engineers SEED
269 engineers
2.1%
127 engineers

GOOGLE
SERIES A
11%
652 engineers 3.3%
196 engineers

None of this is to diminish the number of layoffs that many had to deal with in 2023. Estimates put
the number of tech workers laid off at over 230,000. Those are people who had to deal with the
uncertainty of trying to find a new position while reading article after article about how the industry
is crumbling. What the middle of 2023 showed is the resiliency of the IT industry and the people
inside it.

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Workers Laid Off by Department Survey Questions: How long did it

Source: Interviewing.io's Layoff Data Analysis take you to find your current job?
Source: ZipRecruiter Survey on Job Search Trends
50% 50%
48%
0 to 1
40% month 37%

1 to 3
30% 42%
30% months

24%
20% 3 to 6
20%
months 16%

13% 12%
10%
10% 6 to 12
5%
months
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and were laid off or fired from their previous job

Top Reasons Tech Workers Decided to Of the people who reported being laid off,
Start a Company After Being Laid Off 79% of them found a new job within three
Source: 2022 Clarify Capital Survey months. Talent reabsorption continue at an
all-time high, and according to our recruit-
ers, people weren’t just taking jobs out of
Men Women Overall
desperation. Instead, many of these job
55%
For professional growth
61%
58% seekers trusted their skills and abilities,
48%
were unwilling to take substantial pay cuts
For more money 52%
55% and were comfortable waiting to find a
47% position that fit their needs best.
To create something new
52%
49%

To lead others
44%
47% Additionally, a new contributor to the tech
51%
talent gap emerged. If those who were laid
44%
To be their own boss
51%
47% off couldn’t find a role that met their ex-
41%
pectations, many decided to make one for
For greater opportunities
45%
43% themselves by forming their own company.
40% 63% of tech workers that were laid off said
Job prospects looked bleak 43%
45% that they started their own company within
Not fulfilled working for others
34%
36%
12 months of losing their job, with 93% of
38%
that group directly competing against their
34%
Not getting paid enough 35% former employer.
36%

34%
Unable to find the right position
35%
35% Many of those who started a new enter-
23%
prise didn’t do it due to a lack of other
Difficulty getting hired 23%
24% options, with only 23% saying they were
having difficulty getting hired, but rather to
Share of tech workers who say they decided to either grow their skills, make more money,
start a new business due to each factor or just create something new.

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Looking Forward
to 2024
Tech Talent Demand in 2024
Taking into account the events of 2023, the fact still remains that the demand for high-quality tech
talent has never been higher. On the business side, as 2023 progressed, concerns about hyperin-
flation were proven unfounded in the United States and interest rate heights began to slow. Many
companies in the S&P 500 beat Wall Street expectations, growing revenue and expanding profits.

Business Areas with Greatest Skill Gap

Source: Mind the [Skills] Gap by McKinsey & Company

Data Analytics 43%

IT, mobile, and/or web design management 26%

Executive management 25%

HR and talent management 23%

Sales and marketing operations 22%

Product and/or service design 22%

R&D 18%

Frontline management of operational staff 16%

Customer service 15%

Financial and risk management 14%

Channel management (including e-commerce) 14%

Product and manufacturing operations 13%

Sourcing, procurement, and/or supply-chain management 9%

Top Challenges in Recruiting Tech Employees

Source: MIT Technology Review Insights, HCL Tech

Candidates lack necessary skills or experience 64%

Overall shortage of candidates 56%

Difficulty meeting candidates’ salary expectations 54%

Candidates lack necessary credentials 31%

Difficulty meeting candidates’ nonsalary expectations 30%

Candidates are not a good fit for our organization 29%

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Many non-tech companies were less affected by the conditions of early 2023 that led to layoffs, con-
tinuing to grow and enhance their technical resources. 71% of HR professionals outside of tech com-
panies said they are hiring for growth, with 52% saying they are backfill hiring. This gives tech workers
the opportunity to move to tech roles inside companies that might not be on the cutting edge but
offer stable jobs at levels of income that are expected for those roles.

Critical Skills for Tech Functions

Source: 2023 Global Technology Leadership Study by Deloitte

Leadership (e.g., inspiration, communication, executive presence) 54%

Problem-solving and decision-making 47%

Relationship skills (e.g., influence, partnerships, collaboration) 44%

Creative and innovative thinking 41%

Data science and analytics 40%

HR Pros and the Pace of Hiring

Source: Workforce and Learning Trends 2023 by CompTIA

Growth Hiring 71%

Backfill Hiring 52%

Read more: What IT
Professionals want
Hiring Freezes 19% from their jobs in
2024.
Layoffs 24%

Separations due to Skills Gaps 23%

You may have noticed that in the summer of 2023, there was an unusual increase in the amount
of PTO taken – with an 11% increase of vacation time off – making the hiring process slower in the
summer. While there are a number of contributors, statistics have shown a noticeable increase
in burnout, as companies that had layoffs earlier in the year force workers to “do more with less.”
Additionally, the stormy clouds of uncertainty from 2021 to even the beginning of 2023 subsid-
ed, so workers previously fearful of losing their jobs could feel comfortable taking PTO. When the
seemingly industry-wide summer vacation ended, there was an uptick in tech hiring – particularly
of in-demand roles.

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Great Lockdown Accelerates Transformation

Source: Microsoft Data Science, "Digitazation Capacity of the World Economy"

190M 1M Privacy and trust

6M Cyber security
127M
149M 20M Data analysis, machine
New jobs learning, and AI
90M
by 2025
66M 23M Cloud and data roles
51M
41M
98M Software development

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Continuing the trends of the past few years, companies are on the constant lookout for cyber secu-
rity talent, both inside and outside of IT companies. A sector that has been at or near zero percent
Developer 54%
unemployment rate, cyber security will remain one of the most in-demand skill sets in tech.
IT Management 46%
However, specifically inside tech companies, developers and IT management are the roles that are
DevOps 40%
being most recruited. For those businesses looking to build and scale a product, these roles are what
hiring managers Engineer
need most. 37%
Security Professional 30%
Project Manager 28%
Data Engineer 27%
Developers and IT Managers Most Recruited Roles
Systems Administrator 26%
Source: Lunix Foundation: 2023 Tech Talent Survey
Network Administrator 26%
Data Scientist 24% Despite the concerns and con-
Architect
Developer 23% 54% sternations that flooded the
DevSecOps
IT Management 20% 46% start of 2023, the tech industry
Executive Management
DevOps 12% 40% quickly stabilized and is still one
GitOps 7% 37%
of the best sectors to work in the
Engineer
Other 1% United States economy. For those
Security Professional 30%
Don't know or not sure 2%
in the IT industry who are looking
Project Manager 28%
for work after being laid off or
Data Engineer 27% want to progress in their careers,
Systems Administrator 26% there are steps they can take to
Network Administrator 26% improve their candidacy during
Data Scientist 24% their search. Things like upskilling,
Architect 23%
seeing how new advancements in
technologies (like artificial intelli-
DevSecOps 20%
gence) are impacting your profes-
Executive Management 12%
sion, and possibly compromising
GitOps 7% with employers when it comes to
Other 1% working from home.
Don't know or not sure 2%

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In Office, Hybrid, Or Remote?

The Workplace
Debate Continues
into 2024

Workplace Environment
Since 2021, there has been a continuing debate on working from home versus a hybrid schedule
versus full-time in the office. While the tech industry continues to be ahead of other sections of the
economy in allowing workers to fully work from home, even in IT there has been a clawback from
businesses wanting employees out of their homes and back into the office.

Share of Companies That Allow Full Remote Work

Source: Flex Report: 2023 Tech Industry Deep Dive

All industries Tech

<500 employees
500-5K employees
5K-25K employees
25K+ employees

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

That isn’t to say that workers in tech are all heading back in. Five out of the top eight job titles that
have the highest percentage of fully remote workers are tech workers, and 77% of one tech talent
survey said that they would be willing to work fully remotely for their job. However, job listings that
advertise fully remote positions have dropped over the past year.

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Top 8 Remote Jobs in US

Source: Remote.com's "Industries with the Most Remote Opportunities"

Rank Job Role US % jobs that are remote

1 Web Developer 36.93
2 Software Engineer 36.16
3 Data Scientist 30.5
4 Copywriter 28.88
5 Architect 26.75
6 Account Manager 24.99
7 Cyber Security 23.21
8 Data Analyst 21.76

When talking to recruiters, one important issue that was brought up frequently was tech
workers moving out of cities and away from company offices, assuming that full work from
home would continue indefinitely. However, once demands for returning to the office were
put into place, those who moved had an untenable commute. A Gallup survey found that
52% of those who prefer working remotely listed avoiding commuting time as a top reason
they don’t want to go into the office.

How Much do Tech Workers Go In Office?

Source: LinkedIn survey data via Motion Recruitment

49%

How to attract talent

in 2024: Flexibility.
19% Read more on how
17% to build a flexible
14% workplace for tech
workers.

0 Days 1 or 2 Days 3 or 4 Days 5 Days

in Office in Office in Office in Office

Workers themselves are conflicted about a return to the office, as only 28% of workers said
their company is making it worthwhile to come into the office, and over 50% of frontline
workers believe that being fully in office was ideal for career advancement. That same sur-
vey showed that 62% of senior business leaders believe that there’s a proximity bias be-
tween the in-person and remote/hybrid workforce.

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What Tech Workers Consider Most Important in a New Role

Source: Morning Consult's "What Tech Workers Want to Do Next"

Salary or Hourly Pay 56%

Job Security/Employment Stability 56%
Benefits 55%
Work-life Balance 51%
Commuting Distance/Time 49%
Competence of Company Leadership 48%
Interesting Work 48%
Ability to Work Remotely Some of the Time 46%
Company's Work Culture 45%
Work Aligned with Values 43%
Ability to Work Entirely Remote 42%
The Company's Mission 41%
Company's Reputation with Peers 41%

Where does that leave tech workers and companies? As one of our recruiters said, both sides need
to be able to compromise, and that compromise seems to have landed on a hybrid schedule with
expanded local hiring.

75% of all companies are allowing some sort of remote work, with 2.2 days working remotely on
average. It does appear that while most workers feel that 5 days in the office is a non-starter for a
job and will not accept an offer if it is full-time in the office, many tech workers are becoming more
accepting of the hybrid schedule. Interestingly, there is a noticeable difference between generations
in their preferences of where they are working, with Gen Z mostly looking to be in the office multiple
times a week, while Generation X and Baby Boomers are the age group most likely by far to want to
work from home full time.

How Often Workers Want to Work Remotely

Source: Hubble HQ's Future of Work Survey

Gen Z Millennials Gen X and Baby Boomers

50%
42.2
40% 37.8
36.4
34.5
% of responses

30.4
30% 28.3

21.4
20%
14.7
11.1
10% 8 7.4
6.7 6.2
5
1.6 2.7
0.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.1
0%
Never Rarely 1-2/Month 1-2/Week 3-4/Week Daily Other

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According to interviews with recruiters across the country, companies and hiring managers no longer
want to do a nationwide search for most roles. They are willing to shrink the possible candidate pool
to get candidates that are local to their office. Even if a role a company is hiring for can be done fully
remotely, many are employing a 50 or 100-mile “bubble,” a topic discussed in last year’s guide. This
hiring strategy allows for a worker to do their job from home but head into the office as needed for
major meetings, team collaboration and workshopping without expenses such as flights and hotels.

Remote and Hybrid Tech Job Postings

Source: CompTIA Tech Jobs Report + Analysis

100

75

50

25
MAR
MAR

MAR

MAR

MAR
NOV

NOV
NOV

NOV

MAY
MAY

MAY

MAY

MAY

JAN
JAN

JAN
JAN

JAN

SEP
SEP

SEP

SEP

JUL
JUL

JUL

JUL

JUL

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Companies and managers can keep workers happy while being in the office by making sure there
is an added benefit to being there. Tech workers forced into the office only to sit at a desk with
headphones on will see no benefit of being in the office which could lead to them looking for new
opportunities. When going into the office leads to things like one-on-one time with managers to go
over career goals and promotional paths, collaborations with team members that are difficult to do
over Zoom calls or hands-on upskilling opportunities, then employees tend to look at heading to the
office more favorably.

For both sides, the crux of the issue is continuing the conversation
and making sure value is being added. For those looking to work from
Looking for a fully home full-time, productivity has to be maintained. Numerous studies
remote position in
tech? Explore 100% have been launched attempting to measure if those who work from
remote roles on our home are more or less productive than in the office, and results have
job board. been mixed. Success will come down to knowing how an employee
will work best combined with having a management that knows how
to bring out the best in their teams, no matter where they are doing
their job.

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Artificial Intelligence
in 2024
How is the Next Big Thing Shaking Up the IT Job Market?
No topic has been more talked about in tech than the newest advancements in Artificial Intelligence
and its potential impact not only on the tech job market but on the overall economy. Even though
the technology has been around in some way for decades, search trends for the term “Artificial
Intelligence” hit their all-time high in April 2023, and there continues to be interest from the average
population that likely gives this technology more staying power than other recent trends like crypto-
currencies and the metaverse – demonstrated in the investment in the market.

While debates go on about how tools like ChatGPT might take over the world, when it comes spe-
cifically to the tech job market, most businesses have both short-term and long-term plans when it
comes to AI and Machine Learning technologies.

The World Economic Forum’s 2023 Future of Jobs Report says that AI and Big Data will be the big-
gest reskilling focus for companies inside the US, and AI and Machine Learning jobs will be the sec-
ond highest key role for business transformation in the next five years. 45% of tech leaders are saying
that AI spending is a top priority for their company, and data center spending on AI processors will
grow 4 times what it is now by 2025.

Generative AI Market Revenue ($M) Generative AI Growth by Segment

Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence

23-28 CAGR: 57.9%

Year Over Year Growth Code Generators 72.9%
$36,358.1
Image Generators 65.8%
134.9%

$27,260.2 Video Generators 61.2%

102.8% Audio Generators 59.6%

71.1% $19,471.0
Numeric/Structured 59%
Data Generators
$12,852.4 51.5%
Foundation Models 56.6%
$7,510.3 40.0%
33.4%
$3,703.6 Text Generators 29.9%

2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

23-28 CAGR
Total Market Revenue (in Millions)

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There is a massive amount of money currently being invested, spent and made in the AI space
across the entire economy, with companies like Netflix making news for offering jobs at over 900k/
year for an AI-focused Product Manager. Inside the tech world, those who already have an AI skill-
set are getting a salary boost versus their peers with software engineers that are AI-focused seeing
between an 8% and 12% compensation bump compared to their non-AI counterparts, depending on
seniority.

Compensation Increase For AI versus Non-AI Roles

Source: levels.fyi

% Difference
15%
If you're looking for
a job in AI or with AI,
12% check out the open
9% roles on our job board.
6% 12.5%
10.11% 9.92%
3% 8.13%

0%
Entry Level Engineer Engineer Senior Engineer Staff Engineer

Standard Level

Tech workers are taking the hint, as while it is still a challenge for hiring managers and companies
to find quality candidates for AI-related roles, it’s becoming slightly easier year-over-year, with some
roles being easier to find by over 10%.

Hiring for AI-Related Roles

Source: McKinsey Global Survey on AI, 2023

Share of respondents reporting difficulty in organizations’ hiring of AI-related roles1 %

0 20 40 60 80 100

Machine learning engineers

AI data scientists
Translators
AI product owners/managers
Data architects
Prompt engineers2
Software engineers
Data engineers
Design specialists
Data-visualization specialist

2022 2023

1Asked only respondents whose organizations have adopted AI in at least 1 function and who said
their organization hired the given role in the past 12 months. Respondents who said “easy,” “neither
difficult nor easy,” or “don’t know” are not shown.
2Not asked of respondents in 2022.

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While companies across the world are spending top dollar for
IT workers who can create AI and ML tools that help computing
and processing powers take giant leaps forward, others inside the
industry have fears that these advancements will come at the
expense of their jobs. A survey of tech professionals showed that
over half (52%) are worried about losing their jobs due to auto-
mation or Artificial Intelligence, compared to only 26% disagreeing
with the concern.

However, there have been many recent examples of companies

attempting to use AI as an end-to-end solution that have end-
ed in disaster. Fully automated news articles riddled with factual
errors and mistakes, thoroughly unhelpful chatbots, and attorneys
fined for attempting to use generative text for briefs are just a few
issues, with many other examples out there of AI failures.

Generative AI Related Risks

Source: McKinsey Global Survey on AI, 2023

Generative AI-related risks that organizations consider relevant and are working to mitigate, % of respondents1

Organization considers risk relevant Organization working to mitigate risk

Inaccuracy 56 32
Cyber Security 53 38
Intellectual-property Infringement 46 25
Regulatory Compliance 45 28
Explainability 39 18
Personal/Individual Privacy 39 20
Workforce/Labor Displacement 34 13
Equity and Fairness 31 16
Organizational Reputation 29 16
National Security 14 4
Physical Safety 11 6
Environmental Impact 11 5
Political Stability 10 2
None of the Above 1 8

1Asked only respondents whose organizations have adopted AI in at least 1 function.

As of now, AI can be a useful productivity tool that allows workers to blow past remedial tasks and
focus on complex, more rewarding work. One study of developers after being introduced to an AI tool
found that they produced 46% more code at a 55% faster rate. Most importantly, the developers said
they were 75% more fulfilled in their work after using the AI tool.

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Generative AI Tools for Developer Experience

Source: McKinsey & Company

I was able to focus on

I felt happy satisfying and meaningful work I was in a ‘flow’ state

15 20 25
31
44
30
50 Strongly Agree
30
30 Somewhat Agree
Neither Agree or Disagree
25 56
30 20 Somewhat Disagree
38 50
Strongly Disagree
30 15 20
13 13
5 5 6
Without With Without With Without With
generative AI generative AI generative AI generative AI generative AI generative AI

"Human intelligence needs to

In reality, we are still at the beginning stages of this technology, and be part of the (software devel-
the final use cases of AI and machine learning vary wildly. There is the opment) process to accomplish
possibility that this tech will become a valuable productivity tool for and present work to business
partners and stakeholders.
many, but not the economy-altering revolution that some have pre-
dicted. However, there is an equal chance that this technology has the I strongly believe engineers are
opportunity to fundamentally change how work gets done, both in the not replaceable. Generative AI
will make the day-to-day work
IT industry and beyond. of engineers more fun and
creative."
While we all wait and see where AI ends up, for those in the tech in-
Fouad Bousetouane
dustry it would be wise to invest time in seeing what AI tools are being Director of ML, Grainger
implemented in your field and see if there is an opportunity to upskill
so you can reap the financial as well as work fulfillment benefits of AI. WATCH: How AI is Transforming
the Way Software Developers
Work

Roles Most Impacted by Use of AI

Source: Stanford University,'s 2023 Artificial Intelligence Index Report

Business Analytics or Intelligence 65%

Automated Repetitive, Low-Level Tasks 64%
Identify Risks and Improve Security 43%
Monitoring and Governance 34%
Conversational AI or Virtual Assistants 33%
Augment Operational Staff in their Decision Making 28%
Sensor Data Analysis 27%
Financial Planning and Analysis 20%
Content Creation 16%
Define Business Strategy 12%

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Click to read 8 ways you can expect things to change.
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ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS FOR 2024

Advice from the Experts

for 2024
For Both Hiring Managers and Tech Workers:

Create Balance Through Compromise

Moving into 2024, we are at a point where neither hiring managers nor tech workers have the upper
hand in the marketplace, and both need to find common ground so both can thrive in the years
ahead.

For hiring managers, while demand for tech talent slightly lowered at the start of the year, it by no
means subsided and only grew as 2023 has progressed. Because of this, attempting to lowball can-
didates, cutting benefits or overworking employees once they arrive is a recipe for disaster.
For tech workers, setting reasonable expectations for the salary range you’re willing to accept will
help you in your job search, along with working with managers on a flexible hybrid work environment
that allows for occasionally coming into the office along with days working from home.

Invest in AI:
Next-generation artificial intelligence tools appear to be here to
stay, and both hiring managers and tech workers would be wise to
find out how these exploding technologies are affecting their part
of the IT economy.

Tech workers need to learn and understand the AI tools and

programs that are being used currently in your area and see how
you can implement them in your workflow. Even if the tools aren’t
ready for prime time and can only help in basic tasks, having a
background in these AI programs could have lasting benefits long-
term as the technology advances.

Hiring managers and companies should be looking to empower

workers to upskill in these AI tools and possibly go beyond having
workers use free, readily available tools like ChatGPT and invest in
paid tools to help workers become more productive. While at-
tempting to fully replace workers with AI tools in 2024 is probably
a bad idea, spending money to help workers become more pro-
ductive is always a good investment.

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Top IT Automation Tools Planned for Future

Source: Global SRE Report 2022

17%
Chaos Engineering
15%
AI and Machine Learning Tools
10%
Security Tools
9%
Service Level Management
9%
Observability
7%
Release Management
7%
Application Security Management
7%
CI/CD Tools
7%
Provisioning Tools
6%
Network Management
5%
Configuration Management
5%
Infrastructure Management
4%
ITSM And/Or Ticketing System
4%
Monitor and Observability Tools

For Hiring Managers

Unicorns Aren’t Real, Don’t Delay Hiring for One:

While the market has softened slightly and salary demands are no longer rising at the rates they
were in years past, it is still difficult to find tech talent in 2024. Many companies are probably looking
for the exact same skills you are, so if you find someone who fits your company culture as well as
the abilities you’re looking for in a role, do not think you can prolong the hiring process or pay a can-
didate lower than what they are worth.

Our recruiters told us that on multiple occasions, a hiring manager was going through the interview
process with a candidate they liked, however, they wanted to keep looking to find someone who was
“perfect” and use the first as a backup option. Their unicorn didn’t exist, and the first candidate was
quickly picked up by a different business. Don’t let perfection get in the way of success.

Why The Candidate Experience Matters

Source: Vervo's Survey on The Impact of Slow Hiring

75% 60% 30% 83%

of employees accepted of applicants quit on of applicants ranked of candidates admit their

a job offer because of a application process how responsive an overall experience would be
positive candidate because it was too organization is as the most improved if employers
experience. long or complex. important aspect of the provided clear timelines
candidate experience. for the hiring process.

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ADVICE FROM THE EXPERTS FOR 2024

Learn the Value of Inexperience:

Relatedly, even a perfect candidate that checks all the boxes of what you’re looking for and has all
the skills you need for a role might not be all it cracks up to be. Our experts said that candidates
who already have the skills needed to do their job well can end up being bored in the role quickly
and might start looking for new challenges at a different job, sometimes within a year of being hired.

If instead you look to hire someone slightly more junior and inexperienced, but talented and driven
for the role, not only could you hire at a lower salary, but the person in the role will feel challenged
from day one on the job, as well as more fulfilled and happier with the company as they grow into
the position and expand their skill set.

For Tech Workers

Understand Who You Are and the Value You Bring

It is true that if you are an “A”-level talent in this market, you can still pretty much pick your salary and
working arrangements, within reason. However, those true elite workers are few and far between. For
the rest of us, have an honest assessment of where your skills are compared to the rest of your peers.

If you set unrealistic expectations for what you’re willing to accept in a new role, not only will you end
up being disappointed with whatever role you end up in, but also miss out on great opportunities
that were previously dismissed.

Top 3 Barriers to Upskilling

Source: DevOps Institute

"To upskill, gain expe-

rience, or start a new
role quickly, consider
44% 40% 30% a contract role. Here's
why IT contracting is
so popular right now.
lack of time lack of budget making upskilling
a priority

Find Ways to Grow:

As one of our recruiters said, “In the tech industry, if you’re not learning and growing, you’re
falling behind.” It is vital for tech workers looking to take their careers to the next level to find ways
to upskill and increase their value. That could be through opportunities your company offers, taking
leadership courses or advanced degree classes part-time or taking advantage of all the numerous
freely available trainings online.

Have a conversation with your manager to see what skills the company is looking for, both in and out
of your current role, and try and work towards filling that gap.

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CONCLUSION

Put Your 2024

in Motion
Services & Opportunity
2024 promises to be one of the most exciting years to be a part of the IT
industry, with new technological advancements happening every day and busi-
nesses looking to grow rapidly after a brief period of caution and economic
slowdown. When considering what is best for your career or company, having
experts on your side who can help along your journey is vital.

Motion Recruitment stays on the pulse of the tech world, seeing the innovative
ways businesses and workers are staying a step ahead and can help guide
you in making the right decisions for your business or job search in 2024 and
beyond.

We hope that these insights and the following salary data help you better
understand the tech industry, and we are always ready to hear your feedback,
talk strategy, and work with you to lead you on a roadmap to success this
year. Visit our website to contact a local expert and get started today.

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TECH SALARY RANGES

Tech Salary
Ranges
This section outlines the salary ranges in the US
and Canada by role in major technology sectors.
Leverage the city specific variances per tech sector
on the following page for regional salary ranges per
Contents
tech job.
Tech Salary Ranges

23 Local Variances
24 Management/Executive
PAGES 23-30 25 Software Development
Top skills to Upskill
27 Product + UX, Mobile, QA
28 Data
29 Infrastructure,
30 Cyber, Security
Adding Value: Certifications

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TECH SALARY RANGES

Local Variances Per City + Tech

Use these local variances below as a multiplier to get a more accurate salary ranges for each area of
technical expertise in the city you're hiring or looking for a role in. See the example below.

With many tech positions still remote or hybrid, traditional tech hubs have expanded and tech leadership
is still adjusting. See remote trends and how to handle in the tech marketplace here.

Variances

Arlington Atlanta Boston Charlotte Chicago Dallas Los New York Philadel- Phoenix San Fran- San Jose Toronto
Angeles phia cisco

Software 1.034 0.915 1.019 0.844 0.951 0.945 1.115 1.062 0.883 0.935 1.263 1.261 0.956
Security 1.078 0.954 1.063 0.880 0.993 0.986 1.163 1.108 0.922 0.975 1.318 1.316 0.997
Product & UX 0.964 0.853 0.950 0.787 0.887 0.881 1.040 0.990 0.824 0.872 1.178 1.176 0.891
Mobile 1.190 1.053 1.173 0.972 1.095 1.088 1.284 1.223 1.017 1.076 1.455 1.452 1.101
Infrastructure 0.911 0.806 0.898 0.744 0.839 0.833 0.983 0.936 0.779 0.824 1.114 1.112 0.843
Functional 0.990 0.876 0.976 0.808 0.911 0.905 1.068 1.017 0.846 0.895 1.210 1.208 0.916
Data 1.051 0.930 1.036 0.858 0.967 0.961 1.134 1.080 0.898 0.950 1.285 1.282 0.972
AVERAGES 1.0258 0.9210 1.0137 0.9001 1.0091 0.9027 1.0988 1.0483 0.8915 0.8853 1.2218 1.1885 0.9688

Senior Data Scientist

Low Range: $146,000

High Range: $182,000
Average: $164,000
NEW YORK CITY
AVERAGE X 1.080
$177,120
SAN FRANCISCO
AVERAGE X 1.285
$210,740

***The city variances shown here are derived fully from analyzing internal company data,
which is copyrighted and intended for personal use only.

These averages are to be used as a guide and actual salaries should be adjusted based
on each person's abilities, experiences and technical skill level.

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National Management/Executive
As described on the opening page, salary averages here represent low ranges and high ranges of the two levels.

Management MIN MAX

Chief Security Officer $220,344 $341,480
VP of Engineering $195,462 $ 2 5 3 ,4 9 9
Chief Technology Officer $ 1 8 9 ,7 5 3 $ 2 3 2 ,7 6 3
Creative Director $151,856 $225,302
Director of Engineering $176,363 $216,363
Engineering Manager $158,990 $ 2 0 3 ,7 5 8

Top Jobs of 2023

Source: Indeed

Percent Change in Job Share

Job Title
2020-2023
Full Stack Developer 56%
Data Engineer 44%
Cloud Engineer 42% In Indeed’s “Top
Jobs of 2023,”
Senior Product Manager 45% 8 out of the top 10
are tech positions.
Back End Developer 60%
Site Reliability Engineer 55%
Machine Learning Engineer 37%
Product Design 48%

In the United States, the number of job applications candidates have

been submitting is up 18% year-over-year from 2022 to 2023.

LinkedIn job posts that mention artificial intelligence or generative AI

+18% have seenan extra 17% more applications over the past two years com-
YEAR OVER YEAR pared to job posts with no mentions.

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TECH SALARY RANGES

Software Development
MID LEVEL SENIOR LEVEL
LOW HIGH LOW HIGH

Software $110,707 $140,173 $129,595 $160,625

Back End $118,316 $148,465 $136,875 $169,952
.Net Architect $147,500 $190,000
.Net Developer $95,400 $ 1 2 1 ,47 0 $ 1 1 7, 5 7 1 $145,918
Application Developer $96,000 $121,600 $120,000 $140,000
BackEnd Developer $ 1 2 2 ,41 8 $ 1 5 4,6 1 8 $145,300 $ 1 8 2 ,742
C++ Developer $125,500 $168,800 $143,800 $190,000
Golang Developer $ 1 4 6 ,1 0 5 $183,700 $ 1 4 9,1 6 0 $199,300
Java Architect $147,500 $172,500
Java Developer $103,636 $132,200 $121,600 $156,400
Microservices Engineer $120,000 $140,000 $144,000 $162,200
Node.js Developer $126,900 $146,600 $134,590 $170,700
PHP Developer $110,000 $132,000 $122,200 $ 1 4 8 ,1 5 0
Platform Engineer $140,860 $180,500 $143,500 $179,200
Python Developer $ 1 1 4, 3 0 0 $145,000 $145,800 $179,000
Ruby on Rails Developer $118,676 $155,088 $144,360 $183,272

Desired and Admired Programming, Script and Markup Languages

Source: Stack Overflow

JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
HTML/CSS
SQL
Rust
C#
Bash/Shell (All Shells)
Go
Java

Most Desired (and Tested) Tech Stacks in Java and .Net

Source: DevSkiller Digital & IT Skills Report 2023

Java .NET/C#

1. Java 11 35.46% 1. .NET Framework 28.67%

2. Spring 30.42% 2. ASP.NET 23.33%
3. Spring Boot 17.28% 3. .NET Core 19.5%
4. Maven 8.67% 4. ASP.NET MVC 14.67%
5. JPA 8.16% 5. .NET 5 13.83%

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TECH SALARY RANGES

MID LEVEL SENIOR LEVEL

LOW HIGH LOW HIGH

Front End $ 1 1 3 ,1 5 6 $142,701 $121,755 $163,549

Angular Developer $107,428 $134,457 $ 1 1 7, 3 3 8 $159,596
Javascript Developer $113,615 $ 1 4 4,0 1 8 $ 1 2 5 ,1 2 6 $165,525
React Developer $ 1 1 8 ,4 2 5 $149,629 $122,800 $165,525
General $112,245 $143,335 $138,004 $163,685
Full Stack Software Developer $123,800 $151,800 $143,642 $165,678
Gaming Engineer $92,500 $132,500 $154,000 $165,000
Robotics Engineer $126,600 $168,300 $125,000 $160,000
Sales Engineer $118,300 $152,200 $130,000 $162,000
Salesforce Developer $ 1 1 5 ,0 0 0 $150,000
Solutions Architect $150,666 $180,577
Software Architect $156,000 $187,500
Software Developer $99,337 $ 1 3 3 ,0 1 2 $122,395 $155,368
Technical Writer $ 1 1 0 ,1 7 8 $115,532 $122,329 $133,355
Control Systems Engineer $ 1 0 6 ,1 8 1 $ 1 2 1 ,4 9 8 $128,566 $145,080
Embedded $111,071 $143,136 $135,576 $165,320
Embedded Engineer $110,000 $ 1 47,70 0 $ 1 27, 3 5 2 $157,940
Firmware Engineer $ 1 1 2 ,1 4 2 $138,571 $143,800 $172,700

Most Popular Web Frameworks & Tech Skills Need Per Junior Developer Role
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 2023 Source: DevSkiller's Digital & IT Skills Report 2023

ASP.NET CORE
Node.js 16.57%
42.65% React Developer 65
React Developer 65
React
Vue.js 40.58%
16.38% Angular Developer 63
Angular Developer 63
jQuery 21.98% Vue Developer 57
Wordpress 13.38% Vue Developer 57
Express 19.28% Android Developer 53
Angular
ASP.NET 17.46% 12.79% Android Developer 53
PHP Developer 43
Next.js 16.67% PHP Developer
Flask 12.16% iOS Developer 43
ASP.NET CORE 16.57% 42
Spring
Vue.jsBoot 16.38% 11.95% DevOpsiOS Developer
Engineer 41 42

Wordpress 13.38% DevOps

.NET Engineer
Developer 39 41
Django 11.47%
ASP.NET 12.79% Java.NET Developer
Developer 35 39
Laravel 12.16% 7.58%
Flask AutomationJava Developer
Developer 31 35
Spring Boot
FastAPI 11.95% 7.42% C++ Developer
Automation Developer 27 31
Django 11.47%
Svelte 6.62% QA Engineer
C++ Developer 27 27
Laravel 7.58%
Ruby on Rails 7.42% 5.49% Python Developer
QA Engineer 25
FastAPI 27
Systems Admin
Svelte
Nest.JS
6.62% 5.13% Python Developer 17 25
Ruby on Rails 5.49% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Blazor 4.88% Systems Admin 17
Nest.JS 5.13% Number of Skills
4.88%
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Blazor
Nuxt.js 3.69%
Nuxt.js 3.69% Number of Skills

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TECH SALARY RANGES

Product + UX, QA, Mobile

MID LEVEL SENIOR LEVEL
LOW HIGH LOW HIGH

Product & UX $114,368 $142,110 $129,332 $160,242

Product Designer $120,972 $ 1 5 0,41 6 $136,332 $ 1 6 9 ,1 4 4
Product Manager $122,758 $ 1 5 2 ,1 6 5 $135,875 $170,000
UI/UX Designer $99,375 $123,750 $ 1 1 5 ,7 8 9 $ 1 41 , 5 8 3

QA Automation Engineers saw a 10.6%

increase in salary on average YOY.

QA $ 9 8 ,74 8 $123,229 $115,764 $140,620

QA Analyst $ 8 7, 0 0 0 $98,000 $108,798 $125,000
QA Automation Engineer $110,000 $135,000 $125,000 $144,000
QA Engineer $88,555 $ 1 1 2 ,0 6 6 $105,740 $ 1 3 3 ,4 8 1
SDET $109,437 $147,850 $123,518 $160,000
Mobile $122,824 $153,204 $139,604 $177,444
Android Developer $124,545 $161,590 $ 1 3 6 ,0 41 $186,575
iOS Developer $ 1 1 4,76 1 $144,063 $142,227 $ 1 7 6 ,1 9 0
React Native Developer $ 1 2 9 ,1 6 6 $153,958 $140,543 $169,566
Functional $100,494 $119,398 $117,532 $139,720
Business Intelligence Analyst $102,500 $129,300 $120,000 $145,300
Business Analyst $ 8 1 ,1 3 8 $102,277 $91,250 $ 1 1 3 ,7 5 0
Product Owner $105,937 $134,687 $146,666 $172,500
Project Manager $105,869 $ 1 2 7, 0 2 1 $ 1 07,7 2 7 $143,636
Program Manager $ 1 1 7, 4 5 8 $128,357 $142,302 $156,890
Project Coordinator $90,060 $ 9 4 ,74 6 $ 9 7, 2 4 4 $106,246

Top 6 Certifications for Product Development

1. Project Management Professional (PMP)

2. Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

3. Certified Manager Certification (CM)

4. Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

5. Certified Product Manager (CPM)

6. Master Project Manager (MPM)

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Data
MID LEVEL SENIOR LEVEL
LOW HIGH LOW HIGH

Data $116,031 $145,670 $143,862 $ 1 7 5 ,7 1 1

AI Engineer $109,436 $153,079 $145,591 $201,607
Business Intelligence Developer $95,256 $116,337 $130,550 $145,560
Computer Vision Engineer $130,000 $172,500 $155,000 $197,500
Data Architect $168,437 $224,375
Data Analyst $ 8 9 ,1 0 2 $113,205 $129,666 $152,333
Data Engineer $ 1 2 7, 5 1 0 $ 1 6 0,1 0 6 $143,034 $173,867
Data Modeler $ 1 0 5 ,1 5 8 $124,336 $ 1 3 1 ,1 7 8 $ 1 5 7,4 3 9
Data Scientist $124,811 $171,415 $146,000 $ 1 8 1 ,4 2 8
Database Engineer $120,000 $157,200 $126,000 $183,204
Machine Learning Engineer $ 1 2 5 , 2 27 $168,297 $158,225 $ 1 9 6 ,1 2 9
Data Warehouse Analyst $122,895 $142,463 $148,832 $159,313
Data Warehouse Developer $121,250 $129,434 $138,748 $149,367
Database Administrator $ 1 2 1 ,7 2 6 $139,670 $148,948 $ 1 6 2 ,1 2 2

Top 6 AI Tools for Business Efficiency:

1. ThoughtSpot Sage

2. Chat GPT

3. Google Bard and Duet

4. Jasper

5. ChatSpot.ai by HubSpot

6. theGist
Demand for Data and Machine Learn-
ing roles is increasing, with Data
Scientist demand up by 21% and
demand for ML Engineers up by 15%
year-over-year heading into 2024.

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Infrastructure
According to a worldwide survey of IT executives, the biggest barrier to further utilize emerging
cloud-based technologies is the lack of cloud skills in the IT workforce. However, with many
companies moving to a multi-cloud environment, cloud-based career opportunities will contin-
ue to grow.
MID LEVEL SENIOR LEVEL
LOW HIGH LOW HIGH

Infrastructure $93,607 $114,515 $121,993 $145,960

Cloud Architect $153,750 $190,583
Cloud Engineer $122,922 $150,666 $140,344 $172,620
DevSecOps Architect/Coach $ 1 6 8 ,9 1 5 $202,340
DevSecOps Engineer $ 1 3 6 ,1 1 1 $167,055 $ 1 37,03 2 $180,650
Technical Support Analyst $66,562 $ 8 2 ,1 8 7 $83,463 $92,590
Helpdesk Support $ 5 7, 6 9 7 $71,921 $ 7 7, 4 4 4 $ 9 0,7 8 0
Infrastructure and Security Architect $150,000 $170,000
IT Systems Analyst $83,333 $ 1 0 6 ,1 1 6 $104,589 $ 1 1 8 ,7 6 0
Linux Administrator $91,200 $105,800 $112,500 $134,600
Network Architect $142,500 $182,500
Network Administrator $86,363 $100,000 $109,450 $ 1 1 7, 3 5 6
Network Engineer $102,217 $122,239 $ 1 2 1 ,03 4 $143,965
Site Reliability Engineer $123,830 $150,925 $148,924 $179,967
Support Engineer $71,428 $99,000 $89,000 $108,000
Systems Architect $153,932 $172,867
Systems Administrator $ 8 4,1 1 7 $104,205 $ 9 7, 0 0 0 $126,580
Systems Engineer $ 9 7, 5 0 0 $ 1 1 4,0 6 2 $ 1 1 5 ,7 5 7 $ 1 4 1 ,7 8 7

Agile MID LEVEL SENIOR LEVEL

LOW HIGH LOW HIGH

Agile $131,268 $139,458 $148,318 $164,060

Agile Coach (Enterprise) $ 1 2 0 ,1 3 4 $ 1 2 8 ,1 9 3 $136,230 $151,886
RTE/Release Train Engineer $ 1 5 7,4 2 7 $166,849 $177,605 $189,659
Scrum Master $ 1 1 6 , 24 3 $123,332 $ 1 3 1 ,1 1 9 $150,636

Highest Paying Tools to Know

(According to Tech Professionals)
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 2023

1. Zig $103,611.00 11. OCaml $91,026.00

2. Erlang $99,492.00 12. Objective-C $90,000.00
3. F# $99,311.00 13. Flow $88,934.00
4. Ruby $98,522.00 14. Rust $87,012.00
5. Clojure $96,381.00 15. Swift $86,897.00
6. Elixir $96,381.00 16. Groovy $86,271.00
7. Lisp $96,381.00 17. Bash/Shell (all shells) $85,672.00
8. Scala $96,381.00 18. Haskell $85,672.00
9. Perl $94,540.00 19. Apex $81,552.00
10. Go $92,760.00 20. PowerShell $81,311.00
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Cyber Security
Top 10 Cloud Platforms, in Order:
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 2023

1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) 5. Cloudflare 9. Netlify

2. Microsoft Azure 6. Digital Ocean 10. VMware

3. Google Cloud 7. Heroku

4. Firebase 8. Vercel

MID LEVEL SENIOR LEVEL

LOW HIGH LOW HIGH

Security $115,797 $139,680 $132,352 $162,152

CyberSecurity Architect $132,200 $173,800
(Cyber)Security Engineer $132,555 $149,802 $142,435 $172,600
Application Security Engineer $122,656 $158,750 $ 1 4 1 ,1 7 9 $170,500
DevSecOps Engineer $ 1 3 6 ,1 1 1 $167,055 $ 1 4 9,6 1 5 $190,523
Information Security Analyst $100,000 $110,000 $114,890 $142,930
Information Security Engineer $115,570 $142,750 $ 1 3 4,41 5 $158,324
Network Security Engineer $ 1 2 1 ,6 6 0 $ 1 4 9 ,1 1 6 $120,000 $160,000
Security Architect $ 1 5 2 ,1 8 9 $170,750
SOC (Security) Security Analyst $82,027 $100,290 $104,090 $131,590
Pen Tester $118,000 $155,000 $127,000 $175,000
Detection Engineer $130,000 $230,000

Adding Value: Certifications

These certifications are listed on the most job
listings in the US:

AWS Certified 35% of people reported a

CISSP Solutions Architect CISM
35% wage increase after earning a

1 2 3
certification.

Certified tech professionals

4 5 8% have 8% higher salaries versus

non-certified professionals.
AWS Certified Google Cloud: Professional
Sysops Admin-Assoc. Cloud Security Engineer

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DATA SOURCES
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major cities in North America. The base salary ranges are divided between Mid-level (2-5
years) and Senior-level experience levels (5+ years). Role ranges may vary by company size,
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