Top 10 Best Paid IT Positions

Looking for six figure income in IT? plan your career toward the following positions:

1. CIO – Chief Information Officer is the head of IT within an organization. It’s highly competitive position since there is only one for each company. CIO’s annual salary is well above 100K.
2. CSO – Chief Security Officer is the executive responsible for the organization’s entire security posture, both physical and digital. In most companies the CSO’s main responsibility is in IT security. CSO is a relatively new, competitive, and highly paid position with salary above 100K. CSO Job Description.
3. Project Manager – Project manager leads and manages IT projects such as application development, systems implementation and upgrades, integration and consolidation, etc. Most project managers make 100K or more.
4. IT Security Specialist – IT Security Specialist is responsible for performing multiple security risk and vulnerability assessments, as well as operational projects and functions including monitoring of the network intrusion detection system. Many of them are paid over 100K.
5. Enterprise Architect – Enterprise architects design and architecture large scale enterprise information systems using state-of-art technologies such as web services, service oritented architecture (SOA), enterprise service bus (ESB), etc. Enterprise architects earn 100K or higher.
6. Enterprise Software Specialist – Enterprise software specialists configure, implement, and customize commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) systems such as ERP, CRM, PLM, etc. Many enterprise software specialists make around 100K.
7. IT Consultant – IT consultants provide consulting solutions for application development and systems integraton. Many consultants are hourly paid, that make them earn over 100K annually.
8. Database Administrator – DBA is a stable and high rpofile job in IT. It plays impoprtant role within an organization. The average salary of DBA is 80K-90K. Many experienced DBAs who maintain very large database and data warehouses make 100K or more.
9. Systems/Network Administrator – Systems and network administrators manage an organization’s network system and server facilities. They make 80K-90K in general. Some can get more than 100K.
10. Software Engineer – Software engineers design and build complicated computer systems. The average salary for software engineer is around 80K. Highly experienced software engineers in special fields make above 100K.