Salary Report

Information Technology Job

C#
SQL Server
Development

United States Location

Birmingham
AL
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 12/1/22 to 11/30/23

Salary Average

$116,165

Experience Requirement

5 Years

Raise +1 Year

$13,057 at 11.24%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 5 Years: $116,165 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $102,997 & $129,333; and, 5% of Jobs top $148,456.

Number of Jobs :

Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.

Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.

Salary End Points :

$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.

$433,578 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.

Job Market :

Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 12/1/22 to 11/30/23.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $154,750
5% $148,456
10% $141,258
25% $129,333
33% $124,479
50% $116,165
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years Experience.

Salary Range and Jobs

Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market Salary Range
Low Salary High Salary
10% $113,714 $118,615
25% $109,949 $122,380
33% $107,851 $124,479
50% $102,997 $129,333
67% $97,124 $135,205
95% $77,579 $154,750
Salary Average =

$116,165

Mid Point between each Low/High pair.

Percent of Job Market =

Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
4 Years $103,132 $13,033 at 12.64%
5 Years $116,165 $13,057 at 11.24%
6 Years $129,221 $13,046 at 10.10%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases gradually in the first years, rises vigorously with greater experience and grows robustly into maturity.

Salary Growth Overall :

The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is equal to that in the USA IT job market as a whole.

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $61,829 at the low experience of Entry Level; $116,165 at the average experience of 5 Years; and, $180,144 at the top experience of 9 Years and 11 Months.

Experience End Points :

0 = Entry Level.

15 Years and 10 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.

Job Market :

Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 12/1/22 to 11/30/23.

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Salary and Experience Range

95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
Low Entry Level $61,829 $4,374 at 7.07%
Average 5 Years $116,165 $13,056 at 11.24%
Top 9 Years and 11 Months $180,144 $12,917 at 7.17%

Qualifications

Description

Application development, using C# programming language on Microsoft .Net platform with SQL Server database access, is the position's primary responsibility.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Microsoft C#;
  • Microsoft SQL Server;
  • Software-Application Developer,
    Agile, Application (App), Back End, Big Data, Cloud, .Net, Embedded, Front End, Full Stack, Machine Learning, Mobile, Portal, Software (SW), User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX) or Web,
    and
    Analyst, Architect, Developer, Engineer, Lead or Programmer.

Characteristics

A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
Project Lead,
Development Manager, Lead Developer, Project Lead, Project Manager, Project Supervisor, Team Lead, Team Supervisor or Technical Lead,
5.7% of job descriptions;
Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
2.8% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
47.2% of job descriptions;
Financial Sector,
Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Finance, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street,
13.2% of job descriptions;
Git,
10.4% of job descriptions;
Nunit,
3.8% of job descriptions;
Microsoft WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation),
17.9% of job descriptions;
T-SQL (Transact SQL),
9.4% of job descriptions;
Scrum software methodology,
30.2% of job descriptions;
RESTful,
20.8% of job descriptions;
Microsoft Azure,
12.3% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
12.3% of job descriptions.

Location

Birmingham, AL

Alabama,
Bessemeer, Birmingham, Blount, Bluff Park, Center Point, Fairfield, Fultondale, Gardendale, Homewood, Hoover, Hueytown, Irondale, Jefferson, Midfield, Mountain Brook, Pell City, Pleasant Grove, Shelby, St Clair, Tarrant City and Vestavia Hills.

These locations are all included in the Birmingham, AL metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).