Agile Software Director - Denver, CO - 9 Years
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Director
of Agile
Software Development
United States Location
Denver - Boulder - Greeley
CO
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 3/1/24 to 2/27/25
Salary Average
$150,519
Experience Requirement
9 Years
Raise +1 Year
$6,904 at 4.59%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 9 Years: $150,519 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $133,283 & $167,754; and, 5% of Jobs top $192,807.
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.
$435,275 = 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 3/1/24 to 2/27/25.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $201,064 |
| 5% | $192,807 |
| 10% | $183,371 |
| 25% | $167,754 |
| 33% | $161,400 |
| 50% | $150,519 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 9 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% | $147,311 | $153,726 |
| 25% | $142,384 | $158,653 |
| 33% | $139,637 | $161,400 |
| 50% | $133,283 | $167,754 |
| 67% | $125,594 | $175,443 |
| 95% | $99,973 | $201,064 |
Salary Average =
$150,519
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 9 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Years | $143,529 | $6,989 at 4.87% |
| 9 Years | $150,519 | $6,904 at 4.59% |
| 10 Years | $157,423 | $6,840 at 4.35% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases steadily in the first years, rises stably with greater experience and grows consistently into maturity.
Salary Growth Overall :
The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is more than that in the USA IT job market as a whole.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $117,767 at the low experience of 4 Years and 6 Months; $152,252 at the average experience of 9 Years and 3 Months; and, $185,088 at the top experience of 14 Years and 1 Month.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
15 Years and 5 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 3/1/24 to 2/27/25.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Years | $121,649 | $7,507 at 6.17% |
| 6 Years | $129,156 | $7,268 at 5.63% |
| 7 Years | $136,424 | $7,105 at 5.21% |
| 8 Years | $143,529 | $6,990 at 4.87% |
| 9 Years | $150,519 | $6,904 at 4.59% |
| 10 Years | $157,423 | $6,840 at 4.34% |
| 11 Years | $164,263 | $6,791 at 4.13% |
| 12 Years | $171,054 | $6,753 at 3.95% |
| 13 Years | $177,807 | $6,722 at 3.78% |
| 14 Years | $184,529 | $6,697 at 3.63% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 4 Years and 6 Months | $117,767 | $7,672 at 6.51% |
| Average | 9 Years and 3 Months | $152,252 | $6,886 at 4.52% |
| Top | 14 Years and 1 Month | $185,088 | $6,695 at 3.62% |
Qualifications
Description
Directing software development, cost efficient staff leadership optimizing Agile methodology from end-user need discovery to model, code, test and deploy, is the position's primary responsibility.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
-
- Director of Software (SW) Development,
-
Agile, Application (App), Back End, Big Data, Business Intelligence (BI), Cloud, Customer Resource Management (CRM), Database, Data Management, Data Warehouse, .Net, Embedded, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Front End, Full Stack, Human Resource Information System (HRIS), Human Resource Management System (HRMS), Machine Learning, Mobile, Portal, Software (SW), Supply Chain Management (SCM), User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX) or Web,
and
Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Director of Information Technology (IT) or Information Technology (IT) Vice President;
- Agile software methodology.
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,
- 8.4% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 54.7% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 75.8% 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,
- 31.6% of job descriptions;
- Git,
- 7.4% of job descriptions;
- Java,
- 12.6% of job descriptions;
- Python,
- 21.1% of job descriptions;
- AngularJS,
- 2.1% of job descriptions;
- NoSQL,
- 16.8% of job descriptions;
- Scrum software methodology,
- 23.2% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 15.8% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 49.5% of job descriptions.
Location
Denver, CO
- Colorado,
- Adams, Arapahoe, Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Broadway Estates, Broomfield, Castle Rock, Cherry Hills Village, Cherry Knolls, Commerce City, Denver, Douglas, Dupont, Edgewater, Englewood, Evergreen, Federal Heights, Fort Lupton, Golden, Greeley, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Jefferson, Lafayetville, Lakewood, Littleton, Loisville, Longmont, Northglen, Parker, Sheridan, Sherrelwood, Thornton, Weld, Westminster, Wheat Ridge and Windsor.
These locations are all included in the Denver, CO metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).