
IT Director - Indianapolis, IN - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Director of
Information Technology
United States Location
Indianapolis
IN
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 6/1/22 to 5/31/23
Salary Average
$123,167
Experience Requirement
7 Years and 5 Months
Raise +1 Year
$5,834 at 4.74%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 7 Years & 5 Months: $123,167 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $104,234 & $142,100; and, 5% of Jobs top $169,384.
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.
$412,827 = 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 6/1/22 to 5/31/23.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $178,266 |
5% | $169,384 |
10% | $159,159 |
25% | $142,100 |
33% | $135,127 |
50% | $123,167 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 7 Years and 5 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $119,640 | $126,693 |
25% | $114,224 | $132,109 |
33% | $111,206 | $135,127 |
50% | $104,234 | $142,100 |
67% | $95,817 | $150,516 |
95% | $68,067 | $178,266 |
Salary Average =
$123,167
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 7 Years and 5 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
6 Years and 5 Months | $116,603 | $6,564 at 5.63% |
7 Years and 5 Months | $123,167 | $5,834 at 4.74% |
8 Years and 5 Months | $129,000 | $5,250 at 4.07% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases extremely rapidly 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 more than that in the USA IT job market as a whole.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $67,132 at the low experience of 1 Year and 10 Months; $123,167 at the average experience of 7 Years and 5 Months; and, $149,966 at the top experience of 13 Years and 1 Month.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
15 Years and 6 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 6/1/22 to 5/31/23.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 1 Year and 10 Months | $67,132 | $15,425 at 22.98% |
Average | 7 Years and 5 Months | $123,167 | $5,833 at 4.74% |
Top | 13 Years and 1 Month | $149,966 | $3,580 at 2.39% |
Qualifications
Description
Directing an information technology department, cost efficient staff leadership optimizing operations, is the position's primary responsibility.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
-
- Director,
- Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Director of Information Technology (IT) or Information Technology (IT) Vice President.
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,
- 12.5% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 26.4% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 69.3% 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,
- 24.4% of job descriptions;
- USA Federal Government,
- 7% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Active Directory,
- 4.6% of job descriptions;
- Linux,
- 3.6% of job descriptions;
- VMware,
- 3.7% of job descriptions;
- Cisco,
- 3.2% of job descriptions;
- ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
- 4.6% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 5.3% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 6.2% of job descriptions.
Location
Indianapolis, IN
- Indiana,
- Anderson, Boone, Brownsburg, Carmel, Central, Elwood, Franklin, Greenfield, Greenwood, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Indianaplois, Indianapolis, Johnson, Lawrence, Lebanon, Madison, Marion, Martinsville, Morgan, Noblesville, Plainfield, Shelby, Shelbyville and Speedway.
These locations are all included in the Indianapolis, IN metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).