Software Director - Dallas, TX - 6 Years
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Director of
Software Development
United States Location
Dallas - Fort Worth
TX
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 6/1/24 to 5/30/25
Salary Average
$151,011
Experience Requirement
6 Years
Raise +1 Year
$13,279 at 8.79%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years: $151,011 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $117,901 & $184,122; and, 5% of Jobs top $231,983.
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.
$425,267 = 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 6/1/24 to 5/30/25.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $247,631 |
| 5% | $231,983 |
| 10% | $214,015 |
| 25% | $184,122 |
| 33% | $171,924 |
| 50% | $151,011 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 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% | $144,846 | $157,177 |
| 25% | $135,376 | $166,646 |
| 33% | $130,099 | $171,924 |
| 50% | $117,901 | $184,122 |
| 67% | $103,163 | $198,860 |
| 95% | $54,392 | $247,631 |
Salary Average =
$151,011
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 6 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Years | $137,581 | $13,431 at 9.76% |
| 6 Years | $151,011 | $13,279 at 8.79% |
| 7 Years | $164,291 | $13,183 at 8.02% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases rapidly in the first years, rises vigorously with greater experience and grows briskly 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: $101,135 at the low experience of 2 Years and 5 Months; $180,759 at the average experience of 8 Years and 3 Months; and, $256,868 at the top experience of 14 Years and 1 Month.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
16 Years and 9 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 6/1/24 to 5/30/25.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Years | $109,760 | $14,138 at 12.88% |
| 4 Years | $123,898 | $13,683 at 11.04% |
| 5 Years | $137,581 | $13,430 at 9.76% |
| 6 Years | $151,011 | $13,280 at 8.79% |
| 7 Years | $164,291 | $13,183 at 8.02% |
| 8 Years | $177,474 | $13,121 at 7.39% |
| 9 Years | $190,595 | $13,078 at 6.86% |
| 10 Years | $203,673 | $13,051 at 6.41% |
| 11 Years | $216,724 | $13,031 at 6.01% |
| 12 Years | $229,755 | $13,019 at 5.67% |
| 13 Years | $242,774 | $13,010 at 5.36% |
| 14 Years | $255,784 | $13,007 at 5.09% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 2 Years and 5 Months | $101,135 | $14,592 at 14.43% |
| Average | 8 Years and 3 Months | $180,759 | $13,108 at 7.25% |
| Top | 14 Years and 1 Month | $256,868 | $13,006 at 5.06% |
Qualifications
Description
Directing software development, cost efficient staff leadership optimized 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:
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- Director of Software (SW) Development,
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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.
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,
- 9.3% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 40% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 62% 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,
- 25.9% of job descriptions;
- SQL (Structured Query Language),
- 19% of job descriptions;
- Oracle,
- 4.9% of job descriptions;
- Python,
- 17.6% of job descriptions;
- Java,
- 2.9% of job descriptions;
- R statistical software,
- 10.7% of job descriptions;
- Tableau,
- 8.3% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 11.7% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 10.2% of job descriptions.
Location
Dallas - Fort Worth, TX
- Texas,
- Addison, Allen, Arlington, Athens, Balch Springs, Bedford, Benbrook, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Celeste, Colleyville, Collin County, Commerce, Coppell, Corinth, Dallas County, Dallas, De Soto, Dennison, Denton County, Duncanville, Ellis County, Ennis, Euless, Everman, Farmers Beach, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Garland, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Greenville, Haltom City, Henderson County, Highland, Hood County, Hunt County, Hurst, Irving, Johnson County, Kaufman County, Keller, Lancaster, Lewisville, Mesquite, North Richland Hills, Parker County, Plano, Richardson, Richland Hills, River Oaks, Rockwall County, Rowlett, Sachse, Saginaw, Sherman, Southlake, Tarrant County, Terrell, University Park, Watauga, Weatherford and White Settlement.
These locations are all included in the Dallas - Fort Worth, TX metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).